Hotels near Longleat House and Safari Park
The Talbot Inn
Mells - 7 miles away
Take a historic village inn, then reinvent it as a dining-pub-with-rooms, in shabby-chic style, for the modern era.
The Three Daggers
Westbury - 9 miles away
Red brick on the outside, country cool and craft-beery on the inside, this ‘impressive’ pub-with-rooms serves as a village hub – and then some.
Number One Bruton
Bruton - 10 miles away
In a cool, arty town, Aled and Claudia Rees have crafted this voguish hotel and farm-to-table restaurant from a medieval inn, forge and string of cottages.
Widbrook Grange - 'Gin Tasting Stay' Special Offer
Bradford-on-Avon - 10 miles away
‘Staying here was an experience,’ wrote Guide inspectors of Nick Dent’s Georgian farmhouse hotel, which is so dog-friendly it even hosts doggie birthday parties, and where creative reuse has been raised to an art form.
The Beckford Arms
Tisbury - 10 miles away
With Beckford Phoenix ale on tap, ‘top-quality’ cooking, and bedrooms with Welsh blankets and seagrass floor covering, this sophisticated pub at the edge of the Fonthill Estate in the Nadder valley is the perfect synthesis of traditional and contemporary.
Timbrell’s Yard
Bradford-on-Avon - 11 miles away
By the footpath skirting the Avon, this popular bar/restaurant-with-rooms occupies a Grade II listed building in a ‘delightful' town.
Woolley Grange - Gourmet Two Night Break Special Offer
Bradford-on-Avon - 11 miles away
Fun time, mucking-in time and adult ‘me time’ are all part of the deal at this rambling Jacobean manor turned child-friendly and dog-friendly hotel, with extensive grounds.
The Newt in Somerset
Castle Cary - 12 miles away
Palladian Hadspen House, home to the Hobhouse family from 1785, and to gardener Penelope Hobhouse until 1979, is now a luxurious country house hotel.
La Fleur de Lys
Shaftesbury - 13 miles away
The ‘outstanding’ food made from fresh local ingredients at this ‘wonderful restaurant-with-rooms’ on the edge of Shaftesbury’s historic town centre has presumably come a long way since that served when the building operated as a girls’ boarding house.
The Grosvenor Arms
Shaftesbury - 13 miles away
Traces of the 17th century survive in this coaching inn-turned-hotel, rebuilt in the early 1800s by Earl Grosvenor.
From £62.50 per night
The Compasses Inn
Tisbury - 13 miles away
Reached down rural lanes bordered by hedgerows, Ben Maschler’s contemporary country pub-with-rooms occupies a thatch-roofed 14th-century inn whose flagstone floors and ancient beams lend it much character.
Howard’s House
Salisbury - 13 miles away
This peaceful small hotel and popular restaurant in a romantic Jacobean former dower house, surrounded by country gardens, continues to delight readers.
Harington’s Hotel
Bath - 14 miles away
A genial atmosphere fills this style-conscious boutique hotel, on a quiet cobbled street in the heart of the city.
No.15 Great Pulteney
Bath - 14 miles away
The Georgian facade of this Grade I listed building on long, wide, very grand Great Pulteney looks like something Jane Austen would recognise.
The Roseate Villa
Bath - 14 miles away
In ‘pretty gardens’, overlooking Henrietta Park, this peaceful villa formed from two Victorian houses is ‘within walking distance of everything’.
The Queensberry
Bath - 14 miles away
Near the city centre but surprisingly quiet, this stylishly quirky hotel with a Michelin-starred restaurant occupies a quartet of Georgian town houses, each backed by a garden.
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
Bath - 15 miles away
Behind the golden-stone facade of two mansions, at the centre of Bath’s magnificent Georgian crescent, lies a luxurious hotel with an oasis garden.
Grove Lodge
Bath - 15 miles away
With crystal chandeliers, velvet sofas and whimsical wallcoverings, Mary and Giovanni Baiano’s Georgian villa interweaves old-world charm with a touch of flamboyance.
The Pear Tree Inn
Melksham - 15 miles away
There is a great sense of fun at this 17th-century village pub, now run as a bar-and-restaurant-with rooms by Jackie Cosens and Adrian Jenkins – she the life and soul front-of-house, he the chef.
The Pig near Bath
Pensford - 16 miles away
Fallow deer roam parkland around a part-Georgian house that has been converted into one of the Pig hotels in Robin Hutson’s Home Grown collection (see index).
The Kings Arms
Sherborne - 16 miles away
Hands-on chef/patron Sarah Lethbridge and her husband, Anthony, run this ‘very friendly’ stone-walled country pub in a pretty village four miles from Sherborne.
Stoberry House
Wells - 16 miles away
‘Superbly positioned, with stunning views to the cathedral and the Somerset country beyond, Glastonbury Tor in the distance.
The Fontmell
Shaftesbury - 17 miles away
The village stream runs between the dog-friendly bar and the bookshelf-lined restaurant of this stylishly updated roadside inn, in a peaceful rural setting between Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum.
Sign of the Angel
Lacock - 17 miles away
You may feel a sense of déjà vu at Tom and Jack Nicholas’s timber-frame coaching inn: it starred as the Babberton Arms in Harry Potter films, while the picturesque streetscape has stood in for Cranford in the BBC drama.
The Methuen Arms
Corsham - 17 miles away
Handsome and historic, this buzzy pub-with-rooms has character to spare.
The Carpenters Arms
Pensford - 17 miles away
A dazzling array of hanging baskets bedecks this friendly pub-with-rooms, occupying three former miners’ cottages in a Chew valley hamlet.
The Red Lion
Babcary - 18 miles away
With regional ales and ciders on tap, the charismatic Red Lion is as much a local watering hole as it is a contemporary pub-with-rooms, where owners Clare and Charlie Garrard ensure that in the cosy bar, with its ancient flagstone floors, exposed beams and open fires, both villagers and residents feel at home.
Lucknam Park
Chippenham - 18 miles away
Approach this 18th-century mansion, exulting in 500 acres of parkland and gardens, down a mile-long avenue of lime and beech trees: what awaits is ‘very grand and lovely’.
Plumber Manor
Sturminster Newton - 20 miles away
Standing amid flower-filled gardens, with the Devilish stream skipping through, this dog-friendly, child-friendly Jacobean manor house is traditional with a capital T.
The Eastbury Hotel & Spa
Sherborne - 20 miles away
A ‘lovely’ walled garden gives a country house air to this small hotel in the heart of a historic market town.
Hotels not in the Guide that you may want to consider
Hotels near Longleat House and Safari Park
Beryl
Wells - 16 miles away
Elegantly furnished, a B&B in a Gothic revival style mansion one mile from the city. In a pastoral setting, the beautiful grounds contain lawns, an ornamental pond and a Victorian walled garden. Extensive Aga-cooked breakfasts, and complimentary tea or coffee and home made cake each afternoon in the Tea Room.
The Ancient Gate House Hotel
Wells - 17 miles away
Floors slope, stairs are steep and narrow and views of the Cathedral and Green are wondrous from this old and quirky building. Downstairs, home-made Italian cuisine in Rugantinos restaurant.
Bowood Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort
Chippenham - 19 miles away
Within the Bowood Estate, a purpose-built country house with adjacent golf facilities and an award-winning spa (infinity swimming pool, gym, rock sauna, crystal steam room, aromatherapy shower and relaxation room, and treatments. The Shelburne Restaurant, Bar & Library have all-day dining and parkland views. Guests receive complimentary access to Bowood House & Gardens (April to October). Chippenham is a 6-mile drive away.
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