The Merry Harriers Shortlist*
Hambledon, Surrey
Good Hotel Guide Review
When making a reservation, don’t forget to book your llama and picnic: llama treks through the Surrey hills are the unique selling point at this 16th-century pub-with-rooms, part of the De Savary collection (see Cary Arms, Beachcroft Hotel, Eastbury Hotel). Choose a rustic-chic inn room, a garden room with furnished patio overlooking the llama paddock, or a shepherd’s hut beside a lily pond, with log-burner, firepit, hot tub and mod cons to put the ‘glam’ into glamping. All accommodation is beautifully presented. There are short menus of pub classics, sandwiches, a vegan salad. Breakfast on a full English, full vegetarian or smashed avocado, before hitting the trail, with Goji, Diesel, Ernesto and the woolly gang in tow.
Hotel details
Address
Hambledon Road
Hambledon
Surrey
GU8 4DR
England
Telephone
01428 682883
Bedrooms
15. 4 in inn, 6 ground-floor garden rooms (step access, bathrooms not adapted), 5 shepherds' huts.
Open
all year. Closed Mon, Tues lunch.
Facilities
bar, restaurant, snug, private dining room, in-room TV (Netflix), wedding receptions, 2–3 acres garden, parking, llama trekking.
Background music
'for our audience'.
Children
all ages welcome. Family suite sleeps 4; extra rollaway bed/travel cot on request. Children's menu. Min age 8 for llama treks.
Dogs
in garden rooms, shepherds' huts, public areas, not inn rooms (£15 per stay, bed, bowls, dog wash facility, dogs' menu).
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £145, shepherds' huts from £195. À la carte £40. 1-night bookings may be refused Fri, Sat, bank holiday weekends.
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