The Marquess Of Exeter

4.0 star property

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Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, nightstand, and wicker side table, offering a view of the lush outdoor area.
Cozy fireplace with a wooden mantel and two chairs, perfect for relaxing by the fire.
Enjoy meals in a warm and inviting dining area with a table set for four.
Enjoy a peaceful retreat amidst lush trees and a beautifully manicured lawn.
Step into a charming entrance with a glass door and wooden porch, surrounded by lush potted plants and inviting seating.

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pet-friendly
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
52 Main Street, Lyddington, Rutland, Oakham, England, LE15 9LT
  • Lyddington Bede House
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Rockingham Castle
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Rutland Water Nature Reserve
    ‪16 min drive‬
  • Nottingham (NQT)
    ‪62 min drive‬

Room options

Luxury Studio Suite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Double Beds

Family Double Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

Premium Twin Room

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(4 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Oakham

Located in Oakham, The Marquess Of Exeter is a 1-minute drive from Lyddington Bede House and 8 minutes from Rockingham Castle. .This inn is 4.8 mi (7.8 km) from Corby Tennis Centre and 5.4 mi (8.8 km) from Rutland Water Country Park.

What's nearby

  • Lyddington Bede House - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Rockingham Castle - 9 min drive - 8.9 km
  • Corby Tennis Centre - 11 min drive - 10.3 km
  • Rutland Water Country Park - 12 min drive - 11.3 km
  • Rutland Water Nature Reserve - 16 min drive - 11.6 km

Getting around

  • Corby Station - 17 min drive
  • Stansted Airport (STN) - 98 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Samuel Lloyd - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪The George & Dragon - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Subway - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Don Paddys - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Vaults - ‬4 min drive

About this property

The Marquess Of Exeter

Inn in Oakham with a restaurant and a bar
The Marquess Of Exeter offers 17 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and complimentary toiletries. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Stay in one of 17 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature bathtubs or showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and electric kettles, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
You can enjoy a meal at the restaurant serving the guests of The Marquess Of Exeter, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. English breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM and on weekends from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee. Children aged 10 and younger eat free breakfast.
Featured amenities include express check-out and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free self parking is available onsite.
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:00 AM and 8:30 AM and on weekends between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM.
Children aged 10 and younger eat free breakfast.
The Marquess Of Exeter has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English, Hindi, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • English breakfast available for a fee 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM on weekends; GBP 10 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • Separate bedroom
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • No lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Portable fan

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 11 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: GBP 15
Late check-in subject to availability
Late check-in fee: GBP 15 for check-in between 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: GBP 15
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 10:00 AM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 10 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children aged 10 and younger eat free breakfast

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately GBP 10 per person
  • Pet fee: GBP 10 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in fee: GBP 15 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-in fee: GBP 15 for check-in between 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 15 (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Marquess Exeter Hotel Oakham
Marquess Exeter Oakham
Marquess Exeter Inn Oakham
Marquess Exeter
The Marquess Of Exeter Inn
The Marquess Of Exeter Oakham
The Marquess Of Exeter Inn Oakham

The Marquess Of Exeter Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 71 out of 154 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 154 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 154 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 154 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 154 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Dan

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Geoffrey

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Clean and comfortable room, friendly , helpful hosts. Breakfast was good
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Andrew

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s hotel used to be very unfortunately standards and quality seemed to of slipped
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Samir

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location, service and room. Food was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Lisa

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely village stay

Booked for colleague to pay at hotel however when payment was to be made we were told the money had already been paid. Room was great value in lovely village.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely dog friendly pub, restaurant & accomodation

We stayed two nights at The Marquess of Exeter on our way home from the west country. The room was lovely, very comfortable and clean. We ate there both evenings and the food was excellent. Lyddington is a very pretty little village, we enjoyed walking with our dog around by the church and in the countryside. We requested a downstairs room which had the advantage of doors into the gardens, this was very helpful to take our dog outside. The gardens do need tidying up but I expect they will do that as the weather gets warmer and customers want to sit outside. Would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Allison

Liked: Staff & service

Average stay. Hoped for better

Definitely not a 4 star as stated. Had to change room as the mattress was terrible. Second room was better but not brilliant. Way too hot so had window open all night. No mirror in bathroom and not many toiletries. Breakfast was just average. No fruit or yoghurts.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Joseph

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not bad for the price,
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All very good and lovely to have a bath however missing a plug, so unable to use. Also very noisy floor in the sofa area.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Hayley

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

7/10 - Ok but room to improve

Overall the stay was ok - positives were size of room, cleanliness and facilities in it. Negatives were condition of rooms, temperature and poor eco awareness. The hotel has apparently changed hands in the last 3-4 months which may have impacted things and hopefully they can sort out. Hotel room carpets were heavily stained in places and generally tired. It was clean, but clearly needs tidying up - especially at £130 a night for the room we had. Bathroom was missing sink plugs in sink and bath, so no way of holding water in. Just meant we wasted water running it down the plug hole instead. The other thing was the hotel block was very warm - too warm. Again wasting energy as we just had to open the windows for the hotel rooms to cool down. Staff were however very polite and pleasant. Breakfast was nice- nothing special but enjoyable enough. We would probably go again, although not sure I’d pay that much for a room again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carl

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Daniel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Reasonable.

Friendly front of house, but not the friendliest in the restaurant, I guess they were busy that night. Menu is Indian food with a handful of pub grub additions, but nothing particularly healthy. The rooms are nice, with good amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Janine

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Linda

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice clean and practical place to stay. No frills but good basic room.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Olatunde

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Victoria

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Will never use under this new management

The hotel was closed. We were not informed of the closure. Our clients arrived from Singapore and Australia to find notices on the door that it was closed for the foreseeable future. The hotel has been taken over by new management who clearly thought not contacting customers to provide them with this information was acceptable. Having spoke with the previous management( who were amazing!), They explained that all current booking information was provided at hand over. We will never be using this venue again whilst under this management. Appalling!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

PAUL

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Raymond

Liked: Amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very bad damp problem in wardrobe area. Could'nt hand any clothes up as the wall was very wet and smelt.Showed the manager who appollogised. I asked if we could change rooms as the damp was really bad and smelt. Unfortunately there were no other rooms available. Radiator in bathroom was full of dust and chair in bedroom had a very wobbly leg.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024