Hotels in Fordscroft

Fordscroft's appeal for a hotel stay lies in its position rather than its own facilities: this is quiet farmland close to the market town of Crewkerne, within easy striking distance of some of the best scenery in the South West. Rather than looking for a hotel in Fordscroft itself, most visitors base themselves in Crewkerne, where a small number of pubs with rooms and guesthouses serve the town, or head slightly further afield to Yeovil for a wider choice of chain and independent hotels. For a coastal stay, Lyme Regis and Bridport, both around 25 minutes away, offer a good range of seafront and town-centre hotels along with plenty of restaurants and shops.

Wherever you choose to stay, the appeal of this part of Somerset is the same: rolling farmland, ancient footpaths, and quick access to Ham Hill Country Park, the fossil beaches of the Jurassic Coast, and historic houses such as Forde Abbey. A hotel in or around Crewkerne puts you within a 20 to 30 minute drive of all of these, while still giving you the comfort of a proper bed, breakfast and somewhere to dry out after a day on the coast. Booking ahead is sensible in summer, when the Jurassic Coast towns in particular fill up with holidaymakers drawn by the beaches and fossil hunting, and rooms in Crewkerne and Yeovil can also get booked up around the Crewkerne and District Agricultural Show each September.