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The Two Lifeboats

3.0 star property
Bed & breakfast in Sheringham with a restaurant and a bar

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Restaurant
Exterior
Exterior
Bar (on property)
Double Room, Ensuite (King Size Bed- sea view)
Travelers enjoy scenic views from The Two Lifeboats, a peaceful retreat with free breakfast each morning. The on-site restaurant offers a children's menu, while the garden, bar, and terrace provide relaxing spaces. Public area WiFi helps guests research nearby attractions.

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Room options

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Double Room, Ensuite

Double Room, Ensuite

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)

Highlights

Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Coffee/tea maker
Espresso maker
Digital channels
Daily housekeeping
Wardrobe or closet
Highchair
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Room

Double Room, Ensuite (King Size Bed )

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(5 reviews)

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Daily housekeeping
Wardrobe or closet
Highchair
  • 25 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room

Single Room, Ensuite

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)

Highlights

Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Digital channels
Daily housekeeping
Wardrobe or closet
Highchair
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Room

Twin Room, Ensuite

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)

Highlights

Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Coffee/tea maker
Digital channels
Daily housekeeping
Wardrobe or closet
Highchair
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Room

Double Room, Ensuite (King Size Bed- sea view)

7.4 out of 10
Good
(3 reviews)

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Daily housekeeping
Desk
Wardrobe or closet
Highchair
  • 25 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

About the neighborhood

Map
2 High Street, Sheringham, England, NR26 8JR

What's nearby

  • Sheringham Beach - 1 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • North Norfolk Railway Sheringham Station - 6 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Sheringham Park - 4 min drive - 1.8 miles
  • Cromer Beach - 7 min drive - 3.5 miles
  • Cromer Pier - 9 min drive - 4.7 miles

Getting around

  • Sheringham Station - 5 min walk
  • Norwich (NWI-Norwich Intl.) - 46 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Village Inn - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Stevenson’s Cafe And Fish Bar - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Whelk Coppers Tea Rooms - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪The Lobster - ‬1 min walk
  • The Two Lifeboats

About this property

The Two Lifeboats

Bed & breakfast near Cromer Beach
Free continental breakfast, a terrace, and a garden are just a few of the amenities provided at The Two Lifeboats. Free WiFi in public areas is available to all guests, along with a bar and a restaurant.
You'll also enjoy perks such as:
  • Smoke-free premises
Extra amenities include:
  • Highchairs and daily housekeeping

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Family friendly

  • High chair

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

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

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Two Lifeboats Inn
Two Lifeboats Inn Sheringham
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Frequently asked questions

Is The Two Lifeboats pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at The Two Lifeboats?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM.

What time is check-out at The Two Lifeboats?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is The Two Lifeboats located?

Situated in Sheringham, this bed & breakfast is steps from Sheringham Beach, Fishermen's Heritage Centre, and Peter Coke Shell Gallery. Sheringham Little Theatre and North Norfolk Railway Sheringham Station are also within 10 minutes. Sheringham Station is 5 minutes by foot.

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The Two Lifeboats Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 77 out of 194 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 84 out of 194 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 194 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 194 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 194 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Geoffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent hotel,will be going again.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Sylvia

Lovely place to stay would go again. Staff were very friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location on the seafront. Great breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Clare

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely place for a short stay. Clean and even had binoculars to look out to sea.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I have stayed here many times now and it just gets better. Lovely comfortable rooms, extremely friendly staff, from the staff in the restaurant through to breakfast. The food has always been extremely good. Would thouroughly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lizzie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely, comfortable room with gorgeous sea views. Staff helpful and breakfast delicious. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Kay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sink very slow to empty. Couldn’t turn the heated towel rail off & it was 28 degrees
Sunset
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Natasha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Well appointed room. Perfect sea view. Lovely B&B hotel perfectly positioned in Sheringham. Highly recommend
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely weekend. Very friendly and accommodating hospitality, lovely welcome, gorgeous food and really stunning views from our window! Thank you so much for a wonderful weekend. 10/10
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, comfortable room, great breakfast, excellent dinner, lovely staff who couldn't be more helpful and a gorgeous sea view. Right on sea front. No parking but can unload outside. Pay and display 2 minute walk which had spaces late September. Old building so narrow steep staircase inside or fire access stairs outside so probably not suitable if very poor mobility. Lovely place. Will definitely return.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Jill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We found the double room with a sea view very clean and perfectly comfortable for one night. It was freshly decorated, had quality bed linen, and offered good tea and coffee making facilities. The bathroom was very petite, and the shower cubicle and tiling could probably be upgraded as looked worn out. It’s an old building so hot water took a very long time to work its way to our sink. Though there was a little sign that stated this on the sink! It was very windy when we visited and there was a constant whistling noise through the windows so you should bring earplugs if you’re a light sleeper. The views were straight out to sea. Breakfast was tasty, we enjoyed the vegetarian option. We also ate dinner the night we arrived - good pub grub, several veggie options and very good service. Although, I was surprised they had the heating on in late May, it was boiling hot in the pub and we were sat next to a radiator. Thankfully our bedroom was nice and cool. Overall the room rate seemed very high for a very average pub/non boutique B&B, especially compared to other places we’ve stayed. But perhaps this is normal for Norfolk!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Richard

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We didn’t stay for breakfast, once we saw how dirty and terrible our room was we spoke to management, who promised us a full refund.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Just what you would expect from a seaside hotel. The staff were friendly and helpful we had a great evening meal, that we were not disappointed with. This was great as we really did fancy fish and chips sat beside the sea wall !! The room was well stocked with tea, water, biscuits and good to see plenty of the individual milk containers. The breakfast was up there with the best all freshly cooked and hot.
Breakfast
Attraction
In steam
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Michelle

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Dirty stained carpets, dirty drawers, broken mirror, bathroom smelt like stale cigarettes
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

judith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a great stay. Our checkin was very welcoming by Quami . All the staff were friendly and couldn’t do enough to make our stay memorable. Ely and Claire and Anna were also wonderful and all the bar staff. The breakfasts were great with lots of Choices and they made us a lovely packed lunch instead of breakfast on the last day as we left early. The restaurant/bar was excellent and outside patio too. Beds were very comfortable- we had a twin bed room with a view of the sea. Wifi was awful so we had to talk to each other hahaha They do need to put a mirror near a plug as we could not use the hairdryer/curling iron and see what we were doing. We stayed 3 nights. We would stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

gillian

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

Wonderful

Couple of issues for my companions room resolved quickly Excellent service snd hosts and btrakfast
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Ray

Liked: Amenities
We stayed for 2 nights at the pub and had a lovely time in Sherringham. Just meandering around & walking along the seafront. The only problem we had was the mattress on our bed was far too soft, so uncomfortable and we both ended up with chronic back ache by the morning. The food was good and the breakfast choice was amazing.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The two lifeboats pub/ hotel is in a quiet old building so a Bit cramped but all very nice and clean, the bar and restaurant is a good size and the food and service is excellent. I will definitely be taking another trip there once day.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

S.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Positive Very clean and well run. Excellent very substantial breakfast and great staff. The single room has a (restricted) sea view and the location is right on the front. Food is served daily with some vegetarian choices. My meal was very nice. Negative The room is small and expensive for a small single. There is no ‘real’ coffee in the room but bottled water & biscuits were provided. It would have been nice to have some fruit as an option for breakfast (grapefruit segments even). My main gripe was the shower. It has an eco-head (I have one) but the angle can’t be adjusted so a full blast into the face is on offer as the shower cubicle is too small to manoeuvre in. There was also nowhere to put my own toiletries and I ended up having to buy a little bag to hang on to the shower fittings so I could put my sponge and soaps in. (soap & stuff are provided in wall mounted containers). I hope you will put in a shower cady after reading this! Clothes storage is limited to a few hangers on the wall and 2 drawers (which already contained a hair dryer and a fan). I did though manage to find enough space to do my yoga practice. ALL IN ALL, IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO STAY.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Douglas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

The Two life boats could do better

It was our first time at The two life boats first the positive review the food was amazing and the staff could not do enough for you in the restaurant. The only downside was at breakfast time you felt you were on top of each other eating your breakfast as we were very close to the next table also we awoke at 08:15 with the sound of a delivery of frozen food at the Two life boats and the truck’s fridge running which startled us. And the pillows were hard good job we bought our own we don’t think we will be returning. It’s a shame because the view was amazing looking out the window.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Denise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The food was OK but disappointing. No fresh fish options!! Breakfast was good. Coffee excellent. Should be a better arangement with the council re parking. Room was clean...good touches re coffee machine and shaving mirror.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

C I

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

Outstanding!

Great staff, good food, fantastic rooms, and an amazing view. Thank you all, especially Claire!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Barry

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I came to The Two Life Boats for work, as I was teaching a class that evening and then early at an event the following day. Honestly — I couldn’t have had a better stay. My room was gorgeous, the food and wine was outstanding and the staff were so attentive. I couldn’t stay for breakfast as I had to get to an event early, so they packed me a lovely lunch! The assistant manager so was so kind and was attentive to help me with my luggage down the stairs! The view was super lovely and I loved the facilities. I was so relieved I had a sea view. Extra care is always given to your stay, which is why I’ve booked again to come with my fiancé for our anniversary in June, and my parents to have a trip away in the summer for their anniversary - they deserve the very best with being full time carers. The only trouble I had was my shower was a little temper-mental (going hot and then cold) but I presumed it was to do with someone else having a shower at the same time maybe, it didn’t effect my stay and I’m sure it was just something very minor, but wanted to mention so it was sorted for future. Thank you all so much, it was such a lovely stay and I can’t wait for future visits!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tina

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

Sea views. Great breakfast.

The view of the sea from two windows was amazing. It is awkward to get to the rooms if you cannot manage stairs - one set of stairs very steep. The breakfast was wonderful - full English and other options too. Our server Claire was also wonderful with titbits of local knowledge and didn't mind that I mistakenly thought she was Pam. Sorry Claire. We didn't eat in the restaurant or have drinks in the bar but there was a convivial atmosphere as we walked through to go to our room. It is a popular place to visit if in Sheringham. I often walk past The Two Lifeboats so I was delighted I had the opportunity to stay. Many thanks to all the staff. Tina and Greg
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

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