The Kings Arms
Dorset
📍 Charlton Horethorne, DT9 4NL
🚆 Nearest station: · 2.7 mi
Photo: Ian S (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Ten luxurious boutique en-suite bedrooms
- Self-contained luxury barn sleeps up to six guests
- Restaurant and bar with charming atmosphere
- Tranquil garden setting in historic building
- Origins dating back to 1813
The Kings Arms is a country pub and hotel in the village of Charlton Horethorne, near Sherborne in Dorset. With origins dating back to 1813, it has been lovingly renovated into a stylish boutique inn offering ten en-suite bedrooms or a self-contained luxury barn sleeping up to six guests, along with a restaurant, bar and tranquil garden. It's a welcoming spot for drinks with friends, a romantic getaway, or exploring nearby attractions such as Stourhead Gardens, the Jurassic Coast and the Fleet Air Museum. For those interested in nearby attractions, the Gartell Light Railway and Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre are both within a few miles, with Templecombe station also close by.
Accommodation on site
- Rooms
- Barn accommodation
Details taken from the operator's own website on 26 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Restaurant
Do you own or manage The Kings Arms?
Claim this free listing to keep your details, facilities and prices up to date — and see how many visitors we send to your website.
Create a free account to claimThe Kings Arms photo gallery
📷 Been here? Add your photo
🎪 What's on nearby, near and far
Events from
Skiddle
Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Glastonbury Audio Tour: A Sacred Tapestry Tour
Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury · 14.1 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Sat 14 Nov · 12:00
Glastonbury Audio Tour: A Sacred Tapestry Tour
Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury · 14.1 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Fri 4 Dec · 12:00
Glastonbury Audio Tour: A Sacred Tapestry Tour
Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury · 14.1 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Sat 5 Dec · 12:00
Glastonbury Audio Tour: A Sacred Tapestry Tour
Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury · 14.1 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Questions & answers
Thinking of booking? Ask people who've actually stayed.
No questions yet — ask the first and get an answer from someone who's been.
Log in or create a free account to ask or answer questions.
Where you'll be
The Kings Arms
Explore the area
Everything within reach of The Kings Arms — days out, famous places and the local food worth walking to.
🎡
Things to do
Days out and attractions, nearest first
🎢 Theme Parks · 3.4 mi
Gartell Light Railway
The Gartell Light Railway is a privately run narrow gauge railway in South Somerset, near Dorset, op...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 4.1 mi
Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre
Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre is a small volunteer-run museum on Oborne Road, Sherborne, prese...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 4.2 mi
Haynes International Motor Museum
Haynes International Motor Museum in Sparkford, Somerset, is home to one of the UK's largest collect...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 6.9 mi
Fleet Air Arm Museum
The Royal Navy Museum, Naval Aviation, formerly known as the Fleet Air Arm Museum of the NMRN, is de...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 7.3 mi
Bruton Museum
Bruton Museum is a small local museum in Bruton, Somerset, England.
🏰
Places to visit
The famous spots within a day trip
Theme Park · 3.4 mi
Gartell Light Railway
National Trust · 8.9 mi
King Alfred's Tower
National Trust · 9.5 mi
Stourhead Gardens
Castle & Heritage · 10.2 mi
Brympton House
🎭 Venues with something on nearby
What's on at each, with tickets and places to stay within walking distance.
More in Dorset
👻 Haunted places near The Kings Arms
From Haunted Britain — our researched guide to Britain's most haunted castles, inns and halls, with the stories behind them and which ones you can sleep in.
13 miles away
HM Prison Shepton Mallet
The UK's oldest operating prison until 2013 — four centuries of hard labour, war...
19.1 miles away · you can stay
Athelhampton House
A Tudor manor in Thomas Hardy country with a Grey Lady, a phantom ape in the pan...
20.1 miles away
HM Prison Dorchester
A Victorian gaol raised over a Roman town house, silent since 2014 — a place whe...
Similar stays
Book direct