The Bradley Hare

Style

Hares and graces

Setting

Bucolic Wiltshire borders

Frothy ales, fireside snugs and contenting, rustic fare — pub with rooms The Bradley Hare ticks off all these quintessential country inn favourites, and pairs them with pints of pub-elevating panache. Set on the Wiltshire-Somerset borders, the pub’s cuisine spotlights the best of the region’s ample larder, alongside a well-stocked bar. And comely rooms, individually dressed in antique furnishings, rich pattern and nature’s palette, are just a waddle away. Bucolic bliss indeed.

Facilities

Chambres

12 (seven in the main pub and five in the Coach House opposite).

Checkout

11am, and check-in is at 4pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability; you’ll need to message ahead if you're planning to arrive after midnight.

Plus de détails

Rates include a cooked breakfast and Continental buffet.

Also

On the ground floor of the Coach House, one Small Room and two Large Rooms at The Bradley Hare may meet your mobility needs, but they are not specially adapted for wheelchair use, unfortunately. Wheelchair access to the pub is via a ramp that can be fitted to its front door and there’s an accessible public bathroom.

Accès internet gratuit

Animaux acceptés

At the Hotel

Garden, library, lounge spaces and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: smart TV, radio, coffee- and tea-making kit, minibar stocked with Somerset snacks, and local botanical bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

Rooms set in the main pub at The Bradley Hare have more of the charm and whimsy you’d expect from a historic hostelry, while decor in the Coach House rooms leans slightly more contemporary. If we’re pressed to choose where we’d lay our head, No 3 — a Medium Room in the main building — comes to mind for its snug-as-can-be cabin bed, fitted with curtains that make a post-lunch siesta even more appealing.

Packing Tips

An appetite: you’ll want to keep returning to the menu during your stay to try that thing you missed earlier.

Also

Although not part of the pub, Milly Moo’s fresh-milk-dispensing hut just outside is a loveable local foible, most notably for its milkshake-maker with a range of flavoured syrups.

Enfants

The Bradley Hare welcomes little Smiths, with some rooms in the main house taking an extra futon bed for a nightly £30 fee (including breakfast). Baby cots are available, charged at £10 a stay.

Galerie

Food & Drink

Top Table

Stay toasty by the fire for cosy winter dinners in the Map Room, then relocate to the library for a snug digestif. Come summer, head outside for a table in the sunny garden.

Code vestimentaire

Resist the Barbour and Burberry, you don’t have to look like a local to feel welcome here.

Hotel Restaurant

Loosen your belt buckle, dining at The Bradley Hare isn’t a time to hold back. The menu dives headlong into the region’s generous bounty, with the likes of Poole Bay clams with smoked Wiltshire bacon and venison terrine on fruit toast, just for starters. Rump steak is sourced from fourth-generation local butchers, buttered sole caught off the Cornish coast, and crispy roasted parsnips pulled from the soil of surrounding farms. Traditional pub grub (steaming fish pies, juicy burgers, et al) sits alongside more elevated fare, plus all-the-trimmings-and-some Sunday lunches that’ll have you contemplating a lie-down afterwards.

Hotel Bar

First catching your eye is the owner’s collection of cut-glass decanters, twinkling from the sunlight beaming through a grand sash window. The drinks selection is no less sparkling, featuring an impressive range of super-local brews (including the Hare’s own ale), a longer-than-your-arm wine list, and all-the-classics cocktails. A twin-sided fireplace set in the wall between the bar and the library affords a choice of toasty spots for sips and nibbles such as haggis toast from the top-notch snack menu.

Last Orders

Breakfast is 8am–10am; lunch is noon–3pm (4pm on Sundays); dinner is 6pm–9pm (9.30pm on Fridays and Saturdays), and the bar pours until 11pm all week.

Planes

Bristol Airport is the closest at just an hour’s drive away, where flights arrive direct from major cities throughout Europe. For those flying in from further afield, London Heathrow is just under a two-hour drive away.

Trains

The stations of Bruton, Frome and Warminster are all within a 20-minute drive. Frome offers the most direct route from London, with connections from Paddington taking around two hours.

Automobiles

Even the most ardent ramblers would benefit from their own set of wheels to explore the Wiltshire wilds beyond the surrounding patchwork of green. Plus, there’s free parking at the back of the pub.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

The Bradley Hare is set on the Duchy of Somerset’s estate, surrounded by west Wiltshire landscapes that more than earn their Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty status. Cranborne Chase and the West Wiltshire Downs roll out in a patchwork of grassland, woodland and hills, scattered with ancient curiosities – from chalk horses to burial barrows and stone circles. Stonehenge is just 30 minutes away. For a chance of spotting crop circles (or simply admiring the chalk horse), head up Westbury Hill.

Closer to The Bradley Hare, there’s classic English country life to dip into: stroll the landscaped gardens and temples at Stourhead, walk out to King Alfred’s Tower, or pass Bradley Hall, still home to the Duke of Somerset.

North of the hotel, Longleat Safari Park pairs a grand manor house with lions and giraffes, while elegant Bath is an easy drive for Georgian streets, Roman baths and quaint tea rooms.

Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt

This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .