Crown Inn - Blockley
Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Set in the heart of The Cotswolds this warm 16th century Inn & Hotel offers the best in Cotswold hospitality! With a country inn atmosphere the hotel offers charm with open log fires and homemade Cotswold dishes and specialities Located in beautiful Blockley in the heart of The Cotswolds just outside of Moreton-in-Marsh this honey coloured historic inn is covered in Virginia creeper which turns a stunning red in Autumn. Walk inside to the scents of wood smoke from the open log fires and snuggle into a comfy chair by the fire to view the daily papers with a coffee or something stronger. Dinner is served in the warm and friendly restaurant with lighter meals and snacks available in the bar. Close-by are the villages of Broadway, Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Wold and Bourton-on-the-Water.

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Moreton-in-Marsh is a town in Gloucestershire, England. The name "Moreton" derives from "Farmstead on the Moor," while "Marsh" may be a corruption of “march”, which means "boundary." A mile west of Moreton the Four Shires Stone marks what was the boundary of the historic counties of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Oxfordshire. Moreton is located at the junction of the Roman Fosse Way (now the A429) and the A44 and has a railway station on the Cotswold line. In the nineteenth century the town was also the southern terminus of the horse-drawn Stratford and Moreton Tramway. The town's environs are quite flat and low-lying. During World War II, a large area of this flat land to the east of the town was made into an airfield and used by Wellington Bombers. Moreton has many buildings in characteristic Cotswold stone, numerous antique shops and several hotels. A Caravan Club site is a short walk east on the Broadway road (A44), past a museum devoted to the Wellington bomber . Other local attactions include Batsford Arboretum and the “onion-domed” Sezincote house and gardens. Moreton is also the headquarters of the railway spot-hire company Cotswold Rail.