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The Fleece, Cirencester, Review

A Grade II-listed former coaching inn, now a busy pub, modern restaurant and characterful 28-room hotel all in one.

For more on what the food is like at The Fleece Hotel and what there is to do nearby, read on.

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Walk off breakfast with a stroll around the Bathurst Estate, with its rolling lawns and miles of rugged tracksCredit: Supplied

Where is The Fleece Inn?

Ideally situated on Cirencester’s bustling Dyer Street, is within a stone’s throw of the Market Place and the easy-on-the-eye St John the Baptist parish church.

The nearest train station is Kemble, a 15-minute drive away or, if you'd rather drive, there is some parking on-site and at Waterloo Car Park.

What's The Fleece Inn like?

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The characterful hotel is perfectly placed for walking in the Cotswolds.

Everything inside feels typical of its countryside setting from the roaring log fire to the leather Chesterfield-style arm chairs.

What is there to do at The Fleece Inn?

Cirencester’s winding streets are packed with vintage shops for antiques hunters, coffee shops and centuries of history to revel in.

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caters for all tastes, offering upmarket pub grub for dinner – highlights include a crab-and-prawn linguine – and a breakfast menu that boasts a buttery eggs benedict.

But if you prefer to venture out, the town is not short of options, from beers and burgers at the to pizza parlours or vino tinto and tapas at wine bar .

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