Helen Browning’s Royal Oak Shortlist*
Bishopstone, Wiltshire
Good Hotel Guide Review
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. Regular returnees laud the ‘excellent, friendly’ staff and the well-established pub (Arkell’s Brewery), where visitors tuck in to real ales, organic wines and generous, scrupulously sourced meals. Set around a sunny courtyard, well-equipped, modern-rustic bedrooms are ‘clean, comfortable, and warm when necessary’; residents also have an inviting lounge stocked with books, hot drinks, a record player and a collection of LPs. ‘Plenty of walks’ from the door: cross woodland and orchards; roam across hills or wildflower valleys; visit the farm’s pigs, sheep and cattle.
Hotel details
Address
Cues Lane
Bishopstone
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN6 8PP
England
Telephone
01793 790481
Bedrooms
12. All in annexe, 100 yards from pub, 1 suitable for disabled.
Open
all year.
Facilities
lounge, pub (2 dining areas), meeting/function room, in-room TV (Freeview), ½-acre garden (rope swing, Wendy house, ‘flighty hens’), parking, some public areas wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
occasionally, in public spaces.
Children
all ages welcomed.
Dogs
allowed in 3 bedrooms, in public rooms ‘at our discretion’.
Credit cards
MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B £85–£160. À la carte £32. 1-night bookings
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