Holiday Inn Maidenhead, Manor Lane
The Holiday Inn Maidenhead on Manor Lane in Berkshire was one of the county's first major asylum dispersal hotels. The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead confirmed in 2022 that the Home Office was using the hotel to accommodate asylum seekers[1]Press. Asylum accommodation across the South East is contracted to Clearsprings Ready Homes. Resident numbers and the current contract end date are not publicly confirmed.
Capacity
180
rooms (approx.)
Per night
£170
per resident
Annual
£11m
estimated
Background
The Holiday Inn Maidenhead is an IHG-branded hotel on Manor Lane in central Maidenhead, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. In 2022 it became one of the first major asylum dispersal hotels in Berkshire, with the council confirming the Home Office's use of the site[1]Press. Asylum accommodation across the South East region is delivered for the Home Office by Clearsprings Ready Homes under the Asylum Accommodation and Support (AASC) contract; the specific site-level provider and the number of residents have not been published.
Council and policing
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead publicly acknowledged the Holiday Inn as a Home Office asylum accommodation site and set out how the council and police were engaging with residents and the local community[2]GOV.UK.
Cost analysis
No site-specific cost figure has been published, so the following is an illustrative benchmark only. At the £170 per person per night Migration Observatory figure[3], an approximately 180-room hotel at full asylum occupancy would imply order-of-magnitude exposure of about £30,000 per night. The May 2025 NAO contract review put the average per-hotel run rate across the portfolio at about £5.84 million per year[4]NAO.
Per-person per-day cost stack (benchmark)
£170- Hotel rate (room + three meals)£10059%
- Weekly cash allowance£74%
- Legal aid & casework£127%
- NHS / interpreter / utilities£1911%
- Contractor / security overhead£3219%
Cost in context
Holiday Inn Maidenhead
£170
benchmark
UK asylum hotel avg
£170
NAO
Berkshire budget hotel
£75
commercial
Hostel bed
£30
commercial
Timeline
Timeline
2022
Becomes a major Berkshire asylum hotel
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead confirms the Home Office is using the Holiday Inn on Manor Lane for asylum accommodation.
2022 onward
Continues in asylum use
No closure has been reported; resident numbers and contract dates are not publicly confirmed.
Sources
- Holiday Inn Maidenhead to be used as Home Office asylum accommodation — Maidenhead Advertiser, Apr 2022
Maidenhead Advertiser reports the Holiday Inn at Manor Lane, Maidenhead, has been contracted by Clearsprings Ready Homes from April 2022 as the first major Berkshire asylum dispersal hotel under a multi-year Home Office contract.
- RBWM Council statement on the Holiday Inn Maidenhead asylum contract — Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, 2024
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council statement acknowledging the Holiday Inn Maidenhead is a Home Office contracted asylum dispersal site under Clearsprings Ready Homes and outlining council and police engagement with residents.
- Asylum accommodation in the UK — Migration Observatory, University of Oxford, Aug 2025
£170 per person per day in hotels (2024/25 average); used for per-hotel estimates and food/utilities breakdowns.
- The Home Office's asylum accommodation contracts — National Audit Office, May 2025
222 hotels in use; £1.296 billion annual (2024/25); per-hotel approximately £5.84 million.