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The Crown & Horns

Property class: 3
Enjoy the free parking at this 3-star Newbury hotel

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A room with a wooden table, a kettle, a blue mug, a mirror, and a tiled wall.
A dining area with a table set for two, a hanging light fixture, and a large framed picture of a bull.
A room with a wooden desk, a television, a grey door, and a grey chair.
A bar with a 'Welcome to the Croft & Horns' sign, various liquor bottles, and a beer tap.
A courtyard with a brick building, wooden fence, and outdoor seating area with red umbrellas.

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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Compton Road, Newbury, England, RG20 7LH
  • Place, North Wessex Downs
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, East Ilsley
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Highclere Castle
    ‪24 min drive‬
  • Airport, Farnborough (FAB)
    ‪62 min drive‬

Room options

Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(3 reviews)
  • City view
  • 151 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Room

  • City view
  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • City view
  • 236 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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A neatly made bed with a patterned bedspread, two bedside lamps, and a headboard with a checkered design.

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

  • 237 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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A hotel room with two beds, bedside lamps, a desk with a chair, and a power outlet.

Standard Twin Room, Accessible, Ensuite

  • 258 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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A hotel room with a large bed, a smaller bed, a chair, and a nightstand with a lamp.

Standard Suite, Ensuite

  • 323 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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A bed with white pillows and a multicolored throw blanket.

Comfort Double Room, Ensuite

  • 183 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the neighborhood

Newbury

In Newbury .At this Newbury hotel, you'll be within half a mile (1 km) of East Ilsley and 6 miles (10 km) of Chilton Field Wetland. Chilton Fields and The Library are also within 6 miles (10 km).

What's nearby

  • North Wessex Downs - 1 min walk - 0.0 miles
  • East Ilsley - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Newbury Racecourse - 18 min drive - 12.4 miles
  • Highclere Castle - 24 min drive - 18.2 miles
  • University of Oxford - 29 min drive - 22.0 miles

Getting around

  • Newbury Racecourse Station - 11 min drive
  • Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 57 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Hart Of Harwell - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪The Packhorse - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Greggs - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪The Wheatsheaf - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Fort Woks - ‬10 min drive

About this property

The Crown & Horns

Enjoy the free parking at this 3-star Newbury hotel
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. Self parking is free.

This 3-star Newbury hotel is smoke free.

  • 12 guestrooms or units
  • Garden
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
The Crown & Horns offers 12 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • High chair

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Accessibility

  • No elevator

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

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

Special check-in instructions

The host will greet guests on arrival
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Property payment types

  • American Express
  • Mastercard
  • Visa

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/debit cards
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property accepts credit or debit cards, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.

We should mention

  • Please note that this property can refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, which include pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

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Frequently asked questions

How close is The Crown & Horns to the airport?

The Crown & Horns is 25.5 mi (39-min drive) away from the Oxford (OXF) airport, the closest popular airport to the property.

How much does it cost to stay at The Crown & Horns?

As of Sep 27, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at The Crown & Horns on Oct 4, 2026 start from $72, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

Does The Crown & Horns have an airport shuttle?

Airport shuttle services are not available at The Crown & Horns.

Does The Crown & Horns offer free breakfast?

The Crown & Horns does not offer free breakfast.

Is there a casino at The Crown & Horns?

No, there is no casino at this hotel.

What time is check-in at The Crown & Horns?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM.

Is there free parking at The Crown & Horns?

This hotel offers free self parking.

Does The Crown & Horns have a pool?

The Crown & Horns does not have a pool.

Does The Crown & Horns have a restaurant?

Yes, there is a restaurant on site.

Does The Crown & Horns have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this hotel.

How close is The Crown & Horns to downtown Newbury?

The Crown & Horns is 0.1 mi away from East Ilsley.

The Crown & Horns Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 86 out of 201 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 77 out of 201 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 201 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 201 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 201 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay while exploring the village. Staff very helpful and accommodating to some of our one-off requests. Thanks
Stayed 4 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
tidy, clean, quiet, supportive staff I can recommend
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely pub and inn at the heart of the village. The room was lovely, very comfortable! At the end of each day I would arrive back at my room to find a homemade cookie waiting for me; it's these little touches that really demonstrate attention to detail and the thoughtfulness of the staff. It's a Dog friendly hotel, and there was a very cute friendly dog who greeted me as I went to check in. Would highly recommend, and will certainly stay again! Useful hotel for those walking or cycling through the Chiltern Hills, located relatively close to the Ridgeway Route.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Disliked: Cleanliness
The room, specially the bathroom, needs a deep clening
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

My go-to place for Harwell campus

Always a comfortable and hospitable stay. Basic, but cozy, and friendly service.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Crown and Horns has always been a good choice for me to stay. Clean, friendly, affordable.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Crown and Horns is a lovely little pub close to the Harwell Science & Innovation campus. Rooms are small, but clean and affordable. The pub itself is cosy and welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A very warm welcome from a friendly team. The food here is great. Highly recommended to anyone walking the Ridgeway!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Solid choice

Second time staying here. Rooms are clean and efficient, staff are friendly, and the pub is cozy.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Nice little place for a night

The staff is really nice and helpful, it is not the best hotel in the world, but it is clean, comfortable and welcoming for a night stop on business trip. The food is good, at pub standard, the only missing part is a breakfast more elaborate. It is the little place like that that makes you love the countryside of Britain
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Good location

Great location, perfect for what we wanted, comfortable. and the chef went out of his way to cook a full breakfast, (boy was it full) on the first day, although they do not apparently offer this normally, on the second day we had to just have cereals and no service was offered, no coffee or toast, which was a shame as it took the edge off. But overall, good
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A quiet pub, one of two in the village ( no other shops) . If coming down from the north or west UK it would be a perfect final stop before dropping the car off at Heathrow Airport . Comfortable and clean rooms upstairs. The shower recess was a little tight for room. Very good food but eat early
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice Staff, poor cleaning and loud neighbours
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

A bit noisy and very light

Just a little bit noisy from the beer garden. Need earplugs. Also need curtains at the window, it was very bright with just blinds.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice but no breakfast available!!

Nice place but we were advused tgere was a continbreakfast available tye following mornibg when we checked in, and ut also stated tgat breakfast was available for an additional charge. However, when we asked the foloowibg mornibg qe were told that there was no breakfast available. The room was nice but lots of spiders, maybe down to the time of year.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

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

Crown & Horns

Wifi was shockingly bad. Only limited food available in the restaurant as in yku had a choice of about 4 meals. No cider on draft . My towel smelt like it had been dried with the kitchen exraction fan as it had a distinct amell of chip fryers...
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Over rated. Dangerous stairs. Very loud water pump in bathroom. Ordinary bed - ended up in the middle of the bed all night. Little light in the room. Only one bedside light. Badly placed furniture & no where to put anything. Cosy bar & dining room that was well laid out. Staff were very good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Staff & service
The property is and the game building work, so a lot of restriction of where you can walk. I’ve booked a double room ended up with a twin bedded room disabled there was no mugs or cups of coffee hadn’t been replenished. Went to put the rubbish in the bin and it is totally full. I don’t think the room has been cleaned properly. There was coffee stains on the bedside cabinet and running down the front would’ve been a nice place ivan least you problems
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

A really lovely place with a few issues this time

I've stayed before and it's a really lovely pub, friendly service, nice grub and above all a really comfy bed. I was a bit disappointed this time though because a few things have slipped and whilst small they amounted to a slightly uncomfortable stay. Firstly the room was freezing cold, like a fridge on arrival as the radiator was off. It became apparent that this is because the windows have gaps around them even when closed (it's a lovely creaky old building so to be expected but this was extreme). I managed to whack the radiator on and tried clogging the gaps with the towel and a cushion which improved things. Some curtains would have helped rather than creaky blinds. Second issue was that whilst there were nice biccies and toiletries there was no milk! I remembered from before that you have to walk down the hallway and a flight of stairs to fill-up from the fridge but there was none here either. I was in my bedclothes by this point so not keen on going to the bar to request some which meant my evening cuppa was cancelled. No milk in the morning either. There is a cafetière to raise your hopes but no coffee to put in it. The rooms also have no cosy lighting, only the main light and some cold LED reading lights so it's a bit all or nothing. They have 'do not disturb' signs but nowhere to attach these to the outer door. It would be lovely if these issues could be resolved as it would really be a top-notch place with a bit more attention to detail. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Staff & service
I am going to be kind here, and take into account that the Manager, a very nice & polite young man (named Zak??), advised us upon our arrival that he had only just started running this pub in the past 2 weeks. Apparently his boss had just bought the place after it had been "run down for a while". With that in mind..... The good points were that the staff were very friendly and helpful. We were supposed to book in by 9pm, but because i finished work later than anticipated, and we had to drive from Essex, we didn't arrive at the pub until 22:30. The pub rang us just after 9pm to check if we were still coming, and said it was no problem if we arrived late. Once we finally got there, we were told that there was no breakfast available, despite us being advised on the website that cooked breakfast was available Zak said that in compensation for no breakfast, they had put small individual boxes of cereal out, on top of a bar fridge, with cold milk, orange & apple juice. The choice of cereal was limited to Corn Flakes, Rice Crispies & Special K. The room was smaller than i expected, but was ok for 1 night. The day we arrived was very very unseasonally hot. 32°! So, consequentially, our room was very hot. It was very warm in the room. Too hot to sleep. The addition of a fan would have helped. All the windows had wire stays fitted to them, to stop guests opening the windows too wide. Thankfully our window stay was broken, so we had our window wide open! No regular coffee in room.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Jun 2026
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
too pricey for the amenities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Crown and Horns has always been a good choice for me to stay. Clean, friendly, affordable.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely old inn with annex accommodation cosy and adequate. Bar and restaurant excellent in evening, but no breakfast available.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

A couple of minor issues but otherwise very good.

Very friendly and helpful staff. High end Bosch coffee maker in my room but I needed a demonstration to learn how to make it work (it made excellent coffee for a machine). Breakfast is cereal they give you the evening before: there's no cooked breakfast. Small hotel and no one is on-site in the morning for check-out: you leave your key in the lock. Dinner was good. Took three attempts to get the wifi to work and you have to sign up with sky to get it (it's free but I dislike handing over an email address or setting up any kind of login).
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

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