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The Queens Head

3.5 star property

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Courtyard
Individually decorated, individually furnished, blackout curtains
Bar (on property)
Double or Twin Room | Room amenity
Front of property

Reviews

7.2 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

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54 Ely St, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, CV37 6LN
  • Place, Town Hall Stratford upon Avon
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Shakespeare's Birthplace
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Place, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Airport, Birmingham (BHX)
    ‪32 min drive‬

Room options

Single Room

7.6 out of 10
Good
(5 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Standard Twin Room

Standard Twin Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Double or Twin Room

Double or Twin Room

7.0 out of 10
Good
(9 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds OR 1 Double Bed

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Family Room

Family Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Bed

Classic Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Stratford-upon-Avon

A stay at The Queens Head places you in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon, steps from Town Hall Stratford upon Avon and The Old Bank. .This bed & breakfast is 9 mi (14.5 km) from Warwick Castle and 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Civic Hall.
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What's nearby

  • Town Hall Stratford upon Avon - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Shakespeare's Birthplace - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Royal Shakespeare Theatre - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Swan Theatre - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Shakespeare Houses - 7 min walk - 0.7 km

Getting around

  • Stratford-Upon-Avon Station - 10 min walk
  • Coventry (CVT) - 28 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Garrick Inn - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Hobsons Patisseries - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sabai Sabai - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪All Bar One - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Yorks Cafe - ‬2 min walk

About this property

The Queens Head

Bed & breakfast in Stratford-upon-Avon with a restaurant and a bar
The Queens Head offers 7 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and complimentary toiletries. This Stratford-upon-Avon bed & breakfast provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and fans.

Stay in one of 7 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and complimentary bottled water.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
At The Queens Head, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
The Queens Head has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available
  • Offsite parking; discounts available
  • Street parking available

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Fan
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

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, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector and a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

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The Queens Head Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 45 out of 169 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 58 out of 169 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 34 out of 169 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 169 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 18 out of 169 reviews

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Randall

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Do not stay here.

We were the only guests in the place. I understand why. Looked like mold in the shower. Awful smell. Big bright green exit sign INSIDE our room. Street level window with a broken lock. Straight curtain on a bow window. A fan that was so filthy it the fan intake was caked with dirt. Etc., etc., etc.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Judith

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
**NO PARKING* *NO PARKING** Very loud music until the pub below closed at 11pm The floor in the bathroom was extremely dirty and the whole bathroom smelled of drains, which seeped into the room. The room was still under construction with bare render on the ceiling, no lampshades. The main door did not lock properly and could be pushed open easily, very unsafe! In need of new pillows and a better detergent, the bedding was smelly. This property does not have parking
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

William

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enticingly advertises itself as “Stratford’s Best Kept Secret” offering “luxury en-suite accommodation”. The reality is terrifyingly different. To reach the rooms you must pass through a pub, running a gauntlet of drunks to reach a rear yard full of smokers, over flowing ashtrays and bins. The listing showed the yard with a fire pit and rattan furniture. None of this was present. The accommodation lobby area houses a builder’s sack full of lime plaster and abandoned furniture. The stairs and handrail to upstairs were filthy and worn. The room smelled musty. The furniture was dirty and dusty and the side of the bed stained. The shower was encrusted with black mould. The last occupant’s half used shower gel bottle was left. The disgusting view from our room included a flat roof complete with soiled linen and abandoned plastic trunking. What followed made things worse. The pub was blasting music until 12:30 am. Do consider stay here if lying in bed and hearing a downstairs sing along to “Is this the way to Amarillo” at just gone midnight is your thing. The floor of the room vibrated from the excessive noise levels. When the music stopped it was replaced with the sounds of bawling drunks hurling abusive language around, and the sound of glass bottle bins being emptied. We live too far from Stratford to have left early, so had to stay. My wife was left in tears and our daughter described it as the most frightening place she has ever stayed.
Mould inside our shower cubicle...
The view from the bedroom window...
The view of the side of the bed...
The lobby area, that included with a sack of lime plaster
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Joanne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terrible experience

Travelled from Telford to celebrate our 25th anniversary, Went to check in, no knowledge of any booking! Being a bank holiday weekend there was no where else to stay unless we were willing to pay £350+ for one night, although Trevor tried to get us somewhere else to stay but with no avail.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

rebecca

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Bianca M

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Don’t stay here

This was the worst place I have ever stayed. I would have given it zero stars if I could. Scary, old, mouldy, horrid. We left without staying and found a different hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Justin

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Refurb Required

Stayed in room 7 for 1 night. Location is excellent & close to everything. Room needs investment & cleaning standards simply aren't good enough. See photos of mould in the bathroom & shower. Shower mixer tap was broken so had to fetch the manager to adjust it. New bathroom urgently needed. At £80 room only it isn't worth the money as only hostal standard. Great location though so investment could really help.
Mould & Dirt
Mould & Dirt
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Don

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Tracey

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Bathroom was absolutely disgusting.black mold all around the shower.key for room was allocated to a family.who walked into our room whilst we were there.we where in a state of undress.when the guy walked in.so not impressed.will never stay there again.
Disgusting
Disgusting
Absolutely no need for this
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location and comfy clean room

Very convenient in the middle of Stratford Upon Avon. 10min easy walk from train station. Friendly staff. Comfy room and bed. Stairs are steep so if you have mobility restrictions could be a little awkward but not many steps and I had no issue with it. Some noise in the morning around 7.30am with keg delivery for the pub downstairs which woke me but if you're an early riser that wouldn't be an issue and was niyand peaceful the rest of the time. Overall an excellent stay and I'll be back!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was fun standing in the old pub, it was exactly what we thought it would be. Perfect great location.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Angela

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Wendy

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Not what I expected from photos.

Bed was comfortable linen and towels clean. There was no hot water to shower but was sorted for next day. Tv did t work and no assistance given or option to change rooms even though we checked on line and hotel not full There is not parking on site, the picture of the beer garden is not accurate it was rather grubby. Internet access was good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Trudy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was dirty the television was broke,no breakfast provided .They were not very helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rosemary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent value for money
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Ann

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Don’t

Photos on Hotels.com deceiving. We were not expecting deluxe accommodations but bathroom shower mold and mildew. Room was on ground level with a window on the street without security bars so I’d window was opened anyone could climb in. Being summer we needed ventilation as there was no AC. Fan provided was inadequate and filthy. This was more like a youth hostel than “luxury accommodation “ quoted on their sign.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

You get what you pay for!?!

Tired room with no working tv, lumpy pillows but it was cheap!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

David

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Annette

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A building from olden times, that hasn’t lost its character, it is very comfortable. Good wifi.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, in the center of everything, fun to stay above a pub, clean room.
One of the two beds.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Wolfgang

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We liked the central location and friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Rob

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
I know it's a 500 year old inn, and that explains a lot of its quirks. But large amounts of black mold in every corner of the shower upon checking in isn't related to the building age. Some shower spray would help that. And there's WiFi, but we couldn't access it from inside our room for more than a few seconds at a time. I wouldn't stay again. At least it was pretty cheap.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
As a solo traveller for 1 night, it was ok for the price . I was in a single room which was clean with all that I required. My main concern was the noise from outside ( nothing to do with The Queens Head or customers ) . I was in room 5 at the back of the building which adjoins the Bellcourt entertainment complex and it was quite noisy at times throughout the night .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Gerry, Wallasey

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On entering you see a good bar and eating area (kitchen was closed during our stay) but the location near the end of the High Street put many of the towns other pubs and eateries close to the hotel. Car parking was at the NCP just around the back. As to be expected in such an old building, it had many quirky features, but the room had everything we needed and we got a few good nights sleep.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Nicolino

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The room and especially the bathroom needs refurbishing. The staff is friendly and very helpful, really can’t fault them. Hotel in a fantastic location, just a short walk to anywhere you want to go.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025