Premier Inn Blackburn South - M65 J4

Hotels
Premier Inn
8.4 (20 reviews)
Off Eccleshill Road,Riversway Drive,Lancashire,Blackburn , Blackburn , GB

Facilities

Parking
Restaurant
Breakfast available (surcharge)

Review Highlights

Pros:
Excellent service
Clean rooms
Good location
Cons:
Poor breakfast quality
Inconsistent room quality

Categories

Cleanliness
8.4
Mixed feedback on cleanliness; some rooms noted as clean, but one described as old and dated.
Service
9.9
Consistently praised, especially Mia, who is described as helpful, welcoming, and an asset to the hotel.
Location
9.4
Good location for visitors, especially noted during business and football trips.
Room Quality
7.9
One room described as old and dated while others were modern, indicating inconsistent room quality.
Amenities
8.9
Amenities were usually satisfactory but not heavily emphasized in reviews.
Value for Money
8.4
Value perceived as average; issues highlighted with breakfast affordability.
Food and Beverage
5.4
Severe dissatisfaction with breakfast quality reported.
Overall Experience
8.9
Positive experiences shared overall, largely due to service despite some issues.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-01-17 01:51

Property Description

Discover the perfect blend of comfort and convenience at Premier Inn Hotel Blackburn Central, your ideal base for exploring Lancashire and beyond.

Central Location
Nestled in a prime spot, our hotel offers easy access to Blackburn, Preston, Blackpool, and thrilling attractions like Ewood Park and the Ice Arena, ensuring memorable outings for everyone.

Comfortable Accommodations
Relax in our extra comfy rooms designed for a restful stay. Each room features cozy beds and modern amenities, providing you with the perfect retreat after a day of adventures.

Delicious Dining
Savor hearty meals at our on-site restaurant, where a warm welcome awaits. Whether it's breakfast or dinner, our diverse menu caters to all tastes, ensuring you fuel up for the day ahead.

Your next adventure starts here—book your stay today!

Important information:

102 spaces (53 hotel & 49 restaurant), 11 disabled bays (6 at the hotel & 5 at the restaurant), Possible lorry parking around back of the hotel or on Riversway Drive at end of the road. Alternative parking available a 15 minute walk to Services across motorway roundabout
Situated directly off M65(J4). Take the 1st exit down Eccleshill Road, the hotel is on the left. Next to the Oakenhurst Farm Brewers Fayre.

Check-in and check-out hours:

Location

Guest Reviews

8.4
Based on 20 reviews
Cleanliness: 8.4
Service: 9.9
Location: 9.4
Room Quality: 7.9
Amenities: 8.9
Value for Money: 8.4
Food and Beverage: 5.4
Overall Experience: 8.9
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Z1153PTmatty Family
10
Excellent family stay! 🤩
Pros:

5 out of 5 as usual for this place! I’m a regular visitor to this hotel and Mia always makes sure we have a warm welcome! A+++++++

2025-11-22 via Tripadvisor
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robertdX6776FE Business
10
Business trip
Pros:

Absolutely brilliant Mia was so helpful and outstanding service I would definitely stay here again. The hotel was in a good location and it was also very clean

2025-11-19 via Tripadvisor
3
398nealeg Business
10
Business
Pros:

my experience at Blackburn South is always made a wonderful stay because of Mia on reception always very helpful and can't do enough to help no matter what I would be lost without Mia absolutely amazing young lady and is a credit to this site

2025-11-18 via Tripadvisor
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RichRose50 NONE Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
10
Football away day
Pros:

Great hotel ideal for the football. Clean, tidy, friendly staff. Bedroom modern with a reasonable shower.
Shame the bar shuts at 10pm even for residents seems very early for a Friday evening.

2025-11-16 via Tripadvisor
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caryhaworth Solo travel Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
10
Business Trip.
Pros:

I was in town on a business trip and had a long, busy night. Fortunately, I was assisted by a wonderful staff member named Mia, who was incredibly helpful with any issues or concerns I had. She was very welcoming and made the experience smooth and pleasant. Overall, a great stay with no complaints.

2025-10-13 via Tripadvisor
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Sightsee12202398402 Solo travel
10
Staying whilst awaiting accommodation
Pros:

The staff are the best I’ve ever experienced above and beyond what is expected of them ready and willing to assist in any situation quick to respond to emergency bell ready and willing to help and most of all happy and friendly home from home

2025-10-06 via Tripadvisor
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Sightseer774432 NONE
4
Worst Breakfast Ever
Pros:

The breakfast was terrible. First day I had a full english. The bacon and the poached eggs were ok but the mushrooms were swimming in fat. The black pudding and hash browns were awful as well... fat literally squirted out of the black pudding when i put my fork in in.

Second day i just had poached eggs and bacon. this time the plate was flooded with water from the poached eggs which the bacon was swimming in. I put my toast on the plate and it went soggy...

probably the worst breakfast i have ever had.... i can't believe i paid 10.99 for that.

2025-10-03 via Tripadvisor
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andyandcez Business
10
great premier inn , awesome staff!
Pros:

What you expect from a premier inn, mostly all the same layout and rooms. Here the staff are amazing, helpful and friendly. Stay here a lot and always spot on. Thanks to all the team for making us welcome.

2025-10-02 via Tripadvisor
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Z4093QFbeny Business
10
MIA IS A ABSOLUTE ASSETT TO THE COMPANY
Pros:

MIA HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE , we have been staying here a few weeks through work and the staff have been so helpful during this time , mia especially nothing has been to much trouble and is a pure asset to the company

2025-09-28 via Tripadvisor
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ceanda NONE Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
8
Great night's stay - fab night's sleep
Pros:

Judging by some of the previous Tripadvisor reviews on here, we were not expecting good things. However, when we arrived we were really surprised as everywhere was thoroughly clean with no dodgy smells as previously described!
Mia on reception duty had a lovely smile and was really welcoming to greet us. We had a minor issue at check-in but Mia swiftly dealt with this to our satisfaction.
We had booked 2 accessible rooms one of which had the Premier Inn's usual modern decor but the other was extremely old and dated, dimly lit and a bit oppressive. All of the rooms should be decorated with the same design brief, regardless of size/shape.
We have to say though that the rooms were spotlessly clean and we had the best night's sleep in both rooms. 10/10
We had our evening meal and breakfast in the Brewers Fayre restaurant located above the hotel (you can walk through the hotel into the restaurant without going outside). The previous reviews we'd read about here too weren't good either but again we found the restaurant to be clean, staff were attentive and the quality of the food was good. Couldn't fault it.

2025-09-28 via Tripadvisor
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rosemaryj416 Couples
4
Disappointed with our stay this time
Pros:

This is our second visit here. It is very different now a couple of years on. It used to look like the photos on the website. Now the decor and furniture are tired. The bed was not that comfortable. The shower gel dispenser didn’t work. The desk lamp was broken. There was only one bath towel and it wasn’t all that clean round the sink. It’s probably adequate for workers whose firms pay for rooms but it was a disappointing stay for us.

2025-09-08 via Tripadvisor
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Gee7355 Couples London, England
4
Wouldn’t return
Pros:

Parking available and helpful staff, but they are the only positives! Rooms did not seem clean, bathroom smelt awful and had to buy air freshener and cleaning products to get rid of the smell! Requested room clean but wasn’t done. Air conditioning didn’t seem to work and was very noisy! Wouldn’t stay again!

2025-08-16 via Tripadvisor
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francescarN4834RQ Business
2
By Far the worst Premier Inn I’ve ever stayed in!
Pros:

While the Premier Inn Hotel was not the cleanest one I’ve stayed in, my 3 night stay was made much worse by the eating facilities. The restaurant was filthy, the floor was so sticky in every part of the area that it was difficult to walk in trainers or shoes because my feet literally stuck to it. The clean glasses still had traces of lipstick on and the tables were also sticky and covered in crumbs even when I was the first down to eat for breakfast. My company paid a lot of money for me to stay there and booked in the ‘meal deal’ allowance. However, each day I was told “you’re not showing as having a meal deal, there’s nothing on our system for your room number” and the staff always blamed the hotel staff for not doing their job properly. I was therefore told to wait aside everyday while someone physically went and confirmed next door with the hotel. When they tried ringing the hotel reception there was no answer. When they eventually confirmed daily that I did have a meal deal, I was then ignored until everyone else in the queue in front of me was served. I felt totally embarrassed and the staff even stated that the situation with the lack of communication with the hotel was “stressing them out”. Overall the customer service was really bad and I was made to feel like a nuisance. The bed and towels were clean, but everything else was filthy. I would not recommend eating anything here or staying longer than 1 night

2025-08-14 via Tripadvisor
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Dee882 Family
10
Brilliant stay
Pros:

Have stayed at a lot of Premier Inns and this was one of the best. Booked a one night stay for two family room as travelling as two adults and four kids. Check in was great, warm and friendly
The family rooms are brilliant, with an extension to room which gave us lots of extra space. The room was clean and beds comfortable. There was two fans provided to keep the room cool. The golden tickets left on the kids pillows to recieve a prize from reception was an added bonus and the kids loved it.
Breakfast was good, lots of choice and fresh food. Although it was busy as open to the public and was a weekend day.
Even when checking out the staff were friendly and pleasant. Great customer service. Would definitely stay here again.

2025-07-06 via Tripadvisor
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Cruiser53634202303 Family
4
Bad stay
Pros:

Breakfast is meant to open at 7 o'clock on weekends but it opens at 7.20 am, we had to be in Southampton for 11 o'clock so we asked if we could cancel breakfast at 6.30 am the answer was no but at 7.10 am it was a yes. Which had made us 40 minutes late. In my opinion a bad stay

2025-07-05 via Tripadvisor
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juanpY4540CX NONE
2
Room smelt strongly of vomit worse hotel stay
Pros:

Our rooms smelt strongly of vomit and the carpet was wet.

Understand that people being sick is out of the hotels control but rooms shouldn't be sold until they are properly cleaned and no longer smell.

2025-06-15 via Tripadvisor
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val1946 NONE Accrington, Lancashire, England
10
Overnight stay
Pros:

The hotel is conveniently located near to the motorway. There is a large carpark with severai disabled spaces. I had an accessible room with a lowered bath. The room was very clean, the bed was very comfortable and breakfast was really great value and well cooked.

2025-05-04 via Tripadvisor
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Dreamer43996042558 Business Glasgow, Scotland
10
Pressure free
Pros:

Friendly staff nice food , nice location for my working away from home trip.
Enjoyed Friendly conversations. With bar and waiting staff.
Room was clean and tidy and breakfast was well presented.
Easy access to motorway both directions .
Altogether a very nice place to stay

2025-04-16 via Tripadvisor
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X7812YZmarcj NONE
10
Great experience at Premier Inn, Blackburn South.
Pros:

I had an enjoyable stay at this hotel on a Saturday evening at the end of March. The check-in process was fast and easy with a friendly receptionist. My room was clean, tidy and had everything that you'd expect. I ate in the Brewer's Fayre restaurant in the evening and had breakfast the following morning. Both meals were delicious and the restaurant staff were friendly and helpful. I certainly won't hesitate to stay again in the future.

2025-04-02 via Tripadvisor
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TraceyA1131 NONE
10
Great service and nice room
Pros:

Great service and great room. Staff were helpful and friendly. The bed was really comfy and we had a great sleep, the black out curtains were great. Had a lovely meal in the evening and breakfast in the morning was nice. Also we didn't have to check out until 12 which was great.

2025-03-31 via Tripadvisor