Best hotels for walking in Somerset

There are ‘sweeping vistas’ from this Lutyens-style country house in ‘stunning grounds’, now a luxury B&B praised for the warmth of the welcome and the ‘friendly, attentive’ owners and staff.

The Holcombe,

The old Ring o’ Bells village pub is now a restaurant-with-rooms, transformed by new owners and trained chefs Caroline Gardiner and Alan Lucas in a 2020 lockdown makeover.

The Exmoor Forest Inn, Minehead

This Victorian inn, on a country estate and organic farm in the Barle Valley, in the heart of Exmoor National Park, has been refurbished by three brothers who have retained its rustic charm while giving it a subtle contemporary nudge.

Number One Bruton, Bruton

With its bright yellow front door and rhubarb-pink sitting room, this Georgian town house with cottages, forge and Michelin-starred dining is 'classic and chic, a place exuding love and care'.

The Newt in Somerset, Castle Cary

Koos Bekker and Karen Roos have brought to Somerset the vision behind their hotel on a Dutch Cape wine estate, creating an idyll around Palladian Hadspen manor house, with farm-to-fork dining, dreamy spa, unique rooms in converted outbuildings, beautiful gardens – and a Roman villa as well as two interactive museums.

Homewood, Bath

The yellow submarine in the 'beautiful grounds' and the hedge sculpture of a giraffe set the scene at this ‘playful, quirky hotel’, in a traditional honey-stone building.

The Devonshire Arms, Langport

Behind a handsome 18th-century façade, this former village inn overlooking the green is a contemporary drop-in bar and restaurant with stylish rooms, offering a mix of pub classics and more imaginative dishes.

The Luttrell Arms Hotel, Dunster

In a medieval village overlooked by a red sandstone castle, the old guest house for Cleeve Abbey is now a friendly, unstuffy hotel, with a mix of bedroom styles, eclectically furnished public rooms, gorgeous bar, and menus catering to all tastes.

The Queen’s Arms, Sherborne

A return to the Guide for this honeyed-stone village pub, which had a lockdown makeover under enthusiastic new owners.

The Pig near Bath, Pensford

The setting is pure hog heaven at Robin Hutson’s third Pig hotel, surrounded by a deer park in a fold in the Mendips. The part-Georgian building comes in the group’s signature shabby-chic style.

The Talbot Inn, Mells

This 15th-century coaching inn with its old arched carriageway has been beautifully made over in casual-chic style as a pub-with-rooms.

The Swan, Wedmore

The Carpenters Arms, Pensford

Rambling roses and brimming hanging baskets adorn ‘the Carps’, a friendly local pub-with-rooms in a hamlet 25 minutes from Bath.

The Lynch Country House, Somerton

Black swans glide on the pond in the gardens of veteran jazz saxophonist Roy Copeland’s late-Georgian mansion, with traditionally styled rooms, where an excellent breakfast is served in the orangery.

Blackmore Farm, Cannington

Breakfast is served at a vast oak table in the Great Hall at this characterful B&B, occupying a 15th-century manor house on the Dyer family’s dairy farm.

The Lord Poulett Arms, Hinton St George

‘Gardez le Foi’ reads the Poulett family motto over the door of this thatched, ham-stone village pub, and the trio behind the Beckford group (see The Beckford Arms, Tisbury) have kept absolute faith with their winning concept here.

The White Hart, Somerton

With characterful bedrooms, this gastropub on the market square is a foodie spot, serving local beers and ciders, organic wines and creative dishes in which local, seasonal ingredients speak for themselves.

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The Farmers Arms

TAUNTON

Off the beaten track, four miles south of Taunton, a relaxed and dog-friendly rustic inn with wooden floors, exposed stone walls, leather sofas and a log burner, Perfect pre- and post a bracing walk, the welcoming bar serves an extensive range of Somerset ales, and there is hearty fare in the oak-beamed restaurant. Bedrooms have views of rolling countryside.

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The Hatch Inn

Taunton

Overlooking the Blackdown Hills, a welcoming, dog-friendly country pub in an 18th century coaching Inn. 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, based on locally sourced ingredients. The Neroche Staple Fitzpaine Herepath (a 13.5 mile off-road trail) is close by.

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