Why Stay With Us?

 

Kings combines traditional character with contemporary style to create a relaxed and welcoming home away from home for every guest, whether for business or pleasure. The dedicated team at Kings draw on a wealth of experience to ensure your stay will be memorable, comfortable and trouble free.

 

~        Stunning 17th and 18th century listed townhouse packed with character and sympathetically renovated.

~        Situated in the bustling centre of Chipping Campden, a town of unrivalled beauty in the world famous Cotswolds.

~        14 stylish en-suite bedrooms, all individually decorated and equipped with every modern convenience including luxury toiletries, flat screen TVs and wireless connection.

~        Cosy and welcoming Restaurant serving AA rosette commended modern British food, locally sourced and cooked by our award-winning team.

~        Friendly and informal Bar offering teas, light lunches, snacks, local beers and great wines by the glass or bottle and wireless internet for the busier visitor.

~        Attractive terrace and lawned gardens for al fresco eating and drinking during the warmer months.

~        Roaring log fires to chase away the cold during the winter.

~        Easily reached by road or rail – just 1 hour 45 minutes from London by car or train, 15 minutes from Stratford upon Avon, 40 minutes from Birmingham Airport, NEC & 30 mins Cheltenham, 40 minutes from Oxford.

~        Fantastic touring base for renowned attractions such as Hidcote Gardens, Batsford Arboretum, Warwick Castle, Snowshill Manor, Longborough Opera, Shakespeare's Birth Place, Broadway Tower and the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

~        Start and finish of the famous Cotswold Way – a 100 mile walk from Chipping Campden to Bath.

 

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History

Chipping Campden has become known for its unusual and attractive High Street, said by G.M. Trevelyan (English Historian) to be "the most beautiful village street now left on the island".

The High Street is long and broad, and is flanked on either side by an almost unbroken single terrace, made up of many different architectural styles.            

The building now housing the Kings was formerly called Ardley House. In 1935, the old Kings Arms Hotel moved across the High Street from its original sixteenth-century building, which then became a tearoom.  Parts of the current building go back to the sixteenth century. The older part can be identified by the mullioned windows on the first floor and a doorway with a triangular hood on attached Doric columns, while the eighteenth-century part of the Kings has three storeys and three bays. Other architectural features of  note include a bow window on the ground floor the fluted three-quarter columns which form the impressive doorway.