Helen Browning’s Royal Oak Shortlist*
Bishopstone, Wiltshire
Good Hotel Guide Review
On a working organic farm, this quirky, affable pub-with-rooms reflects the vision of food ethics pioneer Helen Browning. The well-established pub (Arkell’s Brewery) is loved for the real ales, organic wines and generous meals (meat, nuts, fruit, milk and honey from the farm). Set around a sunny courtyard, appealingly rustic bedrooms have their own front door, woollen throws, a comfy bed. Each is named after a field on the farm (immortalized by a giant photo). The residents’ lounge, with books, hot drinks, a record-player (and Helen’s partner Tim’s old LPs) is made for ‘wallowing in’. From the pub, circular walks take in woodland, orchards and 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 yds from pub, 1 suitable for disabled.
Open
all year.
Facilities
lounge, pub, meeting/function room, free Wi-Fi, in-room TV (Freeview), ½-acre garden (rope swing, Wendy house, ‘flighty hens’), parking, some public areas wheelchair accessible, adapted toilet.
Background music
occasional, in public spaces.
Children
all ages welcomed.
Dogs
allowed in 3 bedrooms, public rooms.
Credit cards
MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B £90–£145. À la carte £32.
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