The Ball Alley

Great stay at the Ball Alley. Staff was very attentive. Rooms were great and beds comfy. The full English Breakfast is excellent! The pub welcomes artists on Saturday nights. The choice of music is good. And we didn't hear much when we came back to the room. Big plus: there is a kitchen with microwave and fridge next to the rooms. So no need to find a restaurant if you are on a budget!

Excellent B &B . Lovely rooms with free toiletries and plenty tea and coffee. Very clean throughout. Bar drinks were very reasonable and staff were very pleasant and helpful. Lynn the bar maid was very lovely and chatty. Made our evening. Breakfast is so good too. Will return. Thanks all at Ball Alley

Excellent B&B above lovely welcoming pub, nothing too much trouble for the owners , fab breakfast plenty to eat and drink , beds so comfy and lovely sized rooms, would def recommend. Just a short taxi ride to nearest pub that serves food. No noise from the pub can be heard in the bedrooms.

Spacious room very comfortable beds, fantastic breakfast and very friendly hosts. Bar serves a very good range of drinks and very reasonable prices.. Big beer garden and very child friendly. Very well located and easy to find. Great value

We booked to stay at the Ball Alley in Stanley for eight nights to visit Newcastle, Numberland and Durham. First on arriving we rang Lindsay who came down to meet us and let us in to our double en-suite room No 3 and also told us we could use the kitchen if we wanted to buy takeaways and also we could use the washing machine and tumble dryer as well. Our room was very clean and we felt very comfortable in it. We ordered a chineese to be delivered and used the kitchen table plates and cutlery and done the washing up before going back gto our room. Going down for breakfast at 08.30 we met Michael who serviced us our cooked full english breakfast orange juice tea coffee and toast. The cooked breakfast was amazing consisting of two sausages two bacon rashers black pudding mushrooms and fried egg or any combination of any of these. We chose the Ball Alley for its location and reading other reviews and we were not dissappointed in any way that we had. We had the best service by friendly owners and staff and have no hesitation in recommending the Ball Alley Pub B&B to anyone visiting this area of Stanley you won't be dissappointed if you do. Thanks John & Sue Norfolk

Very friendly greeting from hosts. Room clean, bed and pillows comfortable and room quiet. Plenty of parking spaces. Bathroom clean and everything worked well. Breakfast excellent, really set us up for the day at beamish which is close to this location. Enjoyed our stay and will definitely return when in the area.