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The Saracens Head Hotel

2.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Double Room, Ensuite
Single Room, Ensuite | Bathroom
Garden

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
Market Place, Swindon, England, SN6 7AG
  • Stanton Country Park
    5 min drive
  • Shrivenham Park Golf Club
    9 min drive
  • Kelmscott Manor
    15 min drive
  • Oxford (OXF)
    45 min drive

Room options

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Double Room, Ensuite

Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Suite, Ensuite (Sleeps up to 3)

Suite, Ensuite (Sleeps up to 3)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room, Ensuite

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Single Room, Private Bathroom (room)

Single Room, Private Bathroom (room)

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Single Room, Ensuite

Single Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Exterior detail

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The price is NZ$197
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
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About the area

Swindon

With a stay at The Saracens Head Hotel in Swindon, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Pentylands Country Park and Wrag Barn Golf & Country Club. .This hotel is 10.7 mi (17.2 km) from Thames River and 2.7 mi (4.4 km) from Stanton Country Park.

What's nearby

  • Wyvern Theatre - 12 min drive
  • Swindon and Cricklade Railway - 12 min drive
  • Museum of the Great Western Railway - 13 min drive
  • Swindon Designer Outlet - 13 min drive
  • Lydiard Park - 16 min drive

Getting around

  • Swindon (XWS-Swindon Train Station) - 20 min drive
  • Oxford (OXF) - 45 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Kingsdown Arms - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪The Highworth Hotel - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Rose & Crown - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Heart in Hand - ‬7 min drive

About this property

The Saracens Head Hotel

Hotel in Swindon with a restaurant and a bar
The Saracens Head Hotel offers 12 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor tennis court.
Make yourself at home in one of the 12 guestrooms.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor tennis court or take in the view from a terrace. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, babysitting, and a banquet hall.
At The Saracens Head Hotel, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include express check-in and express check-out. Free self parking is available onsite.
The Saracens Head Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free extended parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Outdoor tennis court

Family friendly

  • Babysitting services

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 12:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Express check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM
Express check-out available

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 and cash
This property is professionally cleaned

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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The Saracens Head Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 58 out of 232 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 85 out of 232 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 48 out of 232 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 19 out of 232 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 22 out of 232 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Ian

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
It is a lovely inn with two bars, the choice of food on the menu is very good, it was served piping hot, and good portions. The hotel is in need of an upgrade the mattress was soft and saggy. The room faced onto the high St and was subject to traffic noise, one of the pull down blinds was broken and did not pull up. But for the price paid it was ok
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

B

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Nice little place. Nothing fancy at all but the staff were very friendly and the beer was nice. Room was super basic, but was also super cheap so to be expected. Bed was comfortable enough. Would stay again if it I was on my own.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Helpful staff and good value for a two night stay and a ideal location
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

William

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly staff, good sized room with a view of the square. Small but adequate toilet. Really good food and drink.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Clive

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A bit tired
Clean but very tired condition but not bad for price
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Colin George

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I am an Highworthian, I love the town and love to make visits to see relatives and old friends, and this was the purpose of my recent visit and my reason for booking a weekend at the Saracens Head. I will break my review into two. Firstly, the pub; friendly, enjoyable food, great ale, well appointed with the bars, restaurant, TV / smokers area and gardens, large car park area, as a modern-day pub I would rate it with 4 stars. Secondly as a hotel; we were shown into room 8, a twin room, although I was pretty convinced that I had booked a double, but put that down to me. The bed was comfortable and the bedding nice and crisp and clean, great so far. The furniture in the room consisted of two, 4 drawer cabinets, one with 1 drawer missing, 1 broken, and another with a pull handle missing, the cabinet had been painted but now showed batches of bare wood. The top of the cabinet housed the tea making facility; two random mugs, one spoon and all ingredients stuffed into one bowel. The second cabinet appeared ok, this one housed the TV; but no controller, so. no TV. There was no provision for clothes hanging. There was a single bedside cabinet but no bedside lighting One painted wall was covered in marks and the brown carpet looked quite dirty. Following my complaining I was told that the manager would come in and see me by 5.30, well, he did come in but never came to talk to me, I was passed a message informing me that ‘tomorrow I will move to another room and that I would be reimbur
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

mark t

Liked: Staff & service
Overall pretty good but it's out of date and needs to be updated and the mold needs to be cleaned out of the bathrooms they also need to leave a toilet brush for customers
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is amazing!!!! It has so much personality, great staff, a wonderful pub to go to where one can enjoy a great dinner, other great places to go to within walking distance. And it's right next to a bus stop so it is possible to go further off and just come back in the evening. This was such a fantastic experience, and I can't wait to go back to Highworth and The Saracen's Head Hotel!!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

George

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dated,paintwork scratched,dirty bin and bathroom uncomfortable bed
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gary

Travelled with group
Lovely hotel very friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Iqbal

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice, character property with comfortable bed.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Philip

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It's a lovely building. I'm a heavy bloke and really did not get on with the mattress, very 'soft' (old?)... And it was a bit of a squeeze getting past the sink into the shower... But I booked a cheap room!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

lorna

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You get what you pay for
Carpets filthy; smoke alarm went off for absolute ages; no one there after hours of you need something
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Old but good.
The Saracens is old but has character, the staff were very good and the food was brilliant (Chardonnay very nice too!) The stairs were a bit steep and beds a bit narrow. Not expensive, don't do breakfast but a few doors away lovely café did! A pleasant stay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

paul

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

6/10 Okay

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Not bad... you get what you pay for .
Bit dirty and worn out could do with a update .... toliet well noisy during night think the system is linked to next door so if there have a plop the motor is noisy made me jump a mile whilst asleep. Sides had stains .. food was ok ..staff ok too . But you get what u pay for dont expect the ritz . But for a night it was ok . Good price to just sleep
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Dan

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Katrina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The staff are amazing and in the door in the restaurant was excellent
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edina

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Saracens Head stay
Very friendly welcome, clear instructions on issuing WiFi code, key drop off etc. TV worked fine, warm comfortable room and bed
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Alan

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness
Visiting family
Stayed 3 nights whist visiting family for Xmas
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice stay again.
Old and querky hotel, very reasonable price and we have stayed here a few times. Bed was quite comfortable and the shower was excellent. A full English breakfast is an extra cost but well worth it. We also ate there on the Saturday evening, and although they were busy, they still managed to find us a table, it was very good food.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023