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The Rifle Volunteer

3.5 star property

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Double Room, Ensuite

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Bar

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21 Collett Road, Ware, England, SG12 7LY
  • Place, Tumbling Bay Lake
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Place, Scott's Grotto
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Place, Chadwell Springs Golf Course
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Airport, London (LHR-Heathrow)
    ‪102 min drive‬

Room options

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Double Room, Ensuite

Double Room, Ensuite

7.8 out of 10
Good
(14 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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Single Room, Ensuite

Single Room, Ensuite

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

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About this property

The Rifle Volunteer

This smoke-free bed & breakfast features a bar/lounge, free breakfast, and free self parking. WiFi in public areas is free. Housekeeping is not available.
The Rifle Volunteer offers 7 accommodations. This Ware bed & breakfast provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices).
During your stay at The Rifle Volunteer, you'll be within walking distance of Scott's Grotto. Features include free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking.
  • Free continental breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi (speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices))
  • Free self parking
  • Enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge
  • Within a 15-minute walk of Scott's Grotto and Tumbling Bay Lake
You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available daily. WiFi is free in public spaces.

Self parking is free.

This 3.5-star Ware bed & breakfast is smoke free.

Guests are served free continental breakfast on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM and on weekends from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 250+ Mbps (good for 3–5 people or up to 10 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM on weekdays and 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM on weekends
  • A bar/lounge

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

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
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the property's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

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The Rifle Volunteer Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 62 out of 143 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 44 out of 143 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 143 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 143 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 143 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

peter

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Leon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Excellent food and lovely room
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Gareth

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2026

8/10 Good

Francis

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Clean room and friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

8/10 Good

Terry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Good friendly staff, clean room variety with continental breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

4/10 Poor

Laurence

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The heating was off when we returned from an evening out at 11pm and the room was very cold which made it difficult to sleep. The Wi-fi did not work in our room
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

A really friendly place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Nice welcome , enjoyed the stay
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Thomas

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shamim

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

David

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
As it’s a pub I expected noise until midnight but it went on until gone 1 am, won’t stay again
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christopher, Randwick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Met by the very helpful landlord, Nigel. The Volunteer doesn’t pretend to be anything that it’s not. Very comfortable and efficient.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Matthew

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

Very decent overnight stay - Recommended

The room was fairly small, and quite basic, but the price was also very reasonable considering breakfast is included. Everything was clean, and everything worked, so as purely an overnight stay on a budget it's pretty much ideal. Not noisy, even though it's over a pub. TV good, shower works fine, comfortable bed, and the breakfast in the morning was also very good. They don't do a full English (fair enough at this cost), but have hot eggs and a very good spread on the continental side. Recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vivienne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Riffle Volunteer, is a lovely old English Pub, The Manager, and The Staff, are Fantastic!! And went above and beyond. The Rooms are Clean, but basic and could do with a lick of paint to freshen their up. But apart from that it's a charming little tradition pub. The outside garden is lovely, and there is parking, but it's a small car park. But i loved it.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Eve

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall, the stay was good. Couldn’t fault the staff - welcoming, friendly and very helpful. The accommodation was very basic and tired. Needs an update. Again, the staff were lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Catherine

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Traditional pub, was great for a drink, relaxed atmosphere. The room we stayed in was very simple, basic and small. Individual room with toilet, very dated and run down with just a tiny sink, no other furnishings. Tins of cleaning products and fly spray on the windowsill. An overall stale smell in the room to mask an unclean smell and smell of cigarette smoke. Separate shower room with no window. Very dark and dinghy. Needs a full modernisation and renovation.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Lorraine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
So essentially it is a few rooms above a pub, but it isn't awful, just not amazing and that is how I am basing this on (having stayed in hostels and five star I have to be honest about my review). The parking is fine, imagine you need to be in to ensure a space as quote small, we were there on a Saturday night where there seemed to be a party - sadly this meant check in was noisy and we couldn't hear much but the lady was really kind and nice so was impressed with her (and other staff friendly). Went up to room and one of the hottest days of the year and no fan which was far from ideal as needed windows open but the noise from the party was deafening with it open so really no choices on this front. Small bedroom but adequate however bathroom had nowhere to hang anything, no shelf for toiletries and shower tray didn't drain very quickly. The light from the streetlight directly outside shone through our window all night and the blind did little to stop it coming through the edges, maybe a curtain on top would help. The breakfast was actually fine, plenty to eat and drink but do not expect gourmet, however did a job as we were in a rush. Essentially the staff saved the day on this hotel as they are great but if I had to value what we paid over the worth it probably was a little further apart than I would like however we were tied with location and little choice in the town. If you want no frills and are happy to pay the prices quoted then this hotel will be grand for you.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

david

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dan

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

6/10 Okay

andrew

Business traveller
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Free parking, ware is worth a wlk to.

Staff nice. Room poor and overall dated and in need of a full revamp.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

David

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

Nice little pub

Very nice staff, unfortunately it was one of the most hottest nights of the year, no fan in the room and couldn’t sleep, not the hotels fault but a fan in the room would have been a help, but again nice pub and nice staff
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Peter-John

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

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