The Royal Hotel is a grade II listed building which is in the English seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.

[1] In 1847 the English writer and social critic Charles Dickens[2] stayed in the hotel, along with his friend and colleague Mark Lemon[1] who was the founding editor of both Punch and The Field.

He also, during this visit met James Sharman[2] who was the keeper of the Britannia Monument, on whom he supposedly based the character of Ham Peggotty.

[2] In the hotel's Palm court, a menu which has been signed by Dickens during his stay there is on display.

It is well-known and bona fide that Her Majesty the Queen sent a special message to the hotel during a visit to Great Yarmouth