Premier Inn Reading South (Reading Gateway, M4/J11) hotel
Right at J11, free parking included
About this hotel
Sitting a minute's walk from Little Lea and directly at the M4/J11 interchange, this Premier Inn is built for speed off the motorway each morning rather than an evening in town. Simply furnished rooms, free Wi-Fi and free parking cover the essentials, and the on-site restaurant means a group doesn't need to drive anywhere for dinner. An airport shuttle option and an eight-minute walk to Nando's on the Gateway retail park round out the practical side. It's roughly thirty-nine minutes from Heathrow by taxi, among the closer options to the airport covered here. Accessible rooms round out a property built entirely around speed and simplicity, useful for a group whose whole trip is organised around minimising time between the hotel and the first tee each morning.
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free parking
- Restaurant on-site
- Airport shuttle
Our take
This is a strong logistics pick if fast M4 access matters more than a town-centre evening: right at Junction 11, with a restaurant on-site and free parking. It won't feel like a destination stay, but for a group focused purely on minimising drive time to the first tee, that's exactly the point. It's a straightforward booking rather than a memorable one, and that's the entire point.
- Book here specifically if minimising the M4/J11 drive time matters more than a walkable town centre.
- Use the airport shuttle option if flying via Heathrow rather than booking a separate taxi.
- Walk the eight minutes to Nando's for a change from the hotel restaurant on at least one evening.
Why we love it
- Directly at M4 Junction 11 for speed
- Free parking and free Wi-Fi included
- On-site restaurant covers every group dinner
- Airport shuttle option solves Heathrow transfers
Why guests love itBeing right at Junction 11 shaved a genuinely noticeable amount of time off every single morning's drive, and the on-site restaurant meant we never had to think about dinner logistics after a long day. The airport shuttle handled our Heathrow arrival without a separate taxi booking, which made the first evening far less stressful. Being right at Junction 11 meant we never once discussed traffic timing before an early tee time across the whole trip.