Pubs with rooms for Christmas

From log fires to Christmas carols, collective trips to church on Christmas Eve, and canapés and champagne when you return, as well as traditional Christmas lunches with individual twists courtesy of some superb chefs. Whether you’re looking for chocolate box settings or contemporary foodie favourites, Medieval market towns or countryside retreats, the UK’s pubs with rooms provide a uniquely warm and welcoming environment in which to spend Christmas this year.

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The Black Swan - Dinner, Bed & Breakfast Special Offer

Kirkby Stephen

Cosy and quirky, Louise Dinnes’s Victorian pub ticks so many boxes. Friendly staff, public rooms filled with clocks and curios, individually styled bedrooms, first-rate modern cooking, a garden with rushing brook, and the Eden valley on the doorstep.

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The Feathered Nest - Three Nights for the Price of Two Staycation Special Offer

Chipping Norton

The Feathered Nest Inn offers a warm, hearty welcome, great food, real ales, wines and spirits and sumptuous rooms.

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The Dog at Wingham - Dinner, Bed and Breakfast from £99 per Person per night Special Offer

Canterbury

A passion for Kent produce, a monthly dining club, tee times and transport to nearby golf clubs, including Royal St. George’s, are among many reasons to commend Marc Bridgen’s village gastropub.

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Cuckoo Brow Inn - Three Night 15% Discount Special Offer

Ambleside

From sumptuous breakfasts to five course Christmas Day lunches, the festive season at Cuckoo Brow inn is a treat.

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The White Horse - 'Complimentary Fizz' Special Offer

Brancaster Staithe

Visit The White Horse, Brancaster Staithe for a truly wonderful festive treat this winter in a spectacular part of a natural coastline

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The UK’s variety of pubs with rooms have become a hospitality favourite for those wishing to escape for Christmas.

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The Lamb Inn, Burford

Occupying 15th-century weavers’ cottages subsumed by an 18th-century inn on the aptly named Sheep Street, this is the kind of traditional, inclusive, tea-by-the-fire sort of place that sits so well in a historic market town.

The White Swan, Pickering

Traditional pub features of local ales in a fire-warmed snug are mixed with a smarter dining room with candlesticks and polished tables at the Buchanan family’s 16th-century coaching inn.

The Howard Arms, Stratford-upon-Avon

This ticks all the boxes for a village inn: overlooking the green, large beer garden, beams and flagstones, armchairs by the fire, country-chic bedrooms, and modern classics on the menu.

The Star Inn at Harome, Helmsley

Devotees of this thatched village pub-with-rooms with its Michelin-starred cooking and quirky style will be thrilled when it fully re-opens in autumn following 2021’s disastrous fire; rooms and breakfast, meanwhile, are unaffected.

The Punch Bowl Inn, Kendal

In a quietly beautiful area of the Lake District – the lovely Lyth valley – this smart village inn has a deserved reputation for good food and cosseting bedrooms.

The Trout at Tadpole Bridge, Buckland Marsh

You can arrive by narrow boat and tie up by this Georgian pub on a peaceful stretch of the Thames with views of the eponymous stone bridge, or simply watch others messing about in boats as you sip a beer in the riverside garden.

The Sun Inn, Kirkby Lonsdale

This 400-year-old inn in a market town between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales comes with beams, exposed stonework and a five-foot bedroom doorway but has been carefully updated with a modern touch.

The Acorn Inn, Evershot

You can sink a pint of Durdle Door in the oak-panelled bar in the village inn that furnished Thomas Hardy with his ‘Sow and Acorn’ in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, then stay the night in one of the bedrooms named on a Hardy theme.

The Dabbling Duck, GREAT MASSINGHAM

Overlooking the green in a village known for its numerous duck ponds, the old Rose and Crown was facing conversion into housing in 2006 when two local farmers stepped up.

Artist Residence Oxfordshire, South Leigh

When you step into this olde-worlde, thatched Cotswold village farmhouse-turned-pub, prepare to do a double take when you see the offbeat interior.

Pentonbridge Inn, Penton

The lonely setting of this former coaching inn, half a mile from the Scottish border, belies its chic bedrooms and creative cooking.

The Ship Inn, Elie

With its own beach cricket team, Rachel and Graham Bucknall’s white-and-blue friendly gastropub on a no through road to the sailing club overlooks a sandy bay on the Firth of Forth.

The Three Hills, Cambridge

In a village on the River Granta renowned for its Roman tumuli (hence ‘hills’), Chris and Sarah Field’s dog-friendly pub in a sensitively updated 17th-century building is promoted from the Shortlist this year following a thumbs up from our inspector.

The Three Blackbirds, Newmarket

A 17th-century thatched pub on a residential village street has risen Phoenix-like from the ashes after a fire in 2018. ‘It has been beautifully spruced up,’ writes a Guide insider.

The Ellerby Country Inn, Whitby

In a quiet Yorkshire village, a mile from lovely Runswick Bay and on the edge of the North York Moors, this country inn is a beacon of good service, and is great value, too.

The Harcourt Arms, Witney

Among the neat rows of Cotswold houses, this ‘equally pristine’ 17th-century pub with extensions sideways and upwards, offers a ‘really pleasant place to stay’ as well as acting as a village social hub, with bar, restaurant and even a deli selling bread, cakes, coffee and local produce.

The Pear Tree Inn, Melksham

A 17th-century pub complete with vintage Usher sign, this is no ordinary village inn, but its restaurant and rooms are 'perfect for a secluded weekend getaway', offering all the values that this Guide champions.

The Blue Bell, Harrogate

Real ales in the bar, a handful of smart rooms and a deserved reputation for its food make this ‘excellent-value’ village inn ‘a great stop-over near Harrogate’.

The New Inn, Tresco

In a ‘fantastic location’ close to the harbour, the only pub on Robert Dorrien-Smith’s private, car-free island is a ‘relaxed’ gathering place where the ‘lovely staff’ warmly welcome locals and holidaymakers alike.

The Swan, Bibury

Here is a setting that elicits admiring exclamation: green creepers climbing up old stone, this stylishly updated 17th-century coaching inn stands on the banks of the River Coln, in a village William Morris described as the most beautiful in England.

The Bay Horse, Ulverston

Watch the tide race in from Robert Lyons and Lesley Wheeler’s traditional pub-with-rooms overlooking the Levens estuary – it’s a thrilling sight that harks centuries back to the days when the inn was a stopover for coaches and horses before they crossed the sands to Lancaster.

The Blue Lion, Leyburn

Log fires and settles downstairs, country-style bedrooms up: in this ‘sophisticated’ 18th-century inn, Paul and Helen Klein offer an ‘utterly authentic’ slice of rural Wensleydale hospitality.

Old Swan, Minster Lovell

One of the oldest buildings in a village of thatched houses, this 600-year-old inn stands steps away from the willows leaning over the River Windrush.

The Crown Inn, Chiddingfold

‘Traditional character’ defines this ‘lovely’ country inn on the corner of the village green, where weary pilgrims and travellers have stopped in for centuries.

George and Dragon, Clifton

A serious fire, recently, means that the George & Dragon is currently closed. The inn plans to re-open in the Autumn, 2022. A ‘convivial’ country pub with cosy rooms and ‘very good’ food, the Lowther family’s restored 18th-century coaching inn near Ullswater retains its rural roots.

Healing Manor Hotel, Grimsby

Spot Sidney the swan on the willow-draped pond: this centuries-old manor house on the village outskirts stands in extensive grounds stretching from landscaped gardens to parkland.

The Lord Crewe Arms, Blanchland

In a postcard-perfect village of honey-stone cottages with a sparkling river, this historic building blends atmosphere with 21st-century comforts and robust food.

The Bildeston Crown, Bildeston

Olde-worlde charm is leavened by touches of playful humour at this former 15th-century coaching inn, in a quintessential Suffolk village of half-timbered and pink-washed houses.

The Carpenters Arms, Thirsk

A successful blend of the traditional and the modern can be found at this smart village inn, with views over the Vale of York, chalet-style bedrooms, and classy food.

Bayards Cove Inn, Dartmouth

A rare survivor, this quaint jettied timber-frame medieval merchant’s house is home to a child-friendly, dog-friendly café, bar and restaurant with rooms above.

The Bonnie Badger, Gullane

There’s a definite Scandi-Scottish style at Tom and Michaela Kitchin’s gastropub-with-rooms. The impressive beamed restaurant in the former village inn’s horse stables has a stripped-back look, with designer lighting, original stone walls and a massive fireplace, while bedrooms might feature wallpaper with a thistle design or Nordic birch forests.

The Duncombe Arms, Ashbourne

A solid village inn, with views over Dove valley, that combines a local feel with smart dining and country-chic bedrooms.

Castle Cottage Inn, Harlech

At the top of one of the world’s steepest streets, this inn occupies two 16th-century buildings just above Edward I’s formidable castle (faint hearts, take the High Street route).

The Ship at Dunwich, Dunwich

Once a smugglers’ haunt, this ‘friendly’ creeper-covered inn is close to the unspoiled salt marshes of Dunwich Heath and the RSPB reserves at Dingle Marshes and Minsmere.

The Lifeboat Inn, Thornham

Look out toward the sea and the salt marshes from this 16th-century beer house, which takes in the changing landscape from its ‘spectacular’ location facing the north Norfolk coast.

The Three Acres Inn & Restaurant, Huddersfield

There are ‘tremendous views to all sides’ from this ‘friendly’ roadside drovers’ inn in Pennine countryside, but diners may find their attention drawn, instead, to the ‘detour-worthy food’ served within.

The Durham Ox, Crayke

In a hilltop village along an ancient Celtic trail to York, this ‘friendly’, personably run pub-with-rooms has hosted visitors for centuries.

The Westleton Crown, Southwold

Ramblers, birders and seaside-seekers make their way to this refreshed 12th-century coaching inn, in a quiet village close to the Suffolk coast.

The Cridford Inn, Exeter

Come down a single-track road to reach this Teign valley pub, its thatched roof, cob walls and wide stone fireplaces.

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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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Pubs with rooms for Christmas

The Black Swan - Dinner, Bed & Breakfast Special Offer

Kirkby Stephen

The Feathered Nest - Three Nights for the Price of Two Staycation Special Offer

Chipping Norton

The Dog at Wingham - Dinner, Bed and Breakfast from £99 per Person per night Special Offer

Canterbury

Cuckoo Brow Inn - Three Night 15% Discount Special Offer

Ambleside

The White Horse - 'Complimentary Fizz' Special Offer

Brancaster Staithe

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