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The Sparsholt Barn

2.0 star property
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Exterior
Superior Suite, Ensuite
Lobby
Bar (on property)
Superior Double Room, Ensuite (Large)

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
Watery Lane, Sparsholt, Wantage, England, OX12 9PL
  • Uffington White Horse
    4 min drive
  • Swindon Designer Outlet
    26 min drive
  • University of Oxford
    35 min drive
  • Oxford (OXF)
    50 min drive

Room options

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Standard Double Room, Ensuite

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Superior Twin Room, Ensuite

Superior Twin Room, Ensuite

Superior Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Suite, Ensuite

Superior Suite, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Superior Double Room, Ensuite (Large)

Superior Double Room, Ensuite (Large)

Superior Double Room, Ensuite (Large)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Superior Double Room, Ensuite (Large)

Superior Double Room, Ensuite (Large)

Superior Double Room, Ensuite (Large)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Standard Twin Room, Ensuite

Standard Twin Room, Ensuite

Standard Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Double Room, Ensuite

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Classic Double Room, Ensuite

Classic Double Room, Ensuite

Classic Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the area

Wantage

Located in Wantage, The Sparsholt Barn is a 4-minute drive from Uffington White Horse and 5 minutes from Uffington Castle. .This guesthouse is 9.5 mi (15.2 km) from Thames River and 5.8 mi (9.3 km) from Wayland's Smithy.
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What's nearby

  • Uffington White Horse - 4 min drive
  • Swindon Designer Outlet - 26 min drive
  • Cotswold Wildlife Park - 31 min drive
  • University of Oxford - 35 min drive
  • Blenheim Palace - 36 min drive

Getting around

  • Hungerford Kintbury Station - 21 min drive
  • Southampton (SOU) - 93 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Royal Oak Inn - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Kings Arms - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Wildwood Restaurants - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Grove Kebab Van - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Grove Kebab Van - ‬8 min drive

About this property

The Sparsholt Barn

Guesthouse in Wantage with a restaurant and a bar
The Sparsholt Barn offers 8 accommodations.
Make yourself at home in one of the 8 guestrooms.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and wedding services.
At The Sparsholt Barn, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
Free self parking is available onsite.
The Sparsholt Barn has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired Internet

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Guest services

  • No housekeeping
  • Wedding services

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties
A car is recommended for transportation to and from this property
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

Star Inn Wantage
Star Wantage
Star Inn Wantage
Star Wantage
Inn The Star Inn Wantage
Wantage The Star Inn Inn
The Star Inn Wantage
Star Inn
Star
Inn The Star Inn
The Star Inn
The Sparsholt Barn Wantage
The Sparsholt Barn Guesthouse
The Sparsholt Barn Guesthouse Wantage

The Sparsholt Barn Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 45 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 79 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Tony

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The rooms are very nice, and the food in the pub was excellent. The only negatives were that the only breakfast available mid week was some pastries, which I must have missed on booking, and with the shower on hot, it was tepid and the bed was a little soft for me. Overall. Very good though.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Star inn is fabulous great staff great food and beautiful rooms
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Ian

Business traveller
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Renovation work being carried out at 6.30 in the morning Unable to provide vat receipt Emailed and asked twice
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Theresa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worth the drive to this out of the way village!
Lovely innkeeper. Beautiful room in converted stables. The food was fabulous…hands down the best of our trip. In fact dinner was one of the best meals I’ve had in years!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nathalie, Canterbury

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The star inn offers an excellent service especially for visitors travelling with dogs. We were allocated a room in a barn renovation. It had a clever mix of high specs renovation and rural feel to it. The staff were very generous with their time and attention to us. We ate at the inn on our first night and the menu was top rate which included a majority of fresh locally sourced produce. I would highly recommend for anyone passing through this area. Very good value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Paula

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Jill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Andy

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service and exceptional food. Good accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable beds, great menu, friendly staff and a warm welcome
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly welcome, comfortable beds, lovely bathroom facilities, fabulous menu and food, great place to stay very dog friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Restaurant has limited menus choice, although nice most options are expensive and smaller than average
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff , nothing was too much trouble - although our room hadn’t been serviced when we got back . When we mentioned this , it was immediately rectified
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent accommodation in a lovely peaceful location good food and atmosphere highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Romantic dog friendly inn.
Great little find. Dog friendly room and really buzzy gastric pub restaurant with fab grub!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for walking
Great hotel, good food, friendly staff and close to lots of walks.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute hotel tucked away in the countryside. Helpful and friendly staff. Comfortable bed. My only niggle is that the breakfast is too small, but that has more to do with my appetite than anything else! I’d stay again
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable stop over aeay from the madding crowd
An overnight stay for business. The Star provided a warm, friendly stop over with some good ale, good food and comfortable accomodation.

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant - would recommend
Extremely friendly and accommodating staff. Room spacious and very comfortable. Nice little touches of detail dotted around the room. Very pleasant - would recommend

10/10 Excellent

Singer, Shropshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What more could you want!!
Really happy experience. Lovely place, friendly and helpful, delicious food, delightful room with very comfortable beds. Really nice little touches like butter served on mini slate plates and mini towels to dry your hands. Would strongly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel. Friendly staff. Good food. Lovely village.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018