The Three Swans Hotel, Market Harborough, Leicestershire

Breakfast was good and plentiful. I didn't use the car park.

My stay was only three nights but it turned out to be like two separate stays. I was checked into a single room as requested and was initially delighted with it. But I then found that it coincided with football being shown on a large screen TV just yards away in the courtyard from my window, and that my room was next door to a gents toilet open to the visitors (ie public). And after experiencing the toilet door banging every 30 seconds and a hand dryer whirring literally the other side of the wall from my desk space, I had to ask to move. This was handled most professionally and I was shifted to a super and much larger room above a conference centre. I have read on reviews that this could also be noisy at times but I seemed to be almost the only person in that building, so it was super quiet. Apart from night time road works going on 50 yards away, that is (and of course outside the hotel's control). Advice to others: ask if the hotel is hosting any event in their courtyard and if so, avoid rooms close by. I did not eat at the hotel so my only contact with staff was with reception. They were terrific and a credit to the Three Swans. Car parking was easy and safe enough although the layout is a bit higgledy-piggledy, and I simply cannot fathom why it is also used as a public pay and display. If I had arrived late at night to find the parking full and not even all with hotel customers, I don't think I would be too pleased.

I live in the US and this is my second stay at the Three Swans. I like the fact it was an old coaching Inn … on booking I was not advised or asked if a room up a lot of steep stairs at the very top of the building would work for me…. I am 75 and it was hard work! The staff are generally helpful especially the housekeeping staff. Breakfast was excellent. The courtyard that runs alongside the building full of comfortable tables/chairs and many boxes of flowers is a delight. I love Market Harborough and enjoyed my stay.

Clean room could have larger glasses thanks 😊