Best for couples
The Platform Double
A snug double with a cast-iron headboard, original sash window and a roll-top bath in the en suite. Compact, calm and perfectly quiet.
£95 / night, B&B
Est. 1847 · Wiltshire Countryside
A warm fire, a proper pint and a bed for the night.
The Old Railway Hotel sits beside the old Porton station yard, ten minutes from Salisbury Cathedral. Nine quiet letting rooms, a candle-lit bar, a kitchen that buys from Wiltshire farms, and the same welcome we have offered travellers since the days of steam.
since 1847
Rated 4.8 / 5
from 412 verified guest reviews
Nine rooms, each with its own character.
Our letting rooms are housed in the original 1840s station hotel and the converted railway cottage next door. Expect solid oak furniture, Hypnos beds, proper tea-making trays and a view of either the garden, the old line or the Wiltshire downs.
Most popular
The Signalman King
Our most-loved room. A king-size Hypnos bed, a wingback chair by the window and a walk-in rainfall shower. Sleeps two with room for a travel cot on request.
£125 / night, B&B
Family owned
The Station Family
Two connecting rooms in the old cottage — a double for the grown-ups and a twin with bunks across the landing. Ideal for walkers, cyclists and small families.
£155 / night, B&B
"A proper country local — the kind you think they don't build any more."
— Salisbury Life Magazine
— 02 / Our story
Built for the railway.
Built for the railway.
Kept for the village.
Family-run since 1996. Open as a pub since 1847.
The Old Railway Hotel opened its doors the same year the London and South Western Railway reached Porton. For a hundred years it fed, watered and lodged the engine drivers, guards and market traders who passed through on their way to Salisbury or the coast.
When the line finally closed in 1968, the village kept the inn open — and so did we. Today the platform is a flower border and the goods yard is our beer garden, but the bar still serves the village exactly as it always has: as a meeting place, a refuge and a thoroughly good lunch.
178Years pouring pints
9Letting rooms
14Local suppliers
A Wiltshire kitchen, not a kitchen factory.
Our menu changes with the seasons and what the neighbouring farms send over the hedge. Game from the Grovely Woods, cheese from the Pewsey dairy, beer from the brewery five miles down the road.
Sunday Roast
Slow-roasted Wiltshire topside, hand-cut goose-fat roasties, proper gravy and all the trimmings — every Sunday from 12 noon until they run out.
Cask Ales
Four hand-pulls on the bar. Expect Stonehenge Ales from nearby Netheravon, plus a rotating guest from the Wiltshire and Dorset independents.
Bar Snacks
Scampi in the basket, ham, egg and chips, sausage rolls straight from the oven and a proper Ploughman's with a wedge of mature Cheddar.
Private Dining
The old waiting room seats up to eighteen for a long, lazy supper. Fixed-price menus from £38 a head. Book ahead — we only host one party at a time.
The verdict from the snug.
Stopped for one night on the way down to Devon and ended up staying three. The welcome was genuine, the bed was the most comfortable we have ever slept in, and the breakfast set us up for the whole day.
Helen & Mark
A proper country pub. Cracking pint of 'Cunning Man', open fire going, and a sausage roll that was still warm when it reached the table. We will be back for a Sunday roast next month without fail.
James Whitlock
We hired the old waiting room for my mum's seventieth and it was perfect. Candles on every table, flowers from the village, and a three-course supper that had everyone asking when we were doing it again.
Sarah Devlin
— 05 / Visit us
Come in out of the cold.
We are a five-minute drive from the A345 and ten minutes from Salisbury city centre. Walkers on the Clarendon Way pass our front door — muddy boots and well-behaved dogs are very welcome.
Address
Station Approach, Porton,
Salisbury SP4 0LA
Salisbury SP4 0LA
Wiltshire, England
Opening Hours
Mon–Thu 12:00–22:30
Fri–Sat 12:00–23:00 · Sun 12:00–21:30
Fri–Sat 12:00–23:00 · Sun 12:00–21:30
Food served 12:00–14:30 & 18:00–21:00