The Dundas Arms
Pub with rooms in Kintbury, Berkshire
From £90 per night
Curator's notes:
- Historic inn beside river & canal
- Beautiful waterside garden
- River rooms have private terraces
- Locally sourced British menu
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Rooms from
8 doubles: £90
Good to know
- All major credit cards accepted
- Private & alfresco dining
- Disabled access
- River rooms are dog-friendly
- Parking available
Water and
waves
Perched between the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal,
it's perfectly place to enjoy a riverside escape.
No car
needed
Simply hop off the train at Kintbury and The Dundas Arms is a
minute's walk away, so it's perfectly accessible for those without
cars or if you fancy leaving the car at home.
Dog-friendly
Each of the river rooms is dog-friendly and dog beds and bowls can
be provided on request.
Rooms
Riverside regency meets countryside charm in eight handsome bedrooms, with every room boasting either canal or riverside views.
Mahogany sleigh beds are partnered with carefully chosen antiques, lavish curtains and bold Barneby Gates patterned wallpaper. Choose between the three spacious upstairs House Rooms (all named after gamebirds) or the five downstairs River Rooms (all named after freshwater fish species), which boast their own private patios right on the edge of the River Kennet - perfect for summer sundowners, secluded dining or simply watching the world float by.
Restaurant & bar
You couldn't have a restaurant that kisses a riverbank without some exceptional fish dishes on the menu. Everything from freshwater catches to oysters, scallops and sea bass is on offer, but there is also a focus on local game and farm-fresh vegetables, combining to create some truly tempting seasonal British dishes.
Order a chilled rosé or Sipsmith G&T from the outdoor bar and enjoy a light meal from the garden menu as you soak up the sunshine in the beautiful riverside garden, with its distinctive knobbly apple trees, rose bushes and flowers.
The bar offers real ales, many from local brewers, British ciders and more than 40 carefully chosen wines. If you fancy unwinding with an aged whisky or cognac, there is a cosy casual dining area with a roaring log fire.
Private dining
An elegant cream-and-gold private dining room seats 16, while the large riverside garden has space for up to 100 people. If the British weather looms, a dinner party of eight can take cover in the stone barn, but the crowning jewel is the Secret Garden where a table for 12 sits beneath the shade of a weeping willow that offers dining at the very tip of the canal and the river.
Experiences
Bombay Sapphire Tour
Go behind the scenes at Bombay Sapphire’s state-of-the-art distillery in the beautiful Hampshire countryside to find out how gin is made and enjoy a complimentary tipple in the Mill Bar.
Clayshooting at RBSS
Enjoy a shooting lesson, whether you are a complete novice or an experienced shot, at one of the country’s finest shooting schools.
Fly Fishing on the Kennet
Enjoy a day’s fly fishing on a beautiful private beat of the River Kennet for two Rods, with guide, tuition, equipment, riverside picnic and a night’s stay (dinner and breakfast included) at an 18th-century inn by the water.
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