Great Western Hotel
4 Belle Vue Rd, Sands Rd, Paignton, Devon, England
About Great Western Hotel
A theme hotel with toy trains and railway memorabilia, as seen on television. 150 metres walk from the steam trains, Railway, Coach and Bus Stations. 75 metres from the beach, harbour and town. Great Western Hotel is an elegant Victorian villa, privately owned and run by proprietors Mel and Cathy Sherwood for the last 20 years. You are rest assured of a warm welcome. Spacious dining room overlooking the garden and sea. Well appointed en suite rooms. Previous Celebrities at our hotel include Ms Dawn Primarolo, Lab.MP : Sunny Lowrey, 1st Woman Channel Swimmer, cast of Danny La Rue:- musical dir, Dave Carter, Ken Dodd's past mgr -Frank Woodruff, , Angela Watts, soprano, Oliver Horsborough, writer of tv soaps:- Emmerdale, Corrie etc various BBC crew members, West Country TV Presenters,; Allen Levy, founder of London Toy Museum now of ACE Trains Ltd: Carol Cuneo of famed Terence Cuneo Fine Arts; London Phono & Gramaphone Soc; Richard Gibbons, retired chairman of York Museum, Jack Tempest, journalist/ author, Aston Martin Club members Area 20 :Barry Cogar;Genr'l Mgr -Dart Valley Railway ; John Mann- Local Historian .The Late.Mr John Huntley of Huntley Archives The Late : Mr Fred Dibnah. The hotel has 2 pedestrian entrances on Sands Road and car-park is at the rear 4 Belle Vue Rd.
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