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Across the road from Westonbirt Arboretum, the Hare & Hounds Hotel offers straightforward country hospitality with a restaurant that does proper food well.
The kitchen works with modern British cooking, drawing on local Cotswold producers when they can. It's genuinely relaxed—the kind of place where you might drop in for lunch after wandering through the arboretum's trees, or book a table for a proper evening meal without needing to dress up.
The hotel itself works nicely as a base if you're spending time in this part of the Cotswolds. Westonbirt village is small and quiet, but you're only minutes from Tetbury, the market town known for its antique dealers and its reputation as a favourite haunt of the royal family. Head a bit further and you'll reach Malmesbury with its impressive abbey and independent shops dotted through the town centre. The Hare & Hounds has earned its reputation through years of reliable service and a straightforward approach—comfortable rooms, decent food, nothing pretentious about it. If you're exploring the southern Cotswolds and want a practical base where you can eat well and sleep soundly, this is a sensible choice.
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