Where to stay in Winchcombe

In the town

The Lion Inn on North Street is a restored fifteenth-century coaching inn with nine rooms, all of which take dogs (£20 a dog in 2026), and The White Hart on the High Street has rooms and a restaurant open to non-residents.

On the castle estate and in the hills

Sudeley Castle lets 17 cottages on its estate, many dog-friendly, with free entry to the castle and gardens in season. North Farmcote is a farmhouse bed and breakfast in the hills above the town, built as a dower house for Lord Sudeley's mother.

A little further out

Elms Farm at Gretton offers bed and breakfast and a night in a converted freight wagon, and Cleeve Hill Hotel sits beside Cleeve Common, the highest ground in the Cotswolds and the highest point on the Cotswold Way, about 3 miles from the town. The hotel has a parking space for each room and takes dogs free in certain rooms.

From your door

The Cotswold Way runs through the town; Belas Knap is a steep walk up the hill, Hailes Abbey is 2 miles away, and the steam railway calls at Winchcombe station. The walking festival fills the town in mid-May, so book early then. In March the Cheltenham Festival fills the racecourse below Cleeve Hill, about 8km (5 miles) away.

Getting here and parking

The 606 runs from Cheltenham, about 48 minutes, Monday to Saturday, and on to Broadway and Chipping Campden. Back Lane car park is £1.50 all day and Bull Lane charges by the hour, both by RingGo, and Blue Badge holders park free in both. At Back Lane, parking is also free while you charge an electric car. For other bases, see where to stay in the Cotswolds.

When to come

Sudeley Castle opens from mid-March to the start of November, and the steam railway runs from spring to late autumn, so those months suit a stay best. Hailes Abbey opens for guided tours on the first weekend of each month, and tours can be booked ahead. The Sudeley cottages sleep from three to fourteen, so they work for families and walking groups.

Our dog-friendly weekend is based at an inn here that takes dogs in every room, and the pub walks weekend ends its Sunday at the White Hart after the walk from Belas Knap. For the day, see things to do in Winchcombe and on the Cotswold Edge, and for meals, places to eat on the Cotswold Edge.