Name: The Museum Inn
Address: Farnham, , Farnham, DT11 8DE , United Kingdom, Farnham, Dorset, DT11 8DE, UK
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at £90 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 9.0

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The Museum Inn

Farnham, , Farnham, DT11 8DE , United Kingdom –

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The countryside location is lovely and the dinner was delicious. The staff were very pleasant.

Andrew, France

The food was very good, pet friendly and just a very nice atmosphere around the place.

Matthew, United Kingdom

Lovely breakfast Menu good start to the day,Friendly staff.very clean bedroom.

Richard, United Kingdom

We have stayed before and it's location, comfort, ambience and food are always first class.

Helen, United Kingdom

Everything was as I expected ! Exceptional place and amazing food

Andrea, United Kingdom

Room was spacious if poorly lit - the bed was comfortable. Dinner okay, nothing special and rather overpriced with small portions.

Weary, United Kingdom

Room (The Boot) very comfortable. Bed firm but yielding with a mattress topper that madeone reluctant to get out of bed. Bathroom well equipped and with complimentary toiletries that my wife enjoyed greatly, although she struggled to get the rainfall showerhead to deliver a consistent flow and temperature. Fresh milk brought to the room for tea and coffee making. Dorset Tea company teabags. Coffee maker (unused by us), not instant coffee. Room was in main building and rated 'Superior' so perhaps larger and better furnished than those in the outbuilding? The Museum still functions as a local pub, so drinkers in wellies and cheerful dogs abound, which is encouraging.

Peter, United Kingdom

Bed very comfortable Food great/breakfast great Friendly staff

Louise, United Kingdom

We like everything about this hotel, the setting and the ambience. Breakfast is of a high standard. We really like the rooms having stayed here a couple of times before and the staff are just wonderful.

Fiona, United Kingdom

Comfortable bed, excellent breakfast with a wide range of things like cereals, fruits etc. and fine fresh croissants; the cooked options consisted of great quality ingredients. Very good staff.

David, United Kingdom

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Situated in the old English village of Farnham, The Museum Inn is a 17th-century pub which lies on the Cranborne Chase, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Free on-site parking is provided, and the inn also features an on-site restaurant and a garden.

An en suite bathroom is provided in each room at The Museum Inn, as well as a TV and tea/coffee making facilities.

Antiques, flagstone floors and roaring fires are featured in the property’s 17th-century bar, as well as cosy alcoves and a wide selection of alcoholic drinks. The 2 Rosette award winning restaurant offers seasonal British cuisine made with locally sourced ingredients.

The area surrounding The Museum Inn is ideal for outdoor pursuits, including shooting, walking, riding, and fishing. Shaftesbury is 20 minutes' drive and Salisbury is 30 minutes' drive away.

This property also has one of the best-rated locations in Farnham! Guests are happier about it compared to other properties in the area.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.0 for a two-person trip.

This property is also rated for the best value in Farnham! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city.

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Continental, Full English/Irish, Buffet

Free private parking available on-site

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Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Room size 215 ft² An en suite bathroom, Freeview TV and tea, coffee and mineral water are provided in these rooms. A fold-out bed, cot bed and ironing facilities are all available on request. Dogs are allowed in this room. Room facilities: • Shower • Bath • TV • Hairdryer • Iron • Desk • Ironing Facilities • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Toilet • Bathroom • Heating • Carpeted • Sofa • Electric kettle • Wardrobe/Closet • Cleaning products Can you tell us what you'd like to see here? (We'll use your feedback to improve the information in this section) Enter your feedback Submit No thanks Thank you for your time Your feedback will help us improve this feature for all of our customers. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your comment. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Brilliant! Check-in date / / Check-in date Check-out date / / Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
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Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Room size 431 ft² An en suite bathroom, Freeview TV and tea, coffee and mineral water are provided in these rooms. A fold-out bed, cot bed and ironing facilities are all available on request. Dogs are not allowed in this room. Room facilities: • Shower • Bath • TV • Hairdryer • Iron • Desk • Ironing Facilities • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Toilet • Bathroom • Heating • Carpeted • Sofa • Electric kettle • Wardrobe/Closet • Cleaning products Can you tell us what you'd like to see here? (We'll use your feedback to improve the information in this section) Enter your feedback Submit No thanks Thank you for your time Your feedback will help us improve this feature for all of our customers. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your comment. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Brilliant! Check-in date / / Check-in date Check-out date / / Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
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Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Room size 377 ft² An en suite bathroom, Freeview TV and tea, coffee and mineral water are provided in these rooms. A fold-out bed, cot bed and ironing facilities are all available on request. Dogs are not allowed in this room. Room facilities: • Shower • Bath • TV • Hairdryer • Iron • Desk • Ironing Facilities • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Toilet • Bathroom • Heating • Carpeted • Sofa • Electric kettle • Wardrobe/Closet • Cleaning products Can you tell us what you'd like to see here? (We'll use your feedback to improve the information in this section) Enter your feedback Submit No thanks Thank you for your time Your feedback will help us improve this feature for all of our customers. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your comment. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Brilliant! Check-in date / / Check-in date Check-out date / / Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content

Property surroundings – Guests loved walking around the neighbourhood!

Closest landmarks

Ashley Wood Golf Club
6.6 miles
Moors Valley Country Park and Forest
11.3 miles
Salisbury Racecourse
11.9 miles
Tower Park
13.8 miles
Salisbury Train Station
14.5 miles
Salisbury Cathedral
14.5 miles
Salisbury Library
14.7 miles
Salisbury City Council
14.8 miles
Guildhall Salisbury
14.8 miles
Bournemouth University
15.2 miles

Restaurants and markets

Tescos Supermarket
13 miles

Closest airports

Bournemouth Airport
14.3 miles
Southampton Airport
30.4 miles
Bristol Airport
42.1 miles

What travellers love about this location

“The pigeon breast starter was divine and will go down in memory as one of the best things I've ever tasted! The staff were friendly and helpful. We stayed in the General's four poster and loved the antique decor & lovely smell of furniture wax. Everything was clean and top quality, we especially loved sitting out with drinks on the little balcony. So peaceful and relaxing.”

Valerie

United Kingdom

“Food was exceptional, room was well appointed and staff were friendly and helpful”

Amanda

United Kingdom

“We stayed at the Museum following a family party there. We were looked after really well from start to finish with fantastic food, wine and service. Our room was very clean, comfortable and spacious - a thoroughly enjoyable stay. Congratulations to Lee and his team for producing consistently excellent results in all areas.”

Mark

United Kingdom

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Cuisine: British

Open for: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Menu: À la carte

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15:00 - 23:00

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07:30 - 11:00

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Children and extra beds

All children are welcome.

Free! All children under 3 years stay free of charge when using existing beds.

All children under 2 years are charged GBP 10 per person per night for children's cots/cribs.

All older children or adults are charged GBP 15 per person per night for extra beds.

The maximum number of extra beds/children's cots permitted in a room is 1.

Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.

Supplements are not calculated automatically in the total costs and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.

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Pets are allowed on request. Charges may be applicable.

The Museum Inn accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

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When booking 3 rooms or more, different policies and additional supplements will apply.

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9.3
Comfort

9.1
Facilities

8.8
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9.2

Value for money

8.5
Free WiFi

8.2
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Reviewed: 18 May 2018

Andrew
France

2 helpful votes
7.1

“Attractive country location and good dinner. Room quite modest.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눉The hotel is much more modest than had been suggested by the reviews. The room I was in was very small and immediately adjoining the car park, so could have been noisy. The sink in the bathroom had no cold water, so all washing in the bath.
눇The countryside location is lovely and the dinner was delicious. The staff were very pleasant.

Stayed in May 2018
Reviewed: 12 May 2018

Julia
United Kingdom
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눇really good everything

Stayed in May 2018
Reviewed: 8 May 2018

Matthew
United Kingdom
9.2

Superb
- • With a pet
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눇The food was very good, pet friendly and just a very nice atmosphere around the place.

Stayed in May 2018
Reviewed: 28 April 2018

Richard.John Allen
United Kingdom
Age group: 65+
10

“Lovely country side stay.”
- • Couple
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
눇Lovely breakfast Menu good start to the day,Friendly staff.very clean bedroom.

Stayed in April 2018
Reviewed: 24 April 2018

Frédéric
France

2 helpful votes
7.9

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉The plomber devices in the bathroom did not function well

Stayed in April 2018
Reviewed: 23 April 2018

Helen
United Kingdom
7.5

“Lovely pub in a beautiful location serving excellent food in very comfortable surroundings.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉We both felt the staff, particularly before, during and after our evening meal were not particularly attentive. We had to ask for the menu and the wine list. We left the restaurant and even though the staff were chatting to the locals they did not break their conversation to say thank you or good night -we both felt this was disappointing customer service with room for improvement. All other service expectations were met.
눇We have stayed before and it's location, comfort, ambience and food are always first class.

Stayed in April 2018
Reviewed: 8 April 2018

Ruth
United Kingdom
8.8

“really enjoyable night away”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눉menu was a little unusual
눇room was lovely

Stayed in April 2018
Reviewed: 3 April 2018

Andrea
United Kingdom
10

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
눇Everything was as I expected ! Exceptional place and amazing food

Stayed in April 2018
Reviewed: 1 April 2018

Anonymous
Guernsey
9.6

Exceptional
- • Couple
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉Overstretched in the restaurant (Easter). Pretentious wine list.
눇Generally excellent food.

Stayed in March 2018
Reviewed: 10 March 2018

Weary
United Kingdom

1 helpful vote
7.1

“There's a wise saying: never go back”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
눉Breakfast was disappointing. Nothing like as good as our visit 6 months ago. No decaf coffee or tea, no prepared fresh fruit and toast was not offered.
눇Room was spacious if poorly lit - the bed was comfortable. Dinner okay, nothing special and rather overpriced with small portions.

Stayed in March 2018
Reviewed: 22 February 2018

Steven
United Kingdom
8.3

“Very nice”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눉Staff a little frosty to start with.
눇Great bed, good wine list, excellent breakfast.

Stayed in February 2018
Reviewed: 18 February 2018

Peter
United Kingdom
7.9

“Nice room - shame about the food.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눉Free wi-fi required registration and therefore an invitation to be spammed by the Epicurean Club group. My tablet was happy with registration, my phone took numerous goes before it got connected. There is some 4G coverage via EE, however. Staff unable to help with wi-fi problems. I'm a light sleeper so water hissing through pipes all night was disturbing. No staff on premises during the night - not a problem for us but fyi. No fridge for the fresh milk, but were able to keep it chilled overnight on windowsill as we were there in February. Bar and restaurant areas much as we remembered them from 2003, but food sadly not. When we lived nearby for three years from 2001-4 we'd go to The Museum for a gourmet treat and the food was to die for. We promised ourselves we'd go back there to stay one day. Now the food's decidedly average, I'm afraid - price you pay for losing the personal investment and presence of a passionate owner/manager and becoming part of a chain - but 'epicurean' it's definitely not. Pity. The former museum part of the premises is used for breakfast and being a tin shed it's not easy to heat. It was freezing when we breakfasted there and my feet were turning to ice blocks by the time we'd finished. The menu boasted salami and smoked cheese, inter alia, which were actually very indifferent pink plastic salami and cheese that would have embarrassed a discount supermarket. The full English was ok, but the only part of it that was properly hot was the inside of the sausage, suggesting it had been cooked previously and microwaved.
눇Room (The Boot) very comfortable. Bed firm but yielding with a mattress topper that madeone reluctant to get out of bed. Bathroom well equipped and with complimentary toiletries that my wife enjoyed greatly, although she struggled to get the rainfall showerhead to deliver a consistent flow and temperature. Fresh milk brought to the room for tea and coffee making. Dorset Tea company teabags. Coffee maker (unused by us), not instant coffee. Room was in main building and rated 'Superior' so perhaps larger and better furnished than those in the outbuilding? The Museum still functions as a local pub, so drinkers in wellies and cheerful dogs abound, which is encouraging.

Stayed in February 2018
Reviewed: 14 January 2018

Stephen
United Kingdom
8.8

Fabulous
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눇Brilliant chefs

Stayed in January 2018
Reviewed: 2 January 2018

Louise
United Kingdom
7.1

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
눉Shower small & needed maintenance Hairdryer weak Fresh milk delivery could be done in the morning
눇Bed very comfortable Food great/breakfast great Friendly staff

Stayed in January 2018
Reviewed: 1 January 2018

Sheila
United Kingdom

1 helpful vote
5.0

“The evening meal was geneally poor and in some instances inedible. i e the cauliflower with sauce, t”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눉The room we booked had no hot water in the bathroom basin. The room was poorly lit. When we tried to increase the brightness by switching on the bedside light it failed to work, then fell off its mountings. We complained and asked for another room. WE were told that the hotel was fully booked. Then we were offered a room in a sister hotel. Later we were told that they were fully booked. Finally we were offered an upgraded room in the same hotel!

Stayed in December 2017

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