The Old Forge dates back to approximately 1700. It’s a building full of local history and was formerly used by the local estate wheelwright and carriage builder.

We have two beautifully renovated rooms nestled under the beams.

Bed & Breakfast

Our Rooms

The Melbury Room B&B, The Old Forge

Melbury Room

  • Sleeps 2-4

  • King size bed and optional sofa bed

  • En suite shower room

The Courtyard Room, double

Courtyard Room

  • Sleeps 2

  • Double sized bed

  • Private bathroom adjacent

Dining room Old Forge

Relax by the fire and have a game of pool

Our beautiful dining room can be used at your leisure, the dining table converts to a small pool table

Breakfast

Wake up to a delicious aga home cooked, local produced breakfast.  Our full English includes the freshest eggs (sunshine on a plate) from our own free strutting hens, Saddleback sausage and bacon, local mushrooms and local vine tomatoes.  The bread is freshly baked, delicious 5 seed and white sourdough served with honey from just down the lane, and local preserves.  Alternately you can opt for delicious drop scones, or any combination that takes your fancy.  We are proud to source the best local ingredients, guaranteed to be organic or free range.

We operate a pre-ordered breakfast order to ensure everything is fresh and cooked to order.

The Old Forge B&B Breakfast
The Old Forge B&B Breakfast

Environmental policy

We feel very passionate and proud about looking after our word and leaving the smallest footprint.  Nothing gets thrown away, and everything gets recycled. We pride ourselves in rarely buying anything new, reusing where we can and always recycling and we urge our guests to join us and do the same. Our products that we use are all eco friendly and plastic free from loo roll to re-fillable soaps.