Hotels in Presteigne

Presteigne makes a good base for exploring the quieter reaches of the Welsh Marches, and its accommodation reflects that: historic coaching inns in the town centre, country B&Bs in converted farmhouses, and self-catering cottages scattered through the surrounding hills. The Radnorshire Arms Hotel on the High Street is the obvious choice for anyone wanting to stay somewhere with real history - a sixteenth-century inn with oak panelling and a priest's hole - but there are gentler, family-run options too, many of them a short drive out into the border countryside towards Offa's Dyke or the Lugg valley.

Because Presteigne sits right on the England-Wales border, it also works well as a base for visiting both sides at once: Herefordshire's market towns and orchards to the east, and the Radnorshire hills and Elan Valley reservoirs further west into Wales. Booking ahead is sensible around the Presteigne Festival at the end of August, when the town's limited number of rooms fills up quickly with visitors attending the concerts. Outside festival season, this is a peaceful, uncrowded corner of the country where you can generally find somewhere to stay without too much planning, whether you want a proper pub room with a pint downstairs or a quiet farmhouse retreat with views over the hills.