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On the edge of the Wiltshire Downs, this quirky, affable dining pub-with-rooms stands on an organic farm, a vision of food ethics pioneer Helen Browning.

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The Compasses Inn

Tisbury

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.

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The Carpenters Arms, Pensford

A dazzling array of hanging baskets bedecks this friendly pub-with-rooms, occupying three former miners’ cottages in a Chew valley hamlet.

The Nobody Inn, Exeter

Down narrow, winding country lanes, Sue Burdge’s inn is so much the model of an olde-worlde Devon pub that it ‘could have been created by a set designer’.

The Rock Inn, Newton Abbot

Built from granite quarried beneath massive Haytor, this whitewashed village inn is a perennially popular local and makes a good base for exploring Dartmoor.

The Gurnard’s Head, St Ives

You drive over moors on a near-deserted road to reach Charles and Edmund Inkin’s relaxed, informal dining-pub-with-rooms on Cornwall’s Atlantic coast.

The Beckford Arms, Tisbury

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.

The Acorn Inn, Evershot

A literary past accompanies this former 16th-century coaching inn, which features as the Sow and Acorn in the novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles and in two of Thomas Hardy’s short stories.

The Talbot Inn, Mells

Take a historic village inn, then reinvent it as a dining-pub-with-rooms, in shabby-chic style, for the modern era.

The Red Lion Freehouse, Pewsey

On the edge of Salisbury Plain not far from Stonehenge, this thatched 19th-century beer house is run as a friendly village local and Michelin-starred pub-with-rooms by chef/proprietors Guy and Brittany Manning.

The Cricket Inn, Kingsbridge

Fish and chips within sound of the waves, local crab and lobster, and the day’s catch cooked over charcoal are among the attractions at this expanded pub in a small village overlooking Start Bay.

The Swan, Wedmore

The ‘lovely, informal atmosphere’ at this ‘good-value’ pub-with-rooms brings locals and tourists to the pleasingly updated 18th-century beer house, in a lively village in the Somerset Levels.

The Three Daggers, Westbury

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.

Sign of the Angel, Lacock

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 Red Lion, Babcary

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.

The Devonshire Arms, Langport

A former hunting lodge in a village that was once part of the Devonshire estate, this inn has been given a smart make-over by hands-on owners Philip and Sheila Mepham.

Bayards Cove Inn, Dartmouth

Behind its Tudor black-and-white facade, a medieval merchant’s house close to the water’s edge, and once carved up as shops and flats, is today a welcoming bar, restaurant and hotel.

The Kings Arms, Sherborne

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.

The Methuen Arms, Corsham

Handsome and historic, this buzzy pub-with-rooms has character to spare.

The White Hart, Somerton

‘There’s a good atmosphere’ at this bang-up-to-date pub-with-rooms, a foodie destination skirting the Somerset Levels.

The Fontmell, Shaftesbury

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.

The Cridford Inn, Exeter

With cob walls, a thatched roof and wide stone fireplaces, this rural Teign valley pub looks the part of the county’s – possibly England’s – oldest inn.

The Lord Poulett Arms, Hinton St George

In a thriving village amid rolling farmland this thatched dining-pub-with-rooms has been made over in the signature style of sister inns The Talbot, Mells, and The Beckford Arms, Tisbury (see entries).

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The City Gate

Exeter

Abutting the Roman city walls, this style-savvy red brick old coaching inn (Young’s Brewery) has a lively atmosphere. Inside, a host of interesting curios including a vintage sewing machine, a ship’s masthead, and splashes of colour lend a quirky yet unpretentious vibe. Microbrewed drinks and traditional pub classics are served all day in the buzzy restaurant. In balmy weather, diners spill on to the large beer garden. ‘Boutiquey’ bedrooms are themed (water, wool, cotton).

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The Kings Arms Inn

Yeovil

Nestling by a church, a traditional, family-run country inn with a bar, comfy sofas and good food in two restaurant areas. The 17th-century building is close to Montacute House; Yeovil is a thirteen minute drive.

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The Hatch Inn

Taunton

Overlooking the Blackdown Hills, a welcoming, dog-friendly country pub in an 18th century coaching Inn. It is surrounded by rolling fields and the Neroche Staple Fitzpaine Herepath (a 13.5 mile off-road trail) is close by. Bedrooms are neat and comfortable, and supplied with tea, coffee, bottled water; Chard is large enough to accommodate a family of four. In the bar, local ciders and wines accompany home-made food, such as calves liver with crispy bacon, creamy mash and gravy or Dover sole Benoit with Fowey mussels and a white wine crème fraîche sauce, and a choice of vegetarian and vegan dishes, all based on locally sourced ingredients.

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The White Hart

Swindon

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Best gastro pubs with rooms in West Country

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The Compasses Inn

Tisbury

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Best gastro pubs with rooms in West Country

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Best gastro pubs with rooms in West Country

The City Gate

Exeter

The Kings Arms Inn

Yeovil

The Hatch Inn

Taunton

The White Hart

Swindon

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