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Holiday Inn Scotch Corner

Scotch Corner

A1(M) junction 53/A66

Near Darlington

DL10 6NR

Tel:  01748 850900

(please discourage phone calls during your weekend - it may disrupt your ability to concentrate on each other and thereby gain the best from it.)

This stylish hotel is sited in its own grounds on the west side of Junction 53 of the A1(M) motorway on the roundabout between the motorway slip roads and the A66. The location is about eight miles southwest of Darlington.

The bedrooms offer the usual facilities you would expect including tea and coffee facilities and WiFi. It also has a fitness centre with indoor pool. Free car parking.

Getting There

Public Transport

The nearest railway station is Darlington station. It is a major stop on the East Coast mainline served by LNER and other operators. There are regular services to and from London Kings Cross, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Northeast and Southwest England. There are regular bus services from the station to a stop close to the hotel taking about 20 minutes.  There is a taxi rank too. Check out Google Maps for more transport details.

Car

The hotel is on the west side of the A1(M) on the roundabout at Junction 53, the exit for the A66 trans-Penine route. Coming from the south, take the second exit at the junction roundabout into the hotel car park. From the A66 eastbound and the A1(M) southbound, travel round the roudabout until you pass the A1(M) southbound slip road. The hotel entrance is the second exit further on.