Inn · Chipping Campden
The Lygon Arms, Chipping Campden
A coaching inn with ten rooms on Chipping Campden's High Street, with family rooms, bike storage, free parking at the rear and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Family rooms, bike storage and a welcome for dogs, which makes it a good base for the Cotswold Way's first day. Book by phone or the enquiry form.
- Good: Free parking at the rear
- Good: Family rooms and secure bike storage
- Good: Dogs welcome in rooms and public areas
- Good: Afternoon tea daily, 1pm to 6pm
- Worth knowing: Book by phone or enquiry form
About
The Lygon Arms on the High Street in Chipping Campden calls itself the oldest coaching inn in the town, with trading records from the sixteenth century. It was the White Hart, then the George under James I, and the Hare and Hounds by 1772; an 1837 document calls it "the Hare and Hounds, now called the Lygon".
It has ten en-suite rooms in the main house and the courtyard, among them family rooms, with free Wi-Fi and secure storage for bikes. The courtyard rooms were built from the stone of the old barns and the blacksmith's forge, and have a jacuzzi bath or steam shower. Check-in is from 2pm and check-out by noon, and the hotel counts children as 12 or under. Dogs are welcome in the rooms and public areas. The lounge bar serves lunch and dinner from a menu of traditional and newer British dishes, with lamb and beef from the hotel's own farm, and afternoon tea every day from 1pm to 6pm.
There is a free car park behind the hotel, open to non-residents too, and a meeting room. The Cotswold Way starts in the town, and Dover's Hill is a walk away.
Opening hours and season
Restaurant
| Monday | 13:00 to 18:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 13:00 to 18:00 |
| Wednesday | 13:00 to 18:00 |
| Thursday | 13:00 to 18:00 |
| Friday | 13:00 to 18:00 |
| Saturday | 13:00 to 18:00 |
| Sunday | 13:00 to 18:00 |
Afternoon tea
The details
- Food
- Modern British
- Serving
- Lunch · Afternoon tea · Dinner
- Rooms
- 10
- Check-in
- From 2pm
- Check-out
- By noon
- Features
- Bar · Restaurant · Parking · Wi-Fi · Bike storage · Family rooms · Dogs in rooms · Dogs inside · Events and meetings
- History
- Coaching inn with trading records from the 16th century
- Parking
- Free car park at the rear of the hotel, open to residents and non-residents.
Photos
The inn sign Photo: Sarah Stierch, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr 
The dining room 
A courtyard room
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Bantam Tea Rooms 0.0 km away
- Michael's Mediterranean 0.1 km away
- The Eight Bells Inn 0.1 km away
- Cotswold House Hotel and Spa 0.2 km away
Sights nearby
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Almshouses, Chipping Campden
Sight · Historic building · Chipping Campden
Twelve almshouses on Church Street in Chipping Campden, built in 1612 for Sir Baptist Hicks at a cost of £1,000 on an I-shaped plan said to honour James I, and still homes for older people. Grade I; seen from the street.
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Dover's Hill
Sight · Viewpoint · Chipping Campden
A National Trust hill on the Cotswold edge above Chipping Campden, about 230m up, with a topograph naming the view over the Vale of Evesham and a level path to it. Robert Dover's Cotswold Olimpicks have been held here, on and off, since 1612.
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Grevel's House, Chipping Campden
Sight · Historic building · Chipping Campden
A medieval house on Chipping Campden's High Street with a two-storey Perpendicular bay window under gargoyles, named after William Grevel, perhaps the richest Cotswold wool merchant of his day, who died in 1401. Grade I; a private house seen from the street.
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Market Hall, Chipping Campden
Sight · Historic building · Chipping Campden
The open arcade of 1627 in the middle of Chipping Campden's High Street, built by Sir Baptist Hicks as a sheltered market for butter, cheese and poultry, saved from sale to America in the 1940s and now the National Trust's. Grade I; the Cotswold Way starts beside it.