Welcome to
The Old White Lion Hotel

On behalf of all our Team at The Old White Lion we hope you have a most enjoyable stay.  We will endeavour to help in any way we can to make your stay with us memorable.

We hope you find the following information useful: –

 

Fire Evacuation Procedure can be found on a diagram near your door exit

 

Wifi Password:- Connect to Old White Lion and enter password 100100100  (avaliable throughout the Hotel)

Departure & Settlement of Accounts

May we kindly remind you to vacate your room by 11.00 am on the day of departure as failure to do so will incur a further day’s charge. If leaving before 8.00 am we would appreciate full settlement of your account the previous evening.

We accept the majority of credit cards.

Smoking Policy

Strictly no smoking on the premises.  A £100 fine will be charged for cleaning if this policy is Broken.

 

Reception & Busines Services

The Reception Team will be available from 8.00am throughout the week

The front door is locked when the bar calls last orders

Please check your Key Fob has a Key for Front Door access – if not please ask at Reception

Writing paper and envelopes are available free of charge at Reception.

We also provide a number of office services e.g.  e-mail, typing, photo-copying etc – please enquire at Reception for details.

Ironing facilities are all available free on loan (outside rooms 7 & 8).

A limited supply of toiletries may be purchased from Reception.

 

Breakfast service in the Gimmerton Restaurant

Mid-Week*  8.00-9.00 a.m.

Week-end   8.00-9.30 a.m.

*On occasion, if the hotel is populated by people enjoying a break away from home, or it is a Bank Holiday then breakfast service may revert to weekend times. If unsure please ask at reception.

Sample Breakfast Menu 

 Selection of Cereals, Fruit Juices, yoghurts and Fresh Fruit
Also Available from the Buffet Table Hot Porridge – Please ask your waiting Staff

Traditional English Grill
Fried Egg, Bacon, Sausage, Mushrooms, Tomato, black pudding and beans

Vegetarian English Grill
Fried Egg, Mushrooms, Tomato, Fried Potatoes, Fried Bread, Baked beans and Vegetarian Sausage

Eggs on Toast
Your choice of Egg (Poached, Fried, Scrambled etc) Served with Buttered Toast

Manx Kippers
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Choice of White or Brown Toast
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Yorkshire Tea (Speciality Teas) or Coffee

 

Public Bar Opening Times

Drinks Service

Monday till Thursday 4pm-10pm
Friday 4pm-11pm
Saturday 1pm-11pm
Sunday 1pm–10.30pm

Food Service

Monday to Friday 4.00 – 8.30pm
Saturday All day from 1pm – 8.30pm
Sunday All day from 1pm – 8.30pm

Television

 The hotel provides Digital television channels, available through your remote-controlled televisions free of charge. Please note the hotel cannot accept responsibility for persons viewing Rated programs above their years or material they might find offensive. The hotel would therefore ask you to monitor all viewing accordingly.

Telephone Instructions

All the Guest Telephones are Direct Dial for National Calls, if you encounter any problems please contact Reception by Dialling 222. We will be only too pleased to Help.

To make outside calls : Dial   9  Wait for public dial tone then Dial the number you require, all calls to standard national numbers are free from the Hotel phones. Sorry Premium & International Numbers can not be made from any of the guest bedrooms.

In case of Emergencies 

Haworth Medical Practice (Doctors)  01535 642255
Emergency Dentist  Keighley · Tooth Crisis Clinic  01535 603009
Day Lewis Pharmacy  Haworth 01535 642248
Day time call 222 (Reception)
After 12 midnight contact Help by Dialling 228 or 230
Hotel emergency call out number 07719649969

Reception may also be able to help you with;

• Business Services, Departure Times & Settlement of Accounts
• Television Wi Fi & Bar Service
• Telephone Instructions
• Useful Telephone Numbers
• Places of Interest & Things to do and visit locally – A Separate compodiam located in the bedroom drawer or Days Out leaflets supplied in reception or the residents lounge.
• Booking of Bar Meals – served in the Bar areas

Monday to Friday  4.00-8.30pm

Saturday All day form 1.00pm-8.30pm

Sunday All day from 1.00pm-8.30pm

Getting about Haworth & the district whilst stopping at The Old White Lion Hotel

The Bronte Bus
Local bus times & services Click or tap here

Trains & Times From Keighley Railway Station

Keighley & Worth Valley Steam Railway information

Local Taxi Service – 01535 644442
24 Hour Sevice click here

Bronte Airport Transfers for a more exclusive experience including My Yorkshire Tour

Bronte Airport Transfers In conjunction with the Old White Lion are delighted to offer excursions for up to four guests.

With a start time and duration to suit your needs, choose your own itinerary or let me drive you sedately through Wharfedale and into Littondale to beautiful Arncliffe; then across the remote, winding road to Malham with its stunning scenery and an option for a walk up to the world-famous Cove.

To arrange transport to and from the hotel or to plan your own personal, luxury tour around the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District or further afield just ask at reception or call me directly on 07855 254 107.

Prices start at only £90 for a half day trip.

Chris Thomas
Director

Bronte Airport Transfers Limited. Click or Tap for Chris’s Facebook page

About The Old White Lion

Family run for the past 38 years the  present custodians of the building hope you like what you see.

The continuing alterations whilst always trying to modernize are always done whilst  trying to retain the Heritage & History of the building – if only walls could talk wouldn’t there be a tale to tell.

The Old White Lion Hotel was altered  immensely in the 19th Century expanding to the North West by incorporating the Old Cycling Club which originally met at No 12 West Lane (or Towngate) & No 14 West Lane which was the previous proprietors accommodation.

To the North East façade the property on the Ginnel (now called Changegate) properties Numbers 1 & 3 were incorporated to form what is now the Front Bar (more commonly known as the Cocktail Bar) Numbers 5 & 7 were added to form the Function Room now the Back Lounge Bar. The Car Park was developed from thedemolition of Numbers 9 & 11 plus the infill of the old Ash pits.

Most recently in the 1970’s the Old Coaching Yards, Brewhouse & Barn in the centre which is supposed to contain the Old Well was developed to form the inclusion of Rooms 8-12 & the Changegate Bar. More recently the Changegate Bar was developed to create the Bramwell Suite you see today. The old Function room was developed into what is now the Back Bar area & with the addition of en-suites into allthe Bedrooms & incorporation of the Owners Accommodation. Nearly all the Roofs, Rooms & Walls have been redeveloped with all the Owners Flats Downstairs.

The Early Years

The date at which there was first a public house at the corner of Haworth’s village green at the top of Main Street is not known. The first recorded name is the Blue Bell Inn some time before 1783 and it may well be that the Inn dates to the early days of the 1755 Blue Bell turnpike road from Bradford to Colne which passes the front door.
Certainly by 1783 the place had acquired the name of the White Lion Inn and it was run by Jeremiah Jowett who rented it for £17 a year.
One of our earlier notices of the White Lion dates from the end of the eighteenth century and records that Haworth’s first Masonic lodge met here. This was the Prince George Lodge which met at the White Lion from 1796 to 1802 and again from 1809 to 1812. The Prince George Lodge amalgamated in the latter year with the Three Graces Lodge which met at the Black Bull and the Prince George name was transferred to a lodge in the Todmorden area.

In 1850 the Lion was bought by J. & R.R. Thomas, prominent citizens of Haworth in the Brontë era who were wine and spirit merchants. They also owned the Cross Inn opposite the Church gates (the old Snowden’s grocery shop).
During the Thomas’s ownership the place was rebuilt – being described as recently rebuilt in a document of 1858. This was probably not before time as B.H. Babbage wrote a few years earlier having this to say:

‘In a back yard in the Ginnel belonging to the White Lion, I found a large midden-stead with offal and garbage from a slaughter-house in it; the drainage from this place flowed over the pavement of the yard in its way to the street drain.    Some of the neighbours complained of this nuisance.’

Walking around Haworth

Bronte Waterfalls & Top Withens

Railway Children Walk