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Reviews of Sarum College

2.5 out of 5
Sarum College
19 The Close, Salisbury, England

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 280 out of 587 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 223 out of 587 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 53 out of 587 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 23 out of 587 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 587 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Catharine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet, charming, easy walkable access to stores and restaurants in centre of town, great atmosphere with historic buildings nearby. Loved it!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Christine on 22 Apr 2024
Delighted you enjoyed your stay - look forward to welcoming you back next time!

10/10 Excellent

Kerry

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everyone was friendly, it was peaceful, within walking distance of everything.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Christine on 22 Apr 2024
So pleased you enjoyed your stay - Salisbury is a very easy city for walking and the Close is in the quiet centre of it all. We hope to welcome you back.

8/10 Good

Emma

Character and history and very friendly and welcoming!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Christine on 12 Apr 2024
So pleased you enjoyed your stay - hope to welcome you back!

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was light airey and warm. Very comfortable. Good shower, and bathroom. Location was fantastic, in the Cathedral close. The view when u walk out the colleges front door, is Salisbury cathedral. While the close is near the towns centre. So all amenities are on the doorstep.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Christine on 10 Apr 2024
Isn't it amazing? We are lucky to be situated in such a beautiful location and are pleased to be able to share it. Come again!

6/10 Okay

Mark

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Christine on 9 Apr 2024
Thank you for your review - let us know if there was anything we could do to improve your experience.

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sarum College offers comfortable accommodation, a stones throw from Salisbury Cathedral, with free parking. It is just a short stroll into the city with a plentiful choice of places to eat. Breakfast was included in the refectory and was excellent. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Christine on 8 Apr 2024
So pleased you enjoyed your stay - we hope to welcome you back.

8/10 Good

Anne

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was an attic room which had uneven floors and angled ceiling. The paint work was tired and had a few stains on it. There was no blind in the bathroom and the curtains were fraying. Apparently they were renovating the attics rooms so mine had not yet been done. However it did not put me off and I would recommend it and stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Christine on 8 Apr 2024
Thank you for your kind response and patience as we make improvements to our guest rooms. We look forward to welcoming you back.

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely place to stay for our holiday. The convenience of being in the Cathedral Close could not be beat. Absolutely lovely and quiet setting. Breakfast was fresh both mornings and very good. Beautiful views of the Cathedral from our room.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Christine on 18 Mar 2024
Delighted that you enjoyed your stay - we hope to welcome you back!

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean but basic room. Breakfast absolutely wonderful. Free parking. Very helpful staff. Lift out of order for my stay but will be sorted very soon. Easy short walk to city centre....shops/eateries. Book through Sarum college website for same price so they don't have to pay commission.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Christine on 12 Feb 2024
Thank you for the five-star review - we are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to welcome you back.

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unusual B&B but met our needs perfectly and exceeded our expectations.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Christine on 5 Feb 2024
We are delighted that your stay exceeded expectations and hope to welcome you back! thank you for the 5 star review

10/10 Excellent

N

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Christine on 5 Feb 2024
We are pleased you enjoyed your stay & thank you for the 10 / 10 review!

10/10 Excellent

Xander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great view of Salisbury Cathedral from the front of the hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Christine on 21 Jan 2024
Thank you for the 5 star review! We're delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to welcome you back.

10/10 Excellent

Gina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic, but central Breakfast good Staff helpful and friendly
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Christine on 21 Jan 2024
Thank you for the 10/10 review, Gina - we're delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to welcome you back.

8/10 Good

Leila

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Christine on 5 Feb 2024
We are glad you enjoyed your stay & hope to welcome you back

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A peaceful stay in a basic, functional, comfortable and clean room. Good help from all staff. Will stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Christine on 24 Nov 2023
So pleased you enjoyed your stay - we look forward to welcoming you back!

6/10 Okay

Jasbir

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Whole experience very excellent. Staff helpful and kind. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Christine on 22 Nov 2023
Very pleased you enjoyed your stay - thanks for the 5 start review!

8/10 Good

Sally

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Christine on 24 Nov 2023
Pleased you enjoyed your stay - we look forward to welcoming you back!

8/10 Good

N

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from c on 13 Nov 2023
thank you - glad you enjoyed your stay

6/10 Okay

Dale

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

John, Monmouth

Liked: Amenities
A wonderful quiet setting. Great breakfast and accommodation. Parking is a bit limited but OK.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Christine on 21 Oct 2023
So pleased you enjoyed your stay - we look forward to welcoming you back to Sarum College.

8/10 Good

Soon Ing

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Christine on 12 Oct 2023
We are glad you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Howard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is inside the Salisbury Close, a great quiet, historical site.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Christine on 10 Oct 2023
Indeed this is a special location - thanks for the 5 star review!

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable stay
Comfortable clean room and lovely 'all we could eat' breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Christine on 10 Oct 2023
Great that you had a 10/10 experience!

8/10 Good

M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Christine on 10 Oct 2023
Pleased you enjoyed your stay - thank you.

8/10 Good

Alexandra

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The unique things about this college is that it is in the square where Salisbury Cathedral is also Monpasson House, Arundell House and some Museums. If you like historical buildings this is an excellent place to stay. The rooms are quite basic, but are clean and comfortable. There is no Tv in the rooms. The property itself is historical and it is easy to walk into town for shops and food. We had breakfast at Sarum College and it was good.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Christine on 10 Oct 2023
Pleased you enjoyed your stay, we hope to welcome you back.

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Only 1 Star BF
Breakfast a little bit bland as only a choice of scrambled egg (No choice of fried or poached etc)
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 4 Oct 2023
Glad you enjoyed your stay - regarding breakfast, just ask a chef next time. The catering team are always happy to cook eggs to order if you don't like the style of the day. We hope to welcome you back!

6/10 Okay

Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is a Music College dorm that lets its rooms in the off season, so the rooms are compact with minimal furnishings as you would expect in a very old, small college dorm, but it was clean and quiet and the bed was fairly comfortable. The woman at check in was very nice, I enjoyed talking with her. The location is fantastic, it is within the close of the Salisbury Cathedral wall, right across the street from the Cathedral itself. It is within walking distance to just about anything you could want. A really pretty town.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 2 Oct 2023
Thanks for the review. So pleased you enjoyed your stay, the Close and the city of Salisbury. Just for the record - Sarum College is a centre for learning, conferences and private stays. The Royal School of Music is an independent organisation with administrative offices upstairs.

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent place to stay. Amazing breakfast. Clean and very convenient. Right beside the cathedral and a block from the shopping. Great pubs nearby. Only criticism is that There wasn’t a hairdryer.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 2 Oct 2023
So glad you enjoyed your stay. Apologies for the hairdryer - we do have them though not one for every room so we note on the guest information sheet that these are available via the front desk. Next time! Thank you for the review.

10/10 Excellent

Rafael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the property's location is excellent
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 2 Oct 2023
Glad you enjoyed your stay! thank you.

8/10 Good

deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location and a free breakfast
We stayed 2 nights at Sarum college and would stay there again. It is in a great location on the Cathedral Close. It is not a hotel but it is a well priced (for Salisbury) place to stay that is clean and comfortable and includes a decent breakfast. The gentleman that checked us in was friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 13 Sept 2023
We are delighted you enjoyed your stay - we hope to welcome you back.

8/10 Good

Jill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had a lovely stay at Sarum College, it was easy to find and there was parking on site. Staff were friendly and I receive a nice welcome. I was given details of the door codes etc for the building. My room was clean, it was exceptionally warm in my room due to the 33 degree tempratures outside. Thankfully I was able to lead free the windows open to get some cooler air when I went out in the evening. Breakfast was fresh and hot, there was plenty of choice both hot and cold. I would come back again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 11 Sept 2023
So pleased you enjoyed your stay - we look forward to welcoming you back to Sarum College.

10/10 Excellent

Glenn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 7 Sept 2023
Thank you for the 10/10 review - we hope to welcome you back to Sarum College very soon.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous, good value, accommodation
Fabulous location within The Close. Friendly and helpful people. Accommodation is basic but clean and provided all we needed, comfortable bed, ensuite, tea and coffee facilities and wifi. Great breakfast - porridge, cereals, scrambled egg with all the Full English additions. Great value. Would definitely book again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 5 Sept 2023
Glad you enjoyed the stay - we look forward to welcoming you back.

10/10 Excellent

Ian, Milton Keynes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 5 Sept 2023
thanks for the 5 star review!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family weekend.
Very enjoyable we will certainly stay there again. Staff very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Christine on 5 Sept 2023
So pleased you enjoyed your stay - we look forward to welcoming you back!

10/10 Excellent

Miranda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were incredibly helpful arranging alternate transport for me. The train strike made it impossible to travel via rail and so one of the ladies at the front desk looked up an alternate bus route to get me to my next destination. It took a lot of stress off me so that I could enjoy my time in Salisbury. It was also well cleaned and maintained and a very good location.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Christine on 1 Sept 2023
So pleased you enjoyed the stay and our hospitality team were able to help take some travel stress off your shoulders! We hope to welcome you back.

10/10 Excellent

Micheline

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Christine on 2 Oct 2023
Thanks - we hope to welcome you back!

8/10 Good

Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Christine on 25 Aug 2023
Glad you enjoyed your stay - we hope to welcome you back to Sarum College.

10/10 Excellent

Rae

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Christine on 21 Aug 2023
Pleased you enjoyed your stay - thank you!

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Very welcoming staff. Good check-in. Clean room. GREAT location. Amazing breakfast. Looking to go back to Salisbury again but it's all booked up!!!!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Christine on 31 July 2023
So pleased you enjoyed your stay. Keep an eye out for availability during quieter times: half term breaks and Nov/Dec/Jan.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Christine on 1 Aug 2023
Thank you and glad you enjoyed your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Cecilia

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Christine on 31 July 2023
So pleased you enjoyed your stay at Sarum. We look forward to welcoming you back!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Christine on 31 July 2023
So pleased you had a good stay! We hope to welcome you back.

8/10 Good

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Christine on 27 July 2023
Pleased you enjoyed your stay, thank you and come again!

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sarum College
Always very clean, great welcome and fantastic location for Salisbury. Amazing price as well.
View from room
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Christine on 26 July 2023
So pleased you enjoyed your stay and thank you for saying so. We look forward to welcoming you back to Sarum College.

10/10 Excellent

Anne Sofie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A very convinient place to stay. Nice sorroundings and short walk to the senter. 😀👍
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Christine on 14 July 2023
So pleased you enjoyed your stay, thank you for the 5-star review!

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff was excellent! Breakfast was amazing! Room was affordable, clean and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Christine on 10 July 2023
So pleased you enjoyed your stay and thank you for the 5-star review! We hope to welcome you back.

6/10 Okay

Jamie

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dodgy breakfast
Great location and old charm but the breakfast was awful.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Christine on 6 July 2023
Glad you had a good stay stay though sorry you did not enjoy your breakfast. It's one of the most complimented aspects of our B&B offer.

6/10 Okay

Jonathan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
An unusual property, in an excellent central location, with stunning views of the Cathedral.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Christine on 29 June 2023
Sarum College is not a typical hotel. It is ideal for those looking for a generous welcome, simple accommodation and a great breakfast, all in a very special location.