Come on a tour of our beautiful hotel with our Manager, Bill. See our recent refurbishment works, learn about our history and meet some of our wonderful team! Click below to watch the video.

Break out the sun cream because we've got a Sizzling Summer offer!

Enjoy a well-earned break this summer by booking a Sizzling Summer Stay at any of our beautiful Coaching Inns.  Our offer is for a minimum of 2 nights and is up to 20% off our best available rate and includes an overnight stay with breakfast.  Kids dine free when accompanied by a full paying adult.

Your two-night break includes:

Overnight stay in one of our Classic Rooms on both nights

A full English/Welsh Breakfast each morning of your stay

Wonderful service from our dedicated team

Kids accompanied by an adult dine free when eating off the children’s menu in our Eatery

A full English/Welsh Breakfast each morning of your stay

Wonderful service from our dedicated team

There’s nothing more traditional than Afternoon Tea. We offer classic cream teas from £6pp, as well as traditional afternoon tea from £12.00pp. For those special occasions you can add a glass of champagne from £5pp.

Our limited edition afternoon tea’s are available, to commemorate the Royal Wedding in May.

Our afternoon tea includes a selection of cakes, scones and sandwiches and is perfectly accompanied by our range of teas. We serve our standard Afternoon Tea from 2:30-5pm everyday.

History of Afternoon Tea

Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford is widely understood to have been been the driving force behind afternoon tea in the 1840’s. She is said to have complained of “having that sinking feeling” during the late afternoon. It was common at that time for people to take only two main meals a day, breakfast in the morning, and dinner at around 8 o’clock in the evening. The Duchess’ solution was a pot a tea and a light snack, taken privately in her boudoir during the afternoon. This quickly became a treat with her friends and developed into a social event.

Our delicious Limited Edition Afternoon Tea’s are available 7 days a week, between 12pm and 6pm.

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A quick summary to whet your appetite

The White Hart Royal Hotel, in the centre of Moreton-in-Marsh, is at a historic junction of the Fosse Way, the Roman cross-country road connecting Lincoln to Exeter, with the principal route from London and Oxford to Worcester. Well-preserved timber-framing, thought to date from the 1400s, can still be admired in parts of the building, which is known to have been an important inn since at least the 1600s.

Originally called The White Hart, its most famous guest was Charles I, who stayed overnight on two occasions while on military manoeuvres during the English Civil War in 1644 and 1645. Memories of the first visit survived in local oral history, and have been the inn’s chief claim to fame ever since. Knowledge of the second visit has been rediscovered only recently in a rare seventeenth-century account of the war.
From the opening of the first turnpike road passing through Moreton-in-Marsh in 1731, The White Hart became an important coaching inn. It was owned by the Winslow family, who soon afterwards invested in expanding the stabling for up to 70 horses, and who in 1782 commissioned a major rebuild, which created the Georgian façade that graces the High Street today.

The arrival of the railway in 1853 heralded a new era for the town and for the White Hart, which came under the control of the entrepreneurial Robert King. He built the assembly room at the back of the hotel, enthusiastically promoted the connection with Charles I, acquired the royal coat of arms now displayed above the main entrance, and renamed the hotel The White Hart Royal.

Many of the oldest architectural features of the hotel were revealed and preserved during a restoration in the 1920s by Trust Houses Ltd, the country’s first national chain of hotels, and owners of the hotel until the 1990s. The White Hart Royal was acquired by The Coaching Inn Group in 2008, and has since undergone a major refurbishment to meet the needs of today’s market while respecting and retaining the many features of its fascinating heritage.

Awards

2017 - Winner of Best Employer at the Publican Awards
2017 - Winner of Best Accommodation offering at the Publican Awards

2016 - Highly commended' at The Publican Awards for Pub Company of the Year
2016 - Ranked #9 in Grant Thornton Top 200 Fastest Growing Companies in the East Midlands

2015 - Eat Out Awards 2015 - Pub Company of the Year - The Coaching Inn Group
2015 - The Coaching Inn Group Awards – Housekeeper of the Year – Marion Peach
2015 - Winner of the Certificate of Excellence Award – Tripadvisor
2015 - Awarded the London Stock Exchange top 1000 Companies to inspire Britain.
2015 - Awarded an AA Rosette Restaurant award

2014 - The Coaching Inn Group Awards - Hotel of the Year
2014 - Winner of the Certificate of Excellence Award – Tripadvisor
2014 - Awarded an AA Rosette Restaurant award
2014 - Awarded Prestigious Signpost Certification with special accreditation for Fabulous Food & Pets Welcome – Signpost

2013 - Winner of the Certificate of Excellence Award – Tripadvisor
2013 - Awarded an AA Rosette Restaurant award

2012 - Winner of the Certificate of Excellence Award – Tripadvisor
2012 - Awarded an AA Rosette Restaurant award

2011 - Awarded an AA Rosette Restaurant award

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