hotelThe Hotel Inspector · Season 21, Episode 3 · Aired March 12, 2026
The Swan (Series 21)
England
Yes. This one is still open.
On the show
Season 21, Episode 3 · March 12, 2026 · inn
location not resolved in this pass; distinct property from "The Swan" S5E5 Norfolk
What happened after
16th-century thatched inn with accommodation, official site and multiple booking platforms with 2026 pricing.
What happened on the show
Distinct from the Norfolk Swan of series 5, this Swan reached series 21 with no surviving synopsis. The verifiable frame is a sixteenth-century thatched inn with accommodation at Monks Eleigh in Suffolk, run by owners Steven and Julie, that called in Alex Polizzi during her twenty-first series in 2026. A historic thatched Suffolk inn fit the show's long-standing interest in heritage properties. Because the record preserves nothing of the specific problems she diagnosed or the changes she set, the honest account stops at that outline rather than reconstructing on-screen events, with the outcome best read from the present-day evidence, which confirms the property's continued trade. First shown in March 2026 in Polizzi's twenty-first series, this Suffolk thatched inn is not to be confused with the Norfolk Swan of series 5.
After the cameras left
This Swan is open and trading, a sixteenth-century thatched inn with accommodation at Monks Eleigh in Suffolk, confirmed as a different property from the series 5 Swan in Norfolk. Its official site and multiple booking platforms carry 2026 pricing, so the open status sits at high confidence, though the family ownership of Steven and Julie is described by the site rather than independently confirmed by name. The historic thatched Suffolk inn that Polizzi visited in her twenty-first series appears to have kept going as a going concern, one of the recent cases that clearly endured despite the missing synopsis.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.