The Best Western Three Swans Hotel is a former Coaching Inn. It has been offering a warm welcome to travellers and diners for over 500 years. It is as comfortable, welcoming and elegant today as it was in its coaching era, when visited by King Charles 1 the day before the famous battle of Naseby in 1645. In 1688, Queen Anne, while still Princess of Denmark, stayed in Market Harborough with The Three Swans providing lodgings for her considerable entourage, including the Earl of Dorset and the Bishop of London.
The earliest reference found for the Swans, which also makes it clear just how old was its association as an Inn, was the will of Richard Cade, 27th November 1517. Published records show that The Three Swans was the pick-up point and stop over for the prestigious thrice-weekly London coach run and postal service as early as 1765.
