Premier Inn Stoke/Trentham Gardens hotel
Family rooms two minutes from Trentham Estate
About this hotel
This Premier Inn sits a two-minute walk from Trentham Estate, offering family rooms with en suite showers, free parking and an on-site restaurant and bar, close to Willow Trentham Gardens for dinner. It's the clearest pick on this list for a family who wants to properly split a multi-night trip between Water World and Trentham Gardens, since the walk to the Trentham grounds is genuinely short, while Water World itself is a further drive across the city. Family rooms mean the kids get their own space rather than a fold-out bed in a standard double, useful for a longer stay. An on-site bar rounds out the evening, so neither a Water World day nor a Trentham Gardens one requires venturing far for dinner.
- Free parking
- Family rooms
- Near Trentham Estate
- On-site restaurant
Our take
This suits a family building their trip around both Water World and Trentham Gardens, who wants family rooms and free parking without needing to change base between the two. It's not the pick if Water World proximity alone is the priority, that's better served by options actually near Festival Park.
- ✓Plan one day at Trentham Gardens, a two-minute walk away, and one day driving to Water World across the city.
- ✓Book family rooms ahead for half-term, this is a popular base for exactly this two-attraction combination.
- ✓Budget separately for breakfast, it's a paid add-on despite the family room and free parking being included.
Why we love it
- Two-minute walk to Trentham Estate
- Family rooms available
- Free parking included
- On-site restaurant and bar
Why guests love itWe stayed three nights and split the trip exactly as planned, one day at Trentham Gardens just a two-minute walk away, one day driving over to Water World. The family room gave the kids their own space, which mattered more than we expected over a longer stay, and free parking made the Water World days easy to plan around. Worth booking again for the same trip next year.