Conference group runs
Five function rooms take up to 180 delegates, so arrivals and departures come in waves.
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The Hog's Back Hotel and Spa is regular taxi work for us, and most of it arrives in groups. It sits directly on the A31 ridge between Farnham and Guildford, 96 rooms in Tudor-revival style looking over the Surrey Downs, with five function rooms taking up to 180 delegates. Heathrow is about 18 miles, and the turnings on the Hog's Back are fast, so the approach direction has to be right first time.
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This hotel
The Hogs Back Hotel is frequently booked for late transfers after evening events and functions.
Five function rooms take up to 180 delegates, so arrivals and departures come in waves.
Heathrow is around 18 miles, and delegates and wedding guests regularly fly out the morning after.
Turnings on the Hog's Back are fast and limited, so the approach direction has to be right first time.
For The Hogs Back Hotel
One phone call to arrange, then reception just books on the day.
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Airport runs and station transfers booked at the front desk or by app.
See this hotel →Central Farnham location. Short hops into town or onward to the station.
See this hotel →Wedding and event guests transferred alongside standard hotel bookings.
See this hotel →Airport connections and onward transfers for spa and wedding guests.
See this hotel →Short local transfers and airport runs booked ahead or on the day.
See this hotel →Local knowledge
The building began as Poyle Hill House, a private home built for Henry Chester, and was bought by a local brewery in 1935, converted and reopened as a hotel under the Hog's Back name in 1936. It has a leisure club and spa with an indoor pool, sauna, gym and treatment rooms, and it is run by Surya Hotels rather than a national chain.
The hotel sits directly off the A31 Hog's Back near Seale, with its own forecourt and ample free parking. The one thing to get right is which carriageway you are on: turnings along the ridge are fast and few, so an approach from the wrong direction means carrying on to the next junction.
This is a group hotel. Conferences of up to 180, weddings and leisure breaks all produce movements that cluster rather than trickle, and with Heathrow about eighteen miles away the morning after an event is usually a run of early departures. Booking those together is cheaper than booking them one by one.
The cars
Luggage is where most airport bookings go wrong. These are the real limits, not the optimistic ones.
The standard car for one to four people. Two checked-in bags in the boot plus two items of hand luggage.
Six seats with room for two large suitcases in the back plus four items of hand luggage.
Seven seats filled, with five large suitcases in the boot plus six items of hand luggage.
Questions
What guests usually ask about this hotel.
It is straightforward once you are on the correct side. The turnings on the Hog's Back dual carriageway are fast-moving and limited, so the approach direction matters more here than at most hotels, and a driver who knows it will not be doubling back.
About 3.7 miles, roughly seven minutes by road. Guildford station is around 7.6 miles, about twelve minutes, and sometimes suits better depending on the line you need.
Yes. The hotel has five function rooms taking up to 180 delegates, with the Park Suite the largest. Groups that size need staging rather than one car at a time, so give us the numbers and the finish time.
Plenty. The hotel has ample free parking in its own grounds with a single main entrance and a forecourt drop-off at the front, so waiting on site is no problem.
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