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Inn · Malmesbury
The Kings Arms, Malmesbury
A refurbished coaching inn with 15 rooms and a tapas restaurant on Malmesbury's High Street, two minutes' walk from the abbey.
Fifteen rooms on the High Street, two minutes from the abbey, at room-only rates from £125. Food is Mediterranean tapas from midday to 8pm.
- Good: Rooms from £125 for two, room only
- Good: No minimum stay; free cancellation up to 7 days before
- Good: Tapas served from midday to 8pm
- Worth knowing: Ten parking spaces for 15 rooms, through a narrow archway
- Worth knowing: Breakfast not included in the rate
About
The Kings Arms is a refurbished coaching inn at 29 High Street, Malmesbury, about two minutes' walk from Malmesbury Abbey and the Market Cross. It is an Arkell's pub and restaurant with rooms and a beer garden, and it hires out space for meetings and business use. The bar closes at 11pm, for hotel guests as well.
There are 15 rooms, each with an en suite shower room, a desk and a Nespresso machine. They are let room only, from £125 for two in the Cosy and Stable rooms to £145 for the Character rooms, one of which is a twin. There is no minimum stay, and cancellation is free up to seven days before arrival.
The kitchen serves Mediterranean-style tapas for sharing, from midday to 8pm, with an afternoon menu between lunch and dinner on weekdays; phone to book a table. Parking is tight: ten spaces behind the inn for 15 rooms, through an archway the hotel warns is narrow and unsuitable for some vehicles. The hotel's website gives no check-in times or dog policy; Trip.com lists check-in from 3pm to 10pm, check-out by 10.30am and dogs in rooms on request at no charge, so mention a dog when you book. It suits anyone wanting a central, good-value base for a night or two in the town.
Opening hours and season
Food served
| Monday | 12:00 to 20:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12:00 to 20:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 to 20:00 |
| Thursday | 12:00 to 20:00 |
| Friday | 12:00 to 20:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 to 20:00 |
| Sunday | 12:00 to 20:00 |
Weekdays: main menu 12 to 2 and 6 to 8, afternoon menu 2 to 6. Weekends: main menu 12 to 8.
Phone 01666 823383 to book a table for food. The bar closes at 11pm, for hotel guests too.
The details
- Food
- European
- Serving
- Lunch · Dinner
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Rooms
- 15
- Minimum stay
- No minimum stay
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Garden or terrace · Parking · Events and meetings · Dogs in rooms
- History
- Refurbished coaching inn
- Parking
- Ten spaces behind the hotel for 15 rooms, reached through a narrow archway that the hotel says is unsuitable for some vehicles; first come, first served, and not bookable.
Photos
The Kings Arms on the High Street Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Athelstan Museum 0.1 km away
- The Abbey Café, Malmesbury 0.2 km away
- The Old Bell 0.2 km away
- The Three Cups Inn 0.4 km away
Sights nearby
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Malmesbury Abbey
Sight · Church · Malmesbury
The surviving nave of Malmesbury's great Norman abbey church, built mostly about 1160 to 1180 and the parish church since 1541, with a south porch of carved Romanesque Apostles and King Athelstan's empty tomb. Grade I; free, open daily.
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Market Cross, Malmesbury
Sight · Historic building · Malmesbury
Malmesbury's octagonal stone market cross of the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, a vaulted shelter with pinnacles, flying buttresses and a lantern of saints, built, John Leland wrote, to keep poor market folk dry. Grade I; free.
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River Avon at Malmesbury
Sight · River · Malmesbury
The two branches of the Bristol Avon that almost ring Malmesbury's hilltop and meet below it, with riverside meads, old mill sites, Daniel's Well and a level path round the town. Free, on public paths and town council parks.
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St Paul's Bell Tower, Malmesbury
Sight · Historic building · Malmesbury
The tower and spire of St Paul's, Malmesbury's medieval parish church, left standing alone on the edge of the abbey churchyard after the church fell. It has clocks below its spire and still holds a ring of eight bells, long rung for the abbey. Grade I.