Lydiard Park Hotel in Swindon re-opens after £2.6m refurb
The West Swindon site has been given a major revamp
Last updated 30th May 2023
Lydiard Park Hotel and Conference centre, which is owned and run by Swindon Borough Council, has re-opened after a £2.6m refurbishment.
And for anyone who visited the hotel before the revamp, the changes will be marked.
Guests were invited to a reception to mark the opening and were shown round the newly done up rooms and common areas and were able to try out a buffet of dishes created by the new executive chef at the hotel Marcus Vevey.
'A springboard to get more investment into Swindon'
The newly installed leader of Swindon Borough Council, Councillor Jim Robbins gave a short speech welcoming the guests. He said: “I became the leader of the council on Friday.
“The team have done an absolutely brilliant job on this place. They’ve delivered on time and on budget and clearly, I’m claiming that as the first Labour victory since we’ve been in power.
“I really hope this is a venue that you can all use, we can get people coming in and enjoying the beautiful park we’ve got here, and we can get people in and they can see what we can do here in Swindon.
“See what a brilliant place this is, and hopefully we can use it as a springboard to get more investment into Swindon, get things going and make Swindon the place we want it to be.”
'It’s even got a Bluetooth mirror'
The council’s director of operations Brian Pinchbeck led tours of the newly done up spaces, explaining what had been changed.
He said: “There used to be 1970s décor and this function space was on three levels, and not very accessible. On the other side of the bar was the swimming pool, which was leaking. That’s been made into the Palm bar now.”
The 32 rooms have been given up upgrade with new décor and fixtures and fittings, with one fully wheelchair accessible and others made into family rooms, with a double room and two single beds in the next room now accessed through an arch.
And in the beautifully fitted out bathrooms there’s a very intriguing feature. Mr Pinchbeck said: “It’s even got a Bluetooth mirror. So, if you’ve got music on your phone, you can hook it up to the mirror and have music in the shower.”
As well as the new executive chef Alex Roupelis has been recruited by the council as the manager of the hotel and conference centre, and it is fully open now.