Hotels in Sparkford

Sparkford is not a place with a large stock of visitor hotels, and that is part of its charm: this is a genuine working Somerset village rather than a tourist town. The Sparkford Inn, a 15th-century coaching inn right in the centre, is the obvious place to look first, offering rooms with the kind of history and character you would expect from a building that has been welcoming travellers on this road for centuries. For a wider range of options, from boutique hotels to farmhouse bed and breakfasts, the nearby towns of Castle Cary and Yeovil both have considerably more choice, and neither is more than a fifteen-minute drive away, making them sensible bases for anyone who wants a bigger selection of places to stay while still being close enough for an easy visit to the Haynes Motor Museum and Cadbury Castle. Villages such as Queen Camel and North Cadbury, both a short hop from Sparkford, also have a handful of smaller guesthouses and inns worth considering. Given Sparkford's position right on the A303, it is also a popular overnight stop for people breaking a longer journey to or from Devon and Cornwall, so it is worth booking ahead in the busier summer months, particularly around school holidays when traffic on the road, and demand for beds nearby, both increase. Whichever option you choose, the village's small scale means you are never far from the church, the pub or the museum, and the surrounding countryside is easily explored on foot or by car from any of the nearby towns.