Can you visit The Lygon Arms without staying?

Yes. As well as taking overnight guests, the hotel is open to non-residents for the restaurant, afternoon tea and spa days, all booked ahead.

What is the history of The Lygon Arms?

It has been an inn on Broadway High Street since the sixteenth century. Both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell are said to have lodged here, Cromwell on the night before the Battle of Worcester in 1651, so the two men slept under one roof at opposite ends of the same war.

Where is The Lygon Arms?

On the High Street in Broadway, Worcestershire, in the northern Cotswolds. The nearest mainline station is Evesham.

Visiting The Lygon Arms, Broadway: Hotel, Spa & How to Visit

The Lygon Arms has stood on Broadway's broad street since the sixteenth century, a coaching inn of honey stone where both Charles I and Cromwell are said to have slept, now a luxury hotel. Here is how to visit, what is there, and the history it keeps.

At a glance

How to visit: A hotel open to all: you can stay, or book the restaurant, afternoon tea or a spa day without staying.
Where: Broadway High Street, Worcestershire, in the northern Cotswolds.
Best time to visit: Open the year round.
How long to spend: An overnight, or a meal, afternoon tea or spa day.
Parking: Free, on-site, with valet.
Getting there: Nearest mainline station Evesham, about six miles off, then a taxi. By car, on the A44 through Broadway.
Dog friendly: Yes, in the rooms for a charge, though not in the grill or the spa.
Family friendly: Yes; there are children's menus and family touches.

Visiting The Lygon Arms: parking, getting there, when to go

The Lygon Arms sits in the middle of Broadway's broad street, an old coaching inn taking in travellers for close to four hundred years and a luxury hotel now, with a spa and pool behind the unchanged stone front. It is open to non-residents as well as guests: you can book a table at the grill, afternoon tea, or a spa day without staying the night.

Parking is free on-site, with valet. The nearest mainline station is Evesham, about six miles off, then a taxi; the heritage steam line that also calls at Broadway is for pleasure, not for arriving. By road the inn is on the A44 in the centre of the village.

The Lygon Arms questions, answered

Can you visit The Lygon Arms without staying?: Yes. As well as taking overnight guests, the hotel is open to non-residents for the restaurant, afternoon tea and spa days, all booked ahead.
What is the history of The Lygon Arms?: It has been an inn on Broadway High Street since the sixteenth century. Both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell are said to have lodged here, Cromwell on the night before the Battle of Worcester in 1651, so the two men slept under one roof at opposite ends of the same war.
Where is The Lygon Arms?: On the High Street in Broadway, Worcestershire, in the northern Cotswolds. The nearest mainline station is Evesham.

It sits at the centre of Broadway, the showpiece village of the northern Cotswolds, and it has watched the street fill and empty with visitors for as long as there have been visitors to watch.

An old inn keeps its counsel the way an old village does. It has seen everyone through, the famous and the hunted and the merely tired, and it has never been in the business of saying which was which.

The story moves through this world. Begin Chapter One →