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title: "Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate: reviews, location & comparison"
description: "Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate: rated 8.3 by guests, 4-star. Amenities, location and nearby alternatives compared side by side."
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Hotel · ★★★★
# Old Swan Hotel

Low Harrogate, Harrogate, United Kingdom

8.3 ·  Very good 45 reviews ·  #25 #25 of 27 in Harrogate ·  8.0 Location score
## About Old Swan Hotel

Old Swan Hotel is a hotel in Low Harrogate, Harrogate, United Kingdom. It holds a 4-star rating. Guests rate it 8.3 out of 10 across 45 reviews. It is 600 m from the centre of Harrogate. The nearest airport, Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), is 16 km away.

- **Type:** Hotel

- **Star rating:** ★★★★

- **Check-in from:** 15:00

- **Check-out until:** 11:00

- **Other stays within 500 m:** 20

Swan Road [theoldswanhotel.co.uk](https://theoldswanhotel.co.uk/)

## How Old Swan Hotel scores

Better rated than 7% of hotels in Harrogate

-   Guest rating **8.3**
-   Location **8.0**
-   Public transport **7.3**

Harrogate average

## Amenities

The partner listing does not include an amenity list for this property yet.

## Location

- **Location score:** **8.0**/10

- **Walk grade:** **87**/100 Great for walkers

- **Restaurants & cafés within 500 m:** **129**

- **Sights within 1 km:** **9**

<table class="dist" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><tbody data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Nearest station<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Harrowgay Train Station</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">660 m</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">11 min walk</span></td></tr><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Nearest airport<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA)</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">16 km</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">36 min drive</span></td></tr><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Distance to the centre<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Harrogate</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">600 m</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">10 min walk</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Sights nearby

-   Royal Pump Room Museum210 m
-   Watermark Gallery250 m
-   The Cenotaph480 m
-   War Memorial480 m
-   Queen Victoria Monument640 m
-   Bils & Rye640 m

### Compare

## Compare Old Swan Hotel with nearby hotels

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## Questions about Old Swan Hotel

### How do guests rate Old Swan Hotel?

Old Swan Hotel has a guest rating of 8.3 out of 10 from 45 reviews, which is better than 7% of rated hotels in Harrogate.

### What are the check-in and check-out times at Old Swan Hotel?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is until 11:00.

### How far is Old Swan Hotel from the airport?

The nearest airport, Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), is 16 km away in a straight line.

Updated 6 Oct 2026. Data: Agoda, Overture Maps, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports and hotels' own websites. We may earn a commission from partner links; it never changes the comparison. [How we score](https://stayversus.com/en/about/)

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