Name: The Abington Hotel
Address: Abington By Biggar, Biggar, Biggar, Biggar, ML12 6SD, United Kingdom
Rating: 7

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Celtic Park

Glasgow Green

People's Palace and Winter Gardens

Glasgow Necropolis

St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art

Glasgow Cathedral

Gallery of Modern Art

George Square

Lighthouse

Buchanan Galleries

Royal Concert Hall

Pavilion Theatre

Edinburgh Airport

Centre for Contemporary Art

Glasgow Science Centre

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Hunterian Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Edinburgh Zoo

Botanic Gardens

Glasgow Prestwick Airport

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Edinburgh Castle

Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre

National Museum of Scotland

Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

National Gallery of Scotland

Museum on the Mound

Princes Street Gardens

Royal Scottish Academy Art Gallery

St. Giles' Cathedral

Edinburgh Dungeon

Scott Monument

Holyrood Park

Our Dynamic Earth

Royal Botanic Garden

Calton Hill

Arthur's Seat

Palace of Holyroodhouse

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The Abington Hotel

Biggar

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

The staff here were incredibly helpful on the night of arrival. Margaret on reception was thrown in at the deep end when faced with 36 coach passengers and myself when bad weather forced us to stop. She had rooms sorted within half an hour and all guests were happy.

Emergency stopover

We had booked The Abington Hotel two months ago and our stay lasted 15 minutes time enough for us to find the place locked up and for a local to look at us with pity in his eyes and inform us that it had closed some weeks ago. We were not contacted to inform us of the situation. When I then phone Cancelon the rep promised to phone me straight back but did not do so. It took another lengthy call for us to establish the situation at which time Cancelon offered an alternative booking which I declined fearing that we might be put into another hotel on its last legs!  We made our own arrangements elsewhere and can strongly recommend the Kirkstone Hotel in Biggar ! We cannot comment on ‘Days Inn by Wyndham’ but hope its better than Abington Hotel!

The phantom stay

Decent size room.Comfy bed.Bathroom dated with a corner bath.Good breakfast and bar and restaurant facilities excellent.Avoid the pizza bar on a Saturday night if you don’t like very loud music which was deafening 

Two night stay

We were visiting/passing through Abington late morning and noticed a number of people eating in the dining area.  The hotel looked decent so when we were passing back through a couple of hours later we stopped to have lunch.  The doors were locked.  The thing we found strange was that there was a woman who looked as though she may have been a receptionist standing beside the car park looking at us trying to get in and she never said a word to us.  She watched us get back into the car and drive right down the road!  We left hungry and disappointed and had to drive for another while before we found somewhere else.  We'll give it a miss in future.

Strange and disappointing.

Only went there for a meal, their website made it look worth visit for meal as we traveled south. Turned up at 7.00pm on a Friday night in July - we did 'phone but no answer -  to find it all closed. Visited shop/cafe opposite to find out if hotel had closed unexpectedly to be told it only opens for bus tours owned by owner of the hotel. Lady in shop said this happened a lot, in fact someone had called in as they had booked a room and received confirmation. When they turned up the hotel was closed, so owner of shop had to find them b&b for night. So as the hotel appears to keep strange opening hours, we were not impressed.

It wasn't open

I'd like to be giving a good review to this place but I don't have the opportunity. 

Months ago, I approached the hotel in order to host our charity bike ride as we headed north to Glasgow. The manager said that would be brilliant and even offered to contribute something when we stopped there. 

I tried to confirm by email in May, and got a reply that details could be sorted nearer the time. 

So in late June, we phoned to firm up on details. We were told that the owner was on holiday but would be back at the end of the week. 

When we phoned back, there was no answer on countless occasions and the email address was no longer recognised. 

We drove up to the place in the middle of the day midweek in July to find the place completely locked and no indication as to why. 

Fortunately the village store across the road came to our rescue for our 20 cyclists. 

It seemed quite disrespectful to just shut up shop with no explanation, when we'd made every effort to plan in advance and give the place some business. 

Avoid. A booking here seems to be Russian roulette as to whether it'll actually be open when you get there!

Extremely puzzling - bizarre

I booked ahead a room for the night.  Arrived to find hotel was completely dark and looked closed for season.  Had to use a call box by the door, using my phone torch to see, in order to speak to the desk clerk, who asked me what room I was in.  "I don't know, I've just arrived."  He buzzed me in, asked my name, handed me a key, and turned to go back to his office.  

I wandered upstairs, and found my room, completely freezing and with no working lights.  The clerk had disappeared; I had to go back outside and use the call box again.  We met again at the desk, and he (only then) informed me I had to insert the key chain fob in a slot in order to get the lights to work.

I then had to go through similar process to complain about the internet not working, and the room took at hour or more to get above meat-locker temperatures.  

The manager's response to my comment that this wasn't a very nice arrangement?  "Morning will come soon enough."

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