Derby · Riverlights · Morledge · Same complex
Holiday Inn Derby – Riverlights & Genting Casino Riverlights Derby
A riverside city-centre block holding the bus station, two hotels and a first-floor casino floor.
Riverlights on the Morledge brings together Derby bus station, the Holiday Inn Derby Riverlights, a Premier Inn and Genting Casino Riverlights Derby on the first floor of Block A.
Riverlights is the mixed-use block on the Morledge where Derby’s bus station lives, and it also holds two hotels and a casino floor. The Holiday Inn Derby Riverlights publishes its rules plainly — check-in at 2 pm, check-out at noon, guests aged 18 and over — and has The Engine bar and restaurant, a mini-gym and meeting rooms. A Premier Inn stands in the same complex.
Genting Casino Riverlights Derby is licensed for “part of the first floor, Block A” of the same building. It opens at noon with slots from the start, live gaming from 6 pm and cash poker on Thursday to Sunday evenings, closing at 4 am. The operator names roulette, blackjack, live e-tables and BOOM slots, with a bar, live sport, parking and accessibility listed.
Derby railway station is ten to twelve minutes on foot; the bus station is downstairs.
Doors and tables
Doors
| Monday – Sunday | noon – 4 am |
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Live tables
| Monday – Sunday | 6 pm – 4 am |
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Hours shift on public holidays and for private events — confirm with the venue before you travel.
Entry rules
- Adults aged 18 and over. Photo ID is checked under the Think 25 policy — bring a passport or driving licence.
- Open-door casino: no membership needed. Photo ID if you look under 25 (Genting).
- Dress code: Smart casual: smart jeans and trainers are fine, but not football shirts, vest tops or caps (Genting FAQ).
- Anyone enrolled in the SENSE self-exclusion scheme is refused entry.
On the floor
Facilities
Bars and restaurants listed here are inside the casino and reachable only through its 18+ entrance.
The hotel: Holiday Inn Derby – Riverlights
- Group
- IHG · Holiday Inn
- Address
- Morledge, Derby DE1 2AY
- Rooms
- room count not published — ask the hotel
- Check-in / Check-out
- 2 pm / noon
- Minimum check-in age
- 18
- Parking
- Discounted parking nearby, no hotel car park stated
What the hotel adds
- The Engine bar and restaurant, mini-gym, meeting rooms
- A Premier Inn shares the same complex
How they connect
Same complex. Hotel and casino are parts of one building complex — an arena, a resort or a mixed-use block — each with its own entrance.
Hotel, bus station and casino share the Riverlights complex and the DE1 2AY postcode; the casino is licensed for “Part of 1st Floor, Riverlights, Block A”. Premier Inn Derby City Centre (Riverlights) sits in the complex too.
The pairing rests on the licensed premises address in the Gambling Commission public register.
Getting there
Derby bus station shares the complex; Derby railway station is a 10–12 minute walk (IHG).
Directions Opens the casino address in Google Maps (external service).
Address: Riverlights, Morledge, Derby DE1 2AY
Suite & Salon score: 70 out of 100
Sources for this page
Every figure above is taken from these pages on the check date. Where a hotel’s own site could not be read, the field is marked as a third-party figure. Facts checked 12 September 2026.
- gentingcasinos.co.uk/casinos/genting-casino-riverlights-derby — address, phone, hours, games, facilities, open-door policy
- ihg.com — Holiday Inn Derby – Riverlights — address Morledge DE1 2AY, check-in 2 pm / check-out 12 pm, minimum age 18, bus station next door
- Gambling Commission public register, Genting Casinos UK Limited (account 537), premises list — premises entry
“Genting Casino Derby, Part of 1st Floor, Derby Riverlights, Block A, The Morledge, Derby, DE1 2AY”
- premierinn.com — Derby City Centre (Riverlights); Wikimedia Commons photograph 8130702 — second hotel in the complex; photograph showing Premier Inn and Genting Casino signs on one building