Castle Inn - Lydford

An award winning 16th century Devonshire pub with thirteen bedrooms, situated in the historic and picturesque Dartmoor village of Lydford.

With low ceilings, wonky walls, open fires and character in abundance.  We are situated in the Dartmoor National Park just off the A30 between the market towns of Okehampton and Tavistock (both 10 minutes away) in the quiet, charming village of Lydford, just 200m from the entrance to the majestic National Trust site of Lydford Gorge. We are surrounded by invigorating walks, horse trails and national cycle routes, with cosy corners and roaring fires in the winter months and large beautiful gardens to enjoy in the summer, there’s something for everyone year round.

The pub has a main bar, snug, restaurant, heated and lit stretch tent, thirteen bedrooms and large beautiful gardens. Our menu features pub classics alongside British favourites, always seeking to make the very best of the fantastic produce on our doorstep. The bedrooms offer a calm, simple space to unwind and relax.

Lydford Law

The pub takes its name from the Norman castle a short walk away, once home to the stannary (tin-mining) court and prison whose reputation gave the village a lasting byword. "Lydford Law" - summary justice, execution before trial - was recorded in verse by the Tavistock-born poet William Browne in 1644: "I oft have heard of Lydford Law, how in the morn they hang and draw, and sit in judgment after." The reputation had at least one real documented case behind it: MP Richard Strode, imprisoned at Lydford Castle in 1510 over a tin-mining dispute and held, by his own account, in "a depe pit."

Source: English Heritage.