New Inn Hotel, Market Square, Lechlade presented by A1 Tourism

New Inn Hotel, Market Square, Lechlade, Gloucestershire, GL7 3AB
Telephone: 01367 252296
Fax: 01367 252315

The wide lawns of the New Inn slope gently down to the banks of the River Thames, creating a private garden for summer visitors.

It is an ideal setting for a wedding reception, exhibition or special function. A marquee is available by arrangement.

Whether you come to stay for pleasure, on business or simple to enjoy a quiet drink or a meal, the New Inn welcomes you.

New Inn Hotel, Lechlade, Conference Room

The New Inn offers a combination of comfort and efficiency designed to make a hectic schedule less fraught.

Each of our twenty seven bedrooms is furnished with a teletext television and telephone, the Hotel has fax machine available to residents and the conference room is designed for delegations of two to two hundred people on a daily basis. Television, video and telephone facilities are standard equipment in the room and self service buffets for meetings and conferences can easily be arranged.

There is ample private car parking space and a comprehensive bar service includes lunchtime food, evening snacks and meals and since the New Inn is a free house, a wide range of real ales.

Come to the New Inn, in the heart of the beautiful Cotswold countryside, whatever your intentions you can depend upon traditional hospitality and twentieth century comfort.

The country ambience of the eighteenth century Inn is enhanced by the individual character of each of the bedrooms. Although they have common furnishings, such as televisions, telephones, tea and coffee making facilitiesand en-suite bath or shower rooms, each room has its own features. Steps, fireplaces, sloping ceilings, views across the river; each aspect reflects a different atmosphere, each contributes to the informality and charm of a leisured stay at this fascinating hotel.

Bed and Breakfast can be augmented by evening meals served in the informal comfort of a restaurant which offers a wide variety home made food from our a la carte menu or from the daily special menus chosen by the chef. Where possible, local produce is used.

Lechlade-on-Thames is a small bustling rural market town which takes its character from its riverside setting and its old, mellow stone buildings. Known as the Gateway to the Cotswolds, it is within easy reach not only of Bath, Oxford, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Swindon and the motorways, but also of some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain.

The New Inn has been the foremost Hotel in Lechlade for more than 250 years, patronised by travellers and poets alike. Legend has it that it was here that Shelley stayed when he visited the town in 1815, and wrote his famous lines on the Churchyard. More recently, the Inn catered for the Prince of Wales, when he attended a concert in July 1992.

Once a Coaching Inn during the Regency, the New Inn maintains its reputation for hospitality into the twentieth century. Whether you seek the peace and tranquillity of a weekend break in rural surroundings, or bed and breakfast as part of a business schedule, or simply need a place to sleep during a journey, we can accommodate you.

Licensed Wedding Ceremony Premises

Where a two hundred and fifty year tradition of hospitality blends with twentieth century comfort and Cotswold charm.

A romantic occasion such as a wedding must be held in a beautiful environment, and where better than in the midst of the beautiful Cotswold countryside. The New Inn is experienced in organising weddings and events so you can be sure of a professional and reliable service.

We hold the key to making your wedding a unique event. A choice of rooms are available to suit the type of wedding you wish to hold, for parties up to 125 guests. Or for something a little different why not use the lawn by the riverside for a marquee wedding. You'll be spoilt for choice!

The New Inn offers a wide variety of A La Carte or finger buffets to suit any budget - and we are always happy to arrange something individual to match your requirements.

Lechlade
A short guide

Welcome to today's Lechlade, a gently bustling market town beside the green meadows where the Thames meets the Cotswolds at Ha'penny Bridge, a toll bridge built in 1792.

For centuries, the slender spire of Lechlade's 15th century wool church has been the landmark for travellers coming down from the Gloucestershire Wolds, sailing up the River Thames from Oxfordshire, or making their way from the downs of Wiltshire.

Once our riverside wharves were busy with barges and coaching inns crowded with merchants, farmers and hauliers. From 1789 a busy canal linked Lechlade to the Severn; long before then, river and road took traffic to London.

Today's Lechlade is a centre for Leisure. You will still find a fine choice of hotels, restaurants and pubs; or stay by the river with its open fields where you can picnic, park, moor a boat, and even camp.

Come and browse in the many antique shops and craft galleries. Our specialists supply; home baked bread, freshly caught fish and smoked delicacies, souvenirs, Christmas gifts, dolls house minatures, craft pottery, quality cloths and hair and beauty treatment. With its flower shop, groceries, post office and garden centre, Lechlade is still a complete, traditional shopping centre.

Now part of the Cotswold Water Park, Lechlade is still the highest navigable point on the Thames and head of the Thames tow path walk. In and around the town you can hire a rowing boat, go sailing or wind surfing and enjoy lake and river fishing. Wild life abounds on the rivers, water meadows and in Nature Reserves nearby.

There are superb walks round the town and nearby villages, with their listed Cotswold buildings and old churches. As well as the town's delights, the nationally known local attractions are: Lechlade Trout Farm (Burford Rd), Cotswold Woollen Mill/Museum (Filkins), William Morris's house (Kelmscott), Cotswold Wildlife Park (on the road to Burford).

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