The Bay Horse

3.0 star property

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Room
Double or Twin Room, Ensuite (5) | Interior
Exterior
Double or Twin Room, Ensuite (5) | Bathroom
Interior

Reviews

6.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Business services

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39a Bothwell Road, Hamilton, Scotland, ML3 OAS
  • Place, Strathclyde Country Park
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Hamilton Park Racecourse
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Place, Bothwell Castle
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Airport, Glasgow (GLA-Glasgow Intl.)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Room options

Double or Twin Room, Ensuite (5)

  • 18 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Single Room, Ensuite (2)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Double or Twin Room, Ensuite (4)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Double or Twin Room, Ensuite (1)

  • 18 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

Double or Twin Room, Ensuite (3)

  • 18 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Hamilton

With a stay at The Bay Horse in Hamilton, you'll be a 3-minute walk from Hamilton Campus, University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and 9 minutes by foot from Hamilton Townhouse Theatre. .This guesthouse is 13.2 mi (21.3 km) from OVO Hydro and 11.1 mi (17.9 km) from George Square.

What's nearby

  • Strathclyde Country Park - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Hamilton Townhouse Theatre - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Hamilton Park Racecourse - 11 min walk - 0.9 km
  • M & D's Scotland Theme Park - 5 min drive - 4.0 km
  • Bothwell Castle - 7 min drive - 5.4 km

Getting around

  • Hamilton West Station - 11 min walk
  • Glasgow International Airport (GLA) - 26 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪The Stonehouse Bar - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Salt - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Da Antonio - ‬13 min walk

About this property

The Bay Horse

Guesthouse in Hamilton with free parking
The Bay Horse offers 3 accommodations.
Make yourself at home in one of the 3 guestrooms.
Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service

Business services

  • Computer station

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

More

  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The check-in location differs from the property location; go to: [Spice Restaurant, Hamilton]
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

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 cards and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Bay Horse Inn Hamilton
Bay Horse Inn Hamilton
Bay Horse Hamilton
Inn The Bay Horse Hamilton
Hamilton The Bay Horse Inn
The Bay Horse Hamilton
Bay Horse Inn
Bay Horse
Inn The Bay Horse
The Bay Horse Hamilton
The Bay Horse Guesthouse
The Bay Horse Guesthouse Hamilton

Reviews

The Bay Horse Reviews

6.6

7.2/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

5.8/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.8/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 105 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 105 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 105 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 105 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 18 out of 105 reviews

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

sharon

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
The only good thing was its proximity to my work!!! I was placed in a room over the bar with live music playing til 0001. I had no temote for my TV it was requested on the first night but never received. I certainly WILL NOT stay there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Dileeshiya Nayomi

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert B

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Provided a room which was comfortable at very reasonable cost. The only downside is the Kareoae in the Bar which goes on until midnight. But I took part !
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

COLIN

Ideal if working this area reasonably priced.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Claudio

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

0 and 0

The Worst hotel communication we ever had We lost one night and had to pay another hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

David

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

Poor

Beds were put together but were to different heights. Shower was unusable as the shower head was absolutely disgusting. No wifi. Room had a bad odour. Had to wrestle with the door to get into the room. Bathroom door was damaged and wouldnt stay closed overall it has been the worst hotel stay i have ever had
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Pamela

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

More info needed

A perfectly good stay. Good location for what we wanted and good price. Check in was a problem which with good comms should’ve been fine. So if you are staying - both parking and check-in are over the road in the “spice” restaurant. Our room was exactly the one in the picture. Basic, clean and did the job.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Korn

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
The staffs are pretty helpful and nice. The room is not too bad but I can smell cigarette. I found hairs on the bed and pillow case before I laid on the bed.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

William

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Thomas

Travelled with group
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Tracy

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

Aweful

Worst night I’ve ever had in a place. Hairs on pillows. Quilt had dirty marks. Blinds disgusting. Couldn’t turn radiator off (stuck on full the whole night). Turned taps on in bathroom and both were hot. Took a bit for cold water to come through.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

A night to forget

Pulled up at the bay horse on a very busy duel carriageway and was told we had to check in across the road at an Indian restaurant it was a difficult task then had to re cross the road with all our luggage and the dog we were given the wrong key and ended up in someone else’s room had to re cross the road twice again now it was feeling like a motorway tried to go into the bar downstairs for a drink as we had travelled over 200 miles to be told we could not go in as they were having a private party no mention of this when booking to top it off the noise was shocking until 3am at about 1.30 am there was a huge fight under our window there was a line of police cars and the language was atrocious so going to set off now over 200 miles with ver little sleep whilst the drunken revellers a probably having a good day in bed thanks folks
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Rebeka

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Basic but good enough

Had to go across the road to the Indian restaurant to check in/get keys. The room itself was basic, twin beds pushed together (which kept pulling apart) The radiators were the biggest issue. Even turning them to 1 or 'off' they stayed on and boiling to the touch all day! To sleep at night was near impossible as we had to keep the windows open at night due to the heat! But thanks to the storm the blind then banged on the wall in the wind! The screws on the floor between bathroom/room were slightly raised and caught our feet a few times! The end bed sheet was dirty (we didnt use it) The tv stations on sky were super limited and had so many channels not working. In a nutshell we would come back if only for the closeness to our destination
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

NagaSai Kumar

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Karen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
We enjoyed our stay - the room was large and spacious, however it would have been helpful to have a small fridge. We stayed for the week but the first night seemed to be karaoke night, so it was on the loud side until about midnight All in all the space was great
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room was freezing heating was shut off. Radiator wouldn't work
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Minhaj

Business traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chioma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Matthew

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Go into Bay Horse which was a loud karaoke bar on a Sat night. Bartender told me to go across the street to check-in. Go across. They give me key and send me back to the bar and our room (newly renovated and clean enough) is above the bar. Floor was literally vibrating from the loud bass and singing directly below us. Left and found another hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Matthew

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Jennifer

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

Nice place for a night.

Simple and inexpensive place to stay the night. The check in was across the street--inconvenient if it is raining. The pub downstairs was kind enough to hold my luggage while I ran over. This place was very clean with plenty of hot water, fresh towels, an electric kettle with coffee/tea. It was warm and the window opened easily for a little ventilation. The television had multiple options and worked great. The internet, however, did not work, but that didn't inconvenience me. One thing--the pub downstairs has karaoke on Friday nights, and it's LOUD. Like shake the floors loud. If you are out late, or want to go downstairs and participate (very nice patrons and staff) it won't be a bother, but it was LOUD. There is a bus stop just outside where the 255 runs and will take you into central Glasgow.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Beverley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Stop over near Glasgow

After a breakdown we arrived very late. The owner made arrangements to leave keys for us and made sure we knew where to park.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024