Royal Links Hotel, Cromer

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23/04/2009, 10:27 AM

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Royal Links Hotel, Cromer

I am undertaking some research into the Royal Links Hotel, and what happened on the site after it burned down in 1949. I would be pleased to be in contact with anyone who has knowledge of the hotel itself, though that is going back a long way. Or if you know about the fire which destroyed it, the caravan site that replaced it or the eventual chalet business which has now become the Cromer Country Club, I would be delighted to hear fom you.

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23/04/2009, 6:39 PM

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Re: Royal Links Hotel, Cromer

This excert appears on http://www.norfolkcottagesonline.co.uk/18

Perhaps the least pleasing of the hotels from an architectural point of view but certainly the most imposing was The Royal Links. Built on two levels the large structure dominated the surrounding landscape and could be seen on the skyline from miles around. It featured a long covered balcony allowed access to the upper rooms. This was built to provide accommodation for the keen golfers that were using the links course off the Overstrand road. Opened in 1887 the course became very popular. Its success led directly to the investment into the hotel. This imposing building was built on two levels with a long covered balcony allowing access to the upper rooms. Edward VII was a regular visitor when he was Prince of Wales and was patron of the golf club. Many other famous people of the day were guests at the hotel. Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle is said to have been staying there when he formed the idea for the story of The Hound of the Baskervilles’. A week’s stay at the hotel in 1899 would have cost 105 shillings. (£5. 25) A good dinner would have

cost you 5 shillings. These prices, although amusing to us now, would have put the hotel well out of the reach of ordinary working people and ensured its exclusivity.

A pavilion was built in the grounds of the hotel for entertainment of various kinds. Sir Henry Irving the great Shakespearian actor and Sir John Hare the fine character actor performed there. The pavilion outlived the hotel, which was tragically destroyed by fire in 1949. In 1978 the pavilion was to suffer a similar fate when it too burnt down.

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26/05/2009, 6:41 PM

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Re: Royal Links Hotel, Cromer

In the late 1960s to 1970s I and my mates went to then known as The Cromer Links we went to watch bands of the time, such as Slade, Screaming lord Sutch Gary Glitter etc etc, we were able to camp out on the green, get drunk and have a good time, on my last visit last yr i see it has now become a private holiday homes concern although i did gain permission to get excess to the top and have a walk around the light house and surrounding walks..

Happy days..

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