Proprietors: Anne Voss-Bark, MBE

The hotel has twenty miles of some of the best fishing in England, on the river Tamar and its tributaries Fantastic food, using the best locally sourced ingredients The only hotel in England with its own cock-fighting pit!

You have to admire the resourcefulness of the West Country folk. Despite losing the gardens at Heligan, they managed to find someone foolhardy enough to entrust them with the amazing Eden project. Surely even they couldn't lose that! Visitors tempted to find out should stay at the nearby Arundell Arms, an old coaching Inn on a site that dates back to Saxon times.

This is a convenient base for those seeking to explore Dartmoor or the North Atlantic coast, and menhir a guest has spent an enjoyable day at the stone circles at Gidleigh and Challercombe.

Anne Voss-Bark has owned the hotel since 1961, running it for many years with her late husband, BBC and Times correspondent Conrad Voss-Bark. This is clearly a place that nobody, guests or staff wishes to leave. Fishing is a major lure, and those fly enough will drop Mrs VB a line enquiring about the twenty miles of 'the best fishing in England' that comes with the hotel: having written the classic guide 'West Country Fly Fishing', she is guaranteed to rise to the bait. The funnel-roofed rod room at the Inn is a former cock fighting pit. They should serve Old Speckled Hen.

Nearest Towns/Centres for Retail Therapy
Tavistock - (20 minutes)
Exeter - (45 minutes)
Plymouth - (45 minutes)

Recommended Local Attractions
Dartmoor - (15 minutes)
North Cornwall Coast - (20 minutes)
Llanhydrock (N.T) - (45 minutes)
Eden Project - (45 minutes)
Buckland Abbey (N.T) - (30 minutes)

Nearest Station/s
Exeter - (45 minutes)

Nearest Airport/s
Exeter - (55 minutes)
Plymouth - (45 minutes)

All timings denote typical journey time by car, unless specified otherwise.