Is The Coppleridge Inn pet-friendly?

Yes, cats and dogs are allowed at this property.

How much is parking at The Coppleridge Inn?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at The Coppleridge Inn?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM.

Where is The Coppleridge Inn located?

Situated in Shaftesbury, this inn is within 6 mi (10 km) of Gold Hill Museum, Shaftesbury Abbey Museum and Garden, and Cranborne Chase and the West Wiltshire Downs. Melbury Vale Winery and Fontmell and Melbury Downs are also within 6 mi (10 km).

The Coppleridge Inn Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

6/10 Okay

Gavin

Sep 9, 2016

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great value for money will absolutely stay here again.

10/10 Excellent

Thierry

Jun 14, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Beautiful garden, comfortable rooms, delicious breakfast, very friendly staff.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Paula

Mar 20, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness

The food was very tasty and it was lovely and quiet

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Jun 24, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

STAFF VERY HELPFULL FOOD IS GREAT VERY CLEAN AND TIDY NOTHING TO DISLIKE

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Abigail

Dec 25, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We booked this little hotel for after a very long and busy day visiting longleat and it was just perfect. Room was comfy and we all slept well. Breakfast was great too.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Cynthia

Jun 8, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Charming

We really enjoyed our stay at this charming inn. Excellent hospitality and breakfast. Thank you!

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

martyn

Aug 11, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The Coppleridge Inn provides excellent food, drink and peaceful comfort. The staff are friendly, courteous and efficient and the bedrooms and bathrooms are scrupulously clean and well furnished.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Paul

Aug 29, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Staff and food were excellent. Room was a little tired in places but overall good

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Apr 20, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent breakfast

Overnight stop whilst visiting friends, safe parking, very comfortable room, nicely furnished. Bathroon and linen extremely clean. Wonderful breakfast, excellent coffee and friendly staff..

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Faisal

Aug 10, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful

Amazing atmosphere, enjoyed the quietness and the serene surrounding

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Jacobus

Nov 21, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pleasant stay and good food

Room was clean and warm, bathroom was a little tired looking. Restaurant area was nice but pity the wood burner wasn't lit, the room was cold! Good food and breakfast was nice.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Jul 1, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Delightful Inn

This was an unexpected treat. I thought it would be nice which is why I booked it but it exceeded my expectations. The helpfulness of staff, comfortable, clean, beautiful. We really enjoyed our stay and wished we were staying longer.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Jul 13, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

James

May 27, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Avoid static caravan at all costs.

The TV did not work. The milk in the fridge was off. The beds were the most uncomfortable and none of us had a good nights sleep. There was mould in the the bathroom. On booking nobody advised us there was a wedding so there was loud music until early hours which disturbed our young children. It was a static caravan which needs a lot of love dumbed at the back of a pub.

Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

David

Sep 4, 2022

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Property ok but very tired, definitely needs a refurb and the owners to stay a night in each room to appreciate where they could be improved. Restaurant overpriced, breakfast average at best, absolutely no atmosphere, no background music etc. Deafening uncomfortable silence at breakfast, we were the only table occupied with an occasional acknowledgement from the waiter who clearly was not feeling comfortable in his role. Courtyard ruined with a permanent wedding marquee which is clearly only what this establishment appears to be interested in! Spend your money trying some of the other hotels/pubs with rooms in the area instead.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Deborah

Jul 25, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Not as good as I hoped it would be

When we arrived we spoke to a young girl behind the bar and she showed us to our rooms, unfortunately their was a wedding on site so we felt like an inconvenience. When asked if we could book for evening meal she told us that they were not cooking because of the wedding but they did in the end. Breakfast was good but when asked for sauces they did not turn up till we had almost finished the breakfast. In the bathroom at room 5 some tiles are broken of which I cut my finger.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

STEVEN

Aug 28, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service

Nice place but beware of Sundays and Mondays!

Bit of a shame to be honest. Pros - nice room, clean, comfortable. Rooms separate from inn; ‘motel’ style I guess. Spacious grounds; clearly a wedding venue. Good breakfast in terms of choice & quality. Neutral - would suit some not others, but this venue is ‘out in the sticks’. Down a narrow country lane from the east. Gillingham is 5 miles down a country lane to the west. There is Motcombe village directly to the south on the way to Shaftesbury, but there are practically no amenities for about four miles around - this is important for below. Cons - We arrived 3pm on Sunday (earliest check in time I think). Place was clearly winding down from Sunday Lunch, a couple of stragglers remained. We got our key to the room and I asked on the way “is there any food being served on Sunday evening?”. “Err, no”. “Oh! Not even bar snacks?”. “Well, er, no. We aren’t open at all on Sunday nights. Nor Mondays actually. We’re not open again till Tuesday”. “Well, we’ve travelled. We’re can we get some food?”. “You’ll have to go to Shaftesbury. Or Gillingham might have something. Enjoy your stay!”. I may have missed this ‘opening hours’ information in the blurb on the Hotels.com website, but this is an Inn; it appeared to be lived in and strikes me as poor not to offer guests some sort of room service. If you want this level of service after travelling, don’t stay here on Sundays or Mondays. In the end we went to the Benett Arms 4 miles away that served pizza. Very nice!

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Julie

Mar 26, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terrible stay

I was not told that the inn was closed on Mondays rushed check in on arrival the room was freezing cold and grubby. Tired old place that looked unloved and felt damp and cold. Not welcoming at all with 3 children. The owner thought that 5 adults had booked but I did stipulate when booking who was staying. Was told to look through the book and if I needed anyone to call. Bedding clean but felt damp. Towels were damp on the bed. Breakfast the next day was okay. Overall ruined our longleat experience as felt I had taken them to a tired old dump. Also beware folks when booking it says service taxes and charges are included in the price yet I was charged extra for them which is misleading to say the least. Therefore value for money is not good. I have attached a few photos of the mildew on doors and stains on walls. Bathroom extremely tired and smelly and no complimentary toiletries. I think their 4star rating was for the pub or food or from a very long time ago. If I had not paid up front would not have paid the £190 for the one night stay. Couldn’t apologise enough to my daughter and grandchildren. Carpets were dirty and poor Arthur the 2 year old was on the floor. Oh there was a pubic hair stuck to the bidet and the rim had sticky urine residue all over it. Never had a shower as rusty grubby black mold. Bought bubble bath to bath the kids and mask the tired old tub. Hotels .com need to issue a refund as it was awful. Owner was not approachable no one around at checkout

Tea stains up the wall dirty skirting board

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Jayne

Jun 4, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We had a large family room, lots of space for 2 adults and 3 children. Lovely views, friendly helpful staff. Only stayed one night a stop over before a day at Longleat.

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mantas

Jun 8, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Top! Will recommend!

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Jun 8, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely place in the Country

Lovely room in fantastic surroundings.Manager and staff extremely friendly and breakfast /meal in restaurant of extremely good quality. We will definitely visit again next time we are heading to Devon & Cornwall

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sarah Louise

Feb 28, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

A wonderful stay. All staff were extremely helpful friendly and genuinely interested in chatting. The evening meal in the restaurant was incredible. I’m still dreaming about the pork dish that I had. I went to speak to the chef and bought him a pint. Would certainly go back

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

6/10 Okay

Craig

Nov 1, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Good - aside from chilly/musty room on arrival.

Stayed two nights visiting family in the area. A little bit more attention - to the room and to the check-in - would make it feel a lot more welcoming. Room was stone cold (thermo set to 10 degrees) on check-in, which meant the room smelt a bit musty and damp. Likely that Room 3 has or recently had a bit of damp/leak. Great view from room over the Dorset countryside. Convenient location for Gillingham and Shaftesbury. Breakfast was good. Room was large, spacious, light, with large clean bathroom.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Nov 1, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Just Lovely

This is a lovely place to stay and staff are so friendly and helpful. We stayed overnight a d dined out at the pub restaurant and the food was amazing with excellent wine choices and knowledgeable staff. Room was great, linens clean and room clean, the only let down was the curtains were shorter than the windows and gaps between, curtains would benefit from being black outs as there was a lot of light coming in from the courtyard lights which are situated outside the door/windows. Overall absolutely lovely place and worth visiting/staying. Shall be booking again soon.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

irena, Skrad

Sep 21, 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Lovely location and upkeep inside and out

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

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