Located in Whitby, Elford House - Whitby is in the city center and near the beach. Whitby Harbour and Whitby Golf Club are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore North York Moors National Park and Pannett Park. Whitby Leisure Centre and Museum of Victorian Science are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with fishing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with hiking/biking trails, mountain biking, and horse riding. Visit our Whitby travel guide
No, only service animals are welcome at the property.
How much is parking?
Self parking is free at this property.
What time is check-in at Elford House - Whitby?
Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.
What time is check-out at Elford House - Whitby?
Check-out is at 10:00 AM.
Where is Elford House - Whitby located?
Located in the heart of Whitby, this guesthouse is within a 15-minute walk of Pannett Park and Whitby Harbour. Whitby Museum and Whitby Leisure Centre are also within 15 minutes. Whitby Station is 11 minutes by foot and Ruswarp Station is 21 minutes.
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Elford House - Whitby Reviews
8.2
Very Good
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We have just had a two night stay and couldn't fault the hotel. We were in room number 6, large room with a double bed, sofa, table and 2 chairs, tea making facilities, en suite bathroom with shower, French doors opening onto the front balcony. Spotlessly clean. Ideal location, short walk into Whitby Town. Would definitely recommend and will be booking again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2026
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10/10 Excellent
Lisa
2026/2/1
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Lovely clean room and a problem free check in.
Elford House is in a great location and only a few minutes walk into the town.
Would stay again
A beautiful home with a central location. Room was very clean and comfortable. We would definately stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025
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6/10 Okay
Joseph
2026/7/5
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed in room 13
Room was clean with plenty of storage .
Bed frame very rickety and squeaky and poor mattress both need replacing as poor nights sleep .should provide fan as top room was very hot .
Curtains need throwing away as badly stained and ripped also needs a darker set as was woke up as soon as it got light because white curtains .would be helpful to know which room you are in and the code for keys before you arrive instead of having to ring housekeeper for the room and code numbers .
Can’t fault it at all. Received a text on the morning with check in instructions. Great location, lovely room very clean & tidy. Will definitely stay again
Perfect room and location. We will book again next time we are in Whitby and recommend to friends too. The room only works perfectly, but dont leave your key in the room like we did!! Housekeeper was amazingly and came and let us in, thanks so much!!
Self check in details sent in good time and the process was painless. Room a little compact for a deluxe room and not sure which city i was seeing from the "city view" but all i could see was the house next door.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025
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8/10 Good
Alina
2025/7/21
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Elford House
The stay was comfortable the only thing was that we were there with our dog but were put in a top floor room. I did try to change rooms but they were the only dog friendly room available which made things slightly difficult taking dog out on bathroom breaks.
Lovely large house with self contained rooms which had everything you would need for an overnight stay
The actual house was warm when we arrived but our room was freezing. There was a radiator in the room but it was off and didn't come on when the valve was turned to warm
We were actually sat with our coats on before we left to go out
Room was ok, met expectations for the value. Priority for us was parking on-site. Bathroom modern and clean, room was very spacious. Would have been nice to have a King-size bed rather than double.
Stairs / Landing could do with some modernisation.
The room was great for our needs, very spacious with comfortable beds and a large bathroom. I was holidaying with my teenage granddaughter and the twin beds gave us plenty of room.
It was about a 10 minute walk to the harbour (anout 30 minutes to walk back, it's a very steep hill! Dont believe google maps that says mostly flat!)
There is a bus stop outside the hotel but we didn't use it. However, on our last evenung we had a taxi and it was £4.50.
Having paid and been receipted forca twin room with city view was disappointed to find wevhad been allocated small basement room. Im sure the intermittent macerator annoyed others as much as it did us. Very clean and tidy otherwise.
On the whole, our experience was positive. The room was spotless, relatively recently decorated, and with fairly good amenities. We had some difficulty locating the kettle, which was in built-in wardrobe rather than next to the tea and coffee, cups etc, however those guests needing wardrobe space wouldn’t be disappointed. There was also a mini fridge.
The beds and bedding were immaculate and good quality, and there were limited toiletries provided.
Unfortunately though, I have taken off one star because of the abysmal - or should I say non-existent - customer service. I had a query regarding parking prior to actual check-in time. We knew we would be arriving earlier than 3pm so I contacted the owners to ask if it was ok to park in the morning, however received no response to messages sent through Expedia and left on their answering machine, and then once I’d found their email address on their website I sent another message asking the same question but all the response I received said was “thank you”. We parked there anyway and it wasn’t a problem.
We will definitely be staying here again though, despite the lack of customer service, as it is extremely good value for money and very conveniently located in the town, around a 10 minute walk away from the centre/ railway station.
We stayed in room 8. It was much bigger than what we were expecting.
Very comfortable bed and lovely shower.
Plenty of tea/coffee/sugar supplied for our stay. Good amount of clothes hangers provided too.
Only negative thing was the sofa in the room. It's most definitely seen better days. It was covered with throw overs, which was fine, but after sitting on it , we realised we were covered in small black bits. The throw over had slipped down and revealed the leather peeling off all over. Hence what all the bits were.
Other than that, we had the perfect stay.
Elford is in a good location, with ample parking spaces. Literally a 10 minute walk to the harbour.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025
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4/10 Poor
Javier
2025/3/22
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
When booking I selected a ‘Deluxe’ double room, City View. When I arrived I was allocated room 10 and the housekeeper said ‘10 is small and you have a dog’ but did not offer us a different room. The room we stayed in was small and had a small double bed in it. The listing for a deluxe double room states that there is a queen bed and that the room is 151 sq feet. The room we stayed in was no more than 4 steps from the door to the bed and there is a foot of room from the bottom of the bed to the dressing table. The city view we got was the view of the neighbouring property. Therefore, I would say this property is not as listed as even the images are misleading with the option I booked having a sofa in the middle of the room which would not have fit in the room I was in.
On the plus side parking is very convenient and the room was clean
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025
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6/10 Okay
Carolyn
2025/6/8
Liked: Cleanliness
Only booked the day before due to unforeseen visit to Whitby. When booking my selection was for a dog friendly room and was advertised as a Deluxe Double. We were allocated room 10 on the third floor, there is nothing deluxe about this room, it is tiny, have to shimmy on one side to get into the bed, couldn’t swing a cat in there and the bathroom is so small bending over to dry you bang your backside on the wall or door, lights go out when you switch the low power shower on !! The blind doesn’t work so the flimsy curtains let all the light in. The bed is very uncomfortable, on the up side the hotel and rooms are lovely and clean. As regular visitors to Whitby we won’t stay here again and was disappointed as only half the rooms taken so surely we could have been allocated a much better, as described and paid for deluxe room. Since leaving I have read several disappointed reviews of room 10, think this is been miss sold.