Hi this was very creepy to watch, i worked there for 2 years as assistant manager, my brother was entertainment manager, and our best friends where the manager, we went there in june 1997, to bring up to cratch, it was owned by an indian family then back in london, we had 6 months to fill it! By xmas, for us to stay and recive a bonus, there were only 5 guests at the time, one drunk chef, a cleaner and 3 young girls, who didnt really know what was happening, anyway it was in poorly state then, we manage to improve it in 3 months, the bar off from the reception was called the tudor bar, that i fid up the pool very different then , and to see the old office, well we filled by xmas fully booked, with 135 guest! It was brilliant great times, for 3 months after, then out of nowhere it was sadly closed, through debtors, it was me and a female left to make sure it was safe from thiefs, no electric, had to use candle, at nite it was spooky as fuck, creeping floor, ect, ANYWAY THANKS FOR VIDEO, BRILLIANT, SO SAD TO SEE IT LIKE THAT!!
Fascinating. I grew up in Woolacombe in the late 80s and early 90s, and the hotel was always busy. I remember swimming in the pool for a friends birthday party. The orange shades in the balconies always made it an iconic building in Woolacombe, everyone knew which hotel you meant. If you said the Naracott on the other hand, you'd almost always have to say, "no, not the one with the orange shades".
Back in the mid 60s our family stayed at the then Coombes Hotel owned by the Richard’s. It was only a half of the size back then. In our second year there myself, 4 brothers and sister all contracted chicken pox on the day we arrived. So we were quarantined in our rooms for the first week and had to have our meals brought to us. During the day we had permission to sneak out of the hotel via the fire escape over the newly built swimming pool and pile into the car for a secluded day on the beach. Coombes Hotel was a lovely family-orientated venue and the location and views across the valley and Woolacombe Bay were unforgettable. Quite sad to see it in its abandoned condition. But your exploration brought back some fond memories.
I'm glad my video reignited your memories , it's a shame it's met it's fate. Maybe one day it will be renovated back to its former glory. Thanks for watching and your comment. 👍🙂
I worked there on and off during the 90s as a kitchen porter and room cleaner. I remember one year we had a really bad storm with hurricane force winds which ripped off part of the roof and the torrential rain completely flooded the 300s section and the restaurant below. We had to close the hotel for months to repair the damage and was asked to look after the hotel at night for security. It was quite scary being all alone there at night without any electricity. When we finally opened again I ended up being the night porter for a few years before deciding to move to Torquay. This video and footage brings back so many memories. Thanks for uploading this mate. Take care. Regards.
Shame they closed it down , I saw a few CZcams videos of how it looked before. Nice place to stay and work with those views. I remember it being a fun explore and day out in woolacombe. Thanks for watching.
This was fascinating, something about abandoned hotels and this is in really good condition too so guessing it hasn’t been vacant all that long. You have such a calming voice by the way lol. There are so many alterations and stairs in there! Great explore!
Stayed here not long before it closed, it didn’t look too different to that. Watched a comedian in that room with the stage and dart board, there was water dripping from the ceiling. Got chatting to the barman and he said there was only a couple of people trying to maintain it but was hopeful it could be saved. Hasn’t been closed that long believe it or not, certainly not ten years.. One part of the hotel actually looked half decent. Tried to explore a bit but couldn’t get to the top floor from memory. The receptionist locked us out one night and wouldn’t answer the phone. We were not amused. Half the staff seemed to hate it the others loved it.
We used to stay here as kids, it was never great but we always had a fantastic time! So sad to see this place like this, so many memories with my family!
I stayed here with my family a few years ago, we always had a good time but it was so grotty!. The lift was broken and never got repaired in the end. Mega creaky floorboards and the balconies were dodgy, i never let me kids out on them!
I stayed there the last year it was opened, it was a shame u can see it used to be nice but the hotel room was damp, and very little money had been spent in years. The food was nice and the pool ok. My daughter was about 5 so closed 6 years ago 2018 I think.
Cool video of the hotel dude, I live in the bungalow next to the hotel it's always good to see a proper explorer, I watch the bearded explorer, Rnk, proper people. 👍
@@ExploringHabit cheer's dude love living here great place to live, we did have a problem with the hotel the other night about 1.o'clock in the morning there where people in there smashing the place to bits they have made at right mess and the noise was awful, can't stand people that do this.
@@ExploringHabit the security are not that great only come out every so often but they have now got a firm in that are putting up metal shutters. Cheers for the chat and I will watch more of your video's take care dude.
I stayed here a number of times, quite sad, it was a nice hotel despite its decrepancy in the late 2010s haha. Would love to urbex here, but too scared of travelling all the way and setting an alarm off!
@@sorted1111 Fortunately there is isn't much vandalism though most of the trashing has come from water damage from the roof never being repaired. It was bought by a corrupt company that was operating an investment fraud so there was no motive for them to look after it :(
24 hours after you posted this there were people in there doing some thing, maybe stripping it of metals etc. Multiple police called out late at night trying to catch them. Seems odd it was 24 hours after your upload, I guess thieves keep an eye out for content like this just incase they see an opportunity.
@@ExploringHabit Yeah could have just been a coincidence. Did you know there was a room time share scam run at that hotel. The last owners sold 110 future rooms (Saying they where doing up the hotel) for 50k to 80K each & did a runner with the people money. I live close so you'd use that pool for free all the time.
Whether or not he has posted on here, the hotel is in plain view of all and sundry as it is and access is blatantly very easy for anyone so don’t have a pop at him for posting this. There’s countless urbex videos on CZcams where is obvious- especially to locals - where these places are. It is not his responsibility to safeguard the actual property is it?
@@RichieRouge206 I wasn't having a pop I was just telling him that 24 hours later there was a gang in there stripping it and as it turned out they where from the other side of the country so it wouldn't have been in plain site to them.
Love Woolacombe love the vid just awesome
Thanks , I've holidayed there a few times.
Hi this was very creepy to watch, i worked there for 2 years as assistant manager, my brother was entertainment manager, and our best friends where the manager, we went there in june 1997, to bring up to cratch, it was owned by an indian family then back in london, we had 6 months to fill it! By xmas, for us to stay and recive a bonus, there were only 5 guests at the time, one drunk chef, a cleaner and 3 young girls, who didnt really know what was happening, anyway it was in poorly state then, we manage to improve it in 3 months, the bar off from the reception was called the tudor bar, that i fid up the pool very different then , and to see the old office, well we filled by xmas fully booked, with 135 guest! It was brilliant great times, for 3 months after, then out of nowhere it was sadly closed, through debtors, it was me and a female left to make sure it was safe from thiefs, no electric, had to use candle, at nite it was spooky as fuck, creeping floor, ect, ANYWAY THANKS FOR VIDEO, BRILLIANT, SO SAD TO SEE IT LIKE THAT!!
Fascinating. I grew up in Woolacombe in the late 80s and early 90s, and the hotel was always busy. I remember swimming in the pool for a friends birthday party. The orange shades in the balconies always made it an iconic building in Woolacombe, everyone knew which hotel you meant. If you said the Naracott on the other hand, you'd almost always have to say, "no, not the one with the orange shades".
Striking building compared to the rest of Woolacombe.
Back in the mid 60s our family stayed at the then Coombes Hotel owned by the Richard’s. It was only a half of the size back then. In our second year there myself, 4 brothers and sister all contracted chicken pox on the day we arrived. So we were quarantined in our rooms for the first week and had to have our meals brought to us. During the day we had permission to sneak out of the hotel via the fire escape over the newly built swimming pool and pile into the car for a secluded day on the beach. Coombes Hotel was a lovely family-orientated venue and the location and views across the valley and Woolacombe Bay were unforgettable. Quite sad to see it in its abandoned condition. But your exploration brought back some fond memories.
I'm glad my video reignited your memories , it's a shame it's met it's fate. Maybe one day it will be renovated back to its former glory. Thanks for watching and your comment. 👍🙂
I used to to stay there when I was little numerous times and loved every minute of it, brings back memories for me
It's a shame these hotels that hold a lot of memories for ppl are closing down all over the country. Thanks for watching
I worked there on and off during the 90s as a kitchen porter and room cleaner. I remember one year we had a really bad storm with hurricane force winds which ripped off part of the roof and the torrential rain completely flooded the 300s section and the restaurant below. We had to close the hotel for months to repair the damage and was asked to look after the hotel at night for security. It was quite scary being all alone there at night without any electricity. When we finally opened again I ended up being the night porter for a few years before deciding to move to Torquay. This video and footage brings back so many memories. Thanks for uploading this mate. Take care. Regards.
Shame they closed it down , I saw a few CZcams videos of how it looked before. Nice place to stay and work with those views. I remember it being a fun explore and day out in woolacombe. Thanks for watching.
This was fascinating, something about abandoned hotels and this is in really good condition too so guessing it hasn’t been vacant all that long. You have such a calming voice by the way lol. There are so many alterations and stairs in there! Great explore!
Stayed here not long before it closed, it didn’t look too different to that. Watched a comedian in that room with the stage and dart board, there was water dripping from the ceiling. Got chatting to the barman and he said there was only a couple of people trying to maintain it but was hopeful it could be saved. Hasn’t been closed that long believe it or not, certainly not ten years.. One part of the hotel actually looked half decent.
Tried to explore a bit but couldn’t get to the top floor from memory. The receptionist locked us out one night and wouldn’t answer the phone. We were not amused. Half the staff seemed to hate it the others loved it.
I was here on Saturday I found it really creepy wondering around such a big place on my own the silence made it even more eerie 😬
It wasn't too bad for me , it was a lot bigger than I was expecting.
I used to look at and talk non-stop about this hotel when I was in year 5/6 (2018-20)
We used to stay here as kids, it was never great but we always had a fantastic time! So sad to see this place like this, so many memories with my family!
The very top floor hadn’t been used for a very long time. I know some part of the building they had a fire years before it shut too.
Went to this hotel a couple years ago with my mate when it was abandoned so many alarms were going off when we were there😂😂
I stayed here with my family a few years ago, we always had a good time but it was so grotty!. The lift was broken and never got repaired in the end. Mega creaky floorboards and the balconies were dodgy, i never let me kids out on them!
I stayed there the last year it was opened, it was a shame u can see it used to be nice but the hotel room was damp, and very little money had been spent in years. The food was nice and the pool ok. My daughter was about 5 so closed 6 years ago 2018 I think.
A lot of ppl have commented how nice it was , shame what's happened to it.
Cool video of the hotel dude, I live in the bungalow next to the hotel it's always good to see a proper explorer, I watch the bearded explorer, Rnk, proper people. 👍
Thanks for watching , very nice place to live , I'm jealous.
@@ExploringHabit cheer's dude love living here great place to live, we did have a problem with the hotel the other night about 1.o'clock in the morning there where people in there smashing the place to bits they have made at right mess and the noise was awful, can't stand people that do this.
That's gonna happen unless they seal it , I heard there was security patrolling it now but obviously not.
@@ExploringHabit the security are not that great only come out every so often but they have now got a firm in that are putting up metal shutters. Cheers for the chat and I will watch more of your video's take care dude.
I stayed here a number of times, quite sad, it was a nice hotel despite its decrepancy in the late 2010s haha. Would love to urbex here, but too scared of travelling all the way and setting an alarm off!
Thanks for watching , the alarms were disabled when I explored it.
What time I looked today
Monday morning i was inside.
Anyone know what year it shut
Towards the und of 2017
Wow it got trashed quickly then
@@sorted1111 Fortunately there is isn't much vandalism though most of the trashing has come from water damage from the roof never being repaired. It was bought by a corrupt company that was operating an investment fraud so there was no motive for them to look after it :(
@@Anubis90k thanks i couldn't find any info about it's closure.
2020
You travel far for content. What area you from?
I live in the South West , I don't mind traveling far as long as I know i have access.
24 hours after you posted this there were people in there doing some thing, maybe stripping it of metals etc. Multiple police called out late at night trying to catch them. Seems odd it was 24 hours after your upload, I guess thieves keep an eye out for content like this just incase they see an opportunity.
That's odd , a few urbexers have posted videos on CZcams exploring this hotel. I'm surprised the copper thieves have not been in there sooner.
@@ExploringHabit Yeah could have just been a coincidence. Did you know there was a room time share scam run at that hotel. The last owners sold 110 future rooms (Saying they where doing up the hotel) for 50k to 80K each & did a runner with the people money. I live close so you'd use that pool for free all the time.
Whether or not he has posted on here, the hotel is in plain view of all and sundry as it is and access is blatantly very easy for anyone so don’t have a pop at him for posting this. There’s countless urbex videos on CZcams where is obvious- especially to locals - where these places are. It is not his responsibility to safeguard the actual property is it?
@@RichieRouge206 I wasn't having a pop I was just telling him that 24 hours later there was a gang in there stripping it and as it turned out they where from the other side of the country so it wouldn't have been in plain site to them.