The hotel is 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Thetford railway station.

The nearest airport is also at Norwich and that is 32.4 miles (52.1 km) north-east of the hotel.

[1] With the arrival of the railway connections to Thetford, Norwich and wider Norfolk the inn then was turned into a hotel.

[1] The hotel is reputedly haunted by the ghost of its 18th-century landlady Betty Radcliffe.

[6] Actors associated with the BBC comedy show Dad's Army, stayed at the hotel when filming on location.