With a stay at The Kings Arms in Swindon (South Swindon), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of River Thames and Swindon Arts Centre. .This hotel is 14.1 mi (22.7 km) from Cotswold Country Park and Beach and 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from Wyvern Theatre.
What's nearby
Swindon Arts Centre - 1 min walk - 0.1 miles
Wyvern Theatre - 12 min walk - 0.7 miles
Swindon Designer Outlet - 5 min drive - 1.3 miles
Museum of the Great Western Railway - 5 min drive - 1.3 miles
Coate Water Country Park - 6 min drive - 1.3 miles
Getting around
Swindon Station - 11 min drive
Bristol International Airport (BRS) - 78 min drive
Restaurants
The Tuppenny - 2 min walk
The Drink Valley (Old Town) - 3 min walk
The Victoria - 3 min walk
Hop Kettle Tap & Brew - 3 min walk
The Hop Inn - 3 min walk
About this property
The Kings Arms
The Kings Arms offers 14 accommodations. This Swindon hotel provides complimentary wired Internet access.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 14 guestrooms. Complimentary wired internet access is available to keep you connected.
This smoke-free hotel features rock climbing nearby.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the hotel's coffee shop/cafe. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM and on weekends from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access and multilingual staff. Free self parking is available onsite.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:30 AM and 10:00 AM and on weekends between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
The Kings Arms has a restaurant on site.
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free wired internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet
Parking and transportation
Free self parking on site
Food and drink
Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM on weekdays and 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekends
A bar/lounge
A coffee shop/cafe
A restaurant
Conveniences
Limited-hour front desk
Guest services
Multilingual staff
No housekeeping service
Business services
Meeting room
Accessibility
No elevator
More
Smoking not allowed
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Check-out
Check-out before 11:00 AM
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
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
Property 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
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The Kings Arms Reviews
Reviews
7.4
Good
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travelers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Rating 10 - Excellent. 109 out of 377 reviews
10 - Excellent
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Rating 8 - Good. 129 out of 377 reviews
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Rating 6 - Okay. 78 out of 377 reviews
6 - Okay
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Rating 4 - Poor. 37 out of 377 reviews
4 - Poor
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 24 out of 377 reviews
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8.4/10
Cleanliness
8.2/10
Staff & service
7.6/10
Amenities
7.4/10
Property conditions & facilities
Reviews
Verified
8/10 Good
John
Dec 1, 2025
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location, good value, awesome breakfast. The venue hosts a Friday night disco, make sure to ask whats on if you want a quiet night, or embrace it 😀.
Fab pub/hotel stayed one night
Bed so comfy, room beautiful and clean.
Breakfast really good freshly cooked.
Staff excellent
Would stay again no problem .
The pub at the King's Arms is excellent; they have a brilliant chef, and breakfast is included. On the down side, the room was extremely small, and the sink isn't in the bathroom.
From the first point of arriving wss excellent
Evening meal fresh and hot.
Helpful directions to the theatre.
Including taxi no for getting back to hoel
Comfy clean bedroom, lovely breakfast.
Even a pleasant cherrio as we left.
Nice enough rooms and pub. There were a few locals in there when we got there. Staff in the evening were very friendly, the breakfast crew not so much.
Staff here could not be more friendly or welcoming. Breakfast was great too, our room was on the 2nd floor so minimal impact from nightclub noise! So good we booked to stay again next month.
Umpteenth stay at the Kings & it seems to get better every time
Staff are off the scale of helpful, Manager first class
Food was lovely as I ate at the Kings last night & the breakfast was its usual terrific
The property is a very old coaching inn. It was spotlessly clean but the shower was faulty and we were given 1 bath towel for 2 people. We felt the plinth for the shower stuck out dangerously for when using the bathroom. Very comfortable bed. Friendly, helpful staff. Good breakfast. Good value for money.
Room good but very cold on the first night with no extra blanket available. Heating put on after speaking with staff the following day.
Booking in system wasn't working so I had to come back a bit later to book in and collect key.
Breakfast choice good and very tasty.
Staff very friendly and helpful.
The atmosphere was young and buzzy, not the place for a quiet weekend , as disco Friday and Saturday until 3.00am and live band Sunday evening until 11.00pm !!
Unfortunately plug in bathroom sink did not work, and the pillows and duvet were of poor quality. No storage or hanging facilities in room, so fortunate we were only staying one night.
This venue is a live music venue and nightclub Friday & Saturday. The venue are up front about this and list it appropriately on their website but hotels.com do not. I had gone based on hotels.coms information which is miss leading. It was only at check in I discovered this, over 150miles from home.
I am not exaggerating, I am not being ott, they turn into a night club from 9pm - 3am every Friday and Saturday. Music thudding until 3am.
Our room was above the outside smoking shelter in a Friday night …. Not great.
The venue is tired and was undergoing renovations when we visited.
Room was okay.
Staff were friendly, attentive & polite.
Breakfast was great and allergy friendly.
Chose this as a nights stop over when traveling home from a holiday in Cornwall. We chose to come this way back as we were fed up of sitting in the none stop stop start qué we were in on the M5. Lesson learned don't travel on a Friday to Cornwall or back to Stafford on the M5. The staff here are really pleasant and helpful we also liked the fact you get a 10%discount on food and drink when eating there. There is a night club on site we never new about but as our room was well away from the DJ and music which goes on late on a weekend we didn't here a thing so really good. The food is excellent and the breakfast choice is good and filling as well. İt's quite a large Pub/Hotel so there is plenty of space for everyone, all in all we had a great night's stay here and will stay again when in the area or when the M5 motorway is at a standstill. We really liked the place and it's so handy for the centre of town and shops and the fact you can park at the rear of the hotel is also a bonus, just a brilliant place to stay.