The Crown Inn

This place is great. I've stayed in hundreds of hotels and airbnbs over the years but this is right up there with the best. It's in a charming little village full of delightful houses and very peaceful. My room was huge with a proper large bed and great fluffy pillows. There is a good quality TV and streaming services courtesy of s Fire Stick and there are lots of tea and coffee choices not the usual two each. There is a chaise longue at the end of the bed for more comfortable TV viewing. Everything is good quality, thoughtful and tasteful. The bathroom is equally large with a nice quality clawfoot bath and big walk-in shower with loads of squirty stuff. Breakfast is unaccompanied but everything is there (almost) including an egg boiler. Choice of coffees, teas, cereals, fresh fruit etc. etc. Again the breakfast room is all very tastefully done and all that good stuff is available from midnight if you get an itch in the middle of the night. I'm having to be extremely picky to find fault but it would be nice to have a shelf in the shower and amongst all the spreads for your toast (a fresh loaf was ready to cut) there was no marmalade! Oh dear. The pub downstairs is as a pub should be with nice quality clientele and very good food and was all quiet after 10.30. We are back in the area in a couple of weeks and will certainly return to this lovely place.

Received a nice welcome and the room (1) was really nicely decorated. Unfortunately there were a few negatives. Room 1, although not directly above the bar as far as I’m aware is extremely noisy from both the locals downstairs in the bar and from a 24/7 fairly loud noise which I can only assume is the sound of fridges in the kitchen. There are no White Company toiletries in the room which are advertised on the website. There needs to be a check on the cleaning, although the room itself was very clean along with the toilet, sink and shower, there was hair sitting in the bath plug hole and there was also a used tooth pick and spot of blood on the bathroom floor which was pretty disgusting. Breakfast had a decent supply of continental items but it was pretty depressing sitting in a very dimly lit room with a security camera staring at you whilst eating it.

My husband and myself visited the crown last Thursday. We both had the lamb shanks which were delicious! The atmosphere was lovely and the staff were friendly and helpful… would definitely recommend it!