staying in a Best Western? It MIGHT have an EV charge point.

[psquare]

Currently planning a family trip for the near future and searched for any hotel chains with EV charging points. Best Western announced in 2013 that around 50 of their hotels would be equipped with EVSEs. I've emailed them and this is the list of hotels they came back to me with. Some of these appear on Zap-Map UK, but some of them don't. There is no consistent EVSE supplier network, so you need to check individually. Also, none of the Best Western hotels in London offer charging points.

Best Western Derwent Manor Hotel, Allensford
Best Western The Ambleside Salutation Hotel & Spa, Ambleside
Best Western Wroxton House Hotel, Banbury
Best Western Premier Moor Hall Hotel, Birmingham
Best Western Hotel Royale, Bournemouth
Best Western Heronston Hotel, Bridgend
Best Western Henbury Lodge, Bristol
Best Western Lee Wood Hotel, Buxton
Best Western Plus Windmill Village Hotel, Coventry
Best Western Walworth Castle Hotel, Darlington
Best Western Mount Pleasant, Doncaster
Best Western Kings Manor Hotel, Edinburgh
Best Western Frensham Pond Hotel, Farnham
Best Western Forest Hills Hotel, Frodsham
Best Western Beaumont Hotel, Hexham
Best Western Le Strange Arms Hotel, Hunstanton
Best Western Kinloch Hotel, Isle of Aaron
Best Western Premier Yew Lodge Hotel, Kegworth (East Midlands Airport)
Best Western Knights Hill Hotel, Kings Lynn
Best Western Leicester Stage Hotel, Leicester
Best Western Restormel Lodge Hotel, Lostwithiel
Best Western Russell Hotel, Maidstone
Best Western Pinewood on Wilmslow, Manchester
Best Western Centurion Hotel, Midsomer Norton
Best Western Annesley House Hotel, Norwich
Best Western Orton Hall Hotel & Spa, Peterborough
Best Western Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel, Pontefract
Best Western Llyndir Hall Hotel, Rossett, Chester
Best Western Philipburn Country House Hotel, Selkirk
Best Western Mosborough Hall Hotel, Sheffield
Best Western The Grange at Oborne, Sherborne
Best Western Cliff Head Hotel, St. Austell
Best Western Old Tollgate Restaurant & Hotel, Steyning
Best Western Aberavon Beach Hotel, Swansea Bay
Best Western Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton
Best Western Ullesthorpe Court Hotel & Golf Club, Ullesthorpe
Best Western Swan Hotel Wells, Wells
Best Western Dean Court Hotel, York
Best Western Monkbar Hotel, York

If you know of any other hotel chains offering something similar, let us know.

 

[jackt]

All Best Western points are ZCW see - http://zerocarbonworld.org , Map - http://zerocarbonworld.org/zero-net

Marriott also have points, I have used them in Preston - No Card, just plugin and go, they even coned the space off for me.

And a few Holiday Inns in Europe have points too, especially those that have Tesla superchargers, there are rumblings that most hotels with SCs will get some other type 2 posts installed too.

 

[MikeS]

This Best Western has charging:

BEST WESTERN The Old Tollgate
Hotel & Restaurant
The Street
Bramber
Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3WE

Went for lunch and got a free top up!

 

[Gonville]

Parkway Hitel and Spa Cwmbran. Just to right of front door. Post is labelled but space not marked. Staff knew where it was but had never been asked how to use it. ;-). Worked fine.

 

[RJSATLBA]

You can add the Crianlarich Hotel to the Best Western list, they have just installed an EVSE (and Biomass too!), which is great as it means that it should now be possible to get to Oban for the Western Isles ferries after heading N up the M6 M74 using Ecotricity's CCS units. Once at Oban the Calmac ferry terminal has a rapid charger and I've also noticed that CalMac are piloting a discount scheme for EV drivers. http://www.calmac.co.uk/discounted-fares-for-electric-vehicles.htm

Until now, (in my ICE past) I've usually planned an overnight in Oban before catching a ferry the next day as I can't realistically get there in time for a same day ferry unless it is later in the day, which for my usual destination is rarely the case. So it's now going to be an overnight stop in Crianlarich instead of Oban. Heading to Colonsay from Leeds later next month so I'll post on how it works out.