The White Hart was originally built as a hunting lodge for the landed gentry to use as a relaxing place to stay.

This relaxing atmosphere is still very much at the heart of this establishment, the bar and restaurant area retains much of this character charm, with a wealth of local history adorning the walls.
The pictures of the buildings uses over the years, including the time it was used by the local Home Guard during the Second World War, adds to its historic charm.

From the moment you walk in the door to the time you reluctantly have to leave, you are made to feel more welcome than any hotel chain could ever hope to achieve.

The choice and quality of food is outstanding and if you are only staying for one night, then you have to try the Hot Rock Mixed Grill…. Or if you want to eat out, then the local knowledge of the staff is invaluable.

Pete’s Thursday night quiz added an additional level of entertainment that we weren’t expecting.

We picked the White Hart as a place to use as a base, for a week exploring the Cotswolds and Thames path, but it turned out to be the best part of our holiday for me, my partner and our dog.

We will definitely be come back again!!!!

On the High Street with its own car park at the rear. Welcoming, clean, freshly painted with bright rooms and oodles of hot water. This is a pub with rooms above in the old english style so if thats your style then you wont be disappointed here. The evening meals were superb as was the full english breakfast and we would certainly return here. The staff were warm and welcoming. Cricklade is a lovely village and retains its olde worlde charm in the 21st Century (there is a small Tesco/post office opposite the pub).

we visited this hotel on 21st june 2009. after reading a review by a previous traveller i wasn't looking forward to the trip. but i have to say that the hotel and the staff were very friendly. they only took over the hotel 10 weeks ago but the breakfast and the hospitality was really nice. The room we had was a bit dated but it was clean and rather large. The breakfast was really nice too. please give this hotel a try and dont go by the previous report. julie and pete 2009

we stayed at the hotel in Cricklade on Saturday 22nd March 08 and were extremely disappointed with the whole experience. From arriving at the hotel, the barmaid asked if we were there for a dirty weekend or just passing through, to the breakfast service which was different to say the least.


when we arrived we were told in a very offhand manner that we would have to pay in advance, which is somewhat unusual to say the least. We were then asked if we were at the hotel for a dirty weekend or just passing through, we declined to answer that question on a number of counts which are that (a) i was with my wife, and (b) that at the age of 62 the chances of having a dirty weekend I would place as unlikely.

We were given a key to room 5 and told it was at the top of the stairs, when we entered the room the bed was wet through to the mattress. we returned to the bar to inform the staff member who 'welcomed' us that this was unlikely as the room had be cleaned that day ! an air of disbelief remained until we presented the staff member with the obvious evidence. We then returned to the ground floor to be again redirected to room 11, all of this time carrying cases.

Whilst the room that was then provided was of a very average nature, the decor was jaded and of 1950s appearance, it was clean.

Now to breakfast, we entered the dining room but saw no one for a full five minutes, there were other customers in the dinning room who also seemed to be waiting. The waitress appeared to tell us she would be with us soon which she was after a further 10 minutes of waiting. We ordered breakfast which was basic and of low quality ingredients. The apparent reason why the waitress was so long in attending to our order was she also doubled as the cleaner in the bar and the chef doubled as the waiter when the waitress was away cleaning, all in all a very confusing breakfast arrangement.

As you can by now appreciate we were less than impressed with our stay at
this establishment the one saving grace was that we chose to eat at the Red Lion further down the High Street which was a first class meal and first class service.