Restaurants Near Lacock Village

Places to eat near Lacock Village

After a busy day exploring Lacock Village, pop into one of our nearby friendly restaurants to refuel with a locally-sourced, classic pub meal washed down with a refreshing pint of award-winning Butcombe beer or local cider.

The Methuen Arms

A former nunnery-turned-coaching inn, The Methuen Arms is a cosy country pub and restaurant dripping with character. Based in Corsham, foodies flock here from far and wide to taste the pub restaurant’s modern, seasonal dishes, crafted by a team of talented chefs who are dedicated to sourcing the finest local ingredients, and making everything on-site from scratch where possible.

The Horse & Groom

The Horse & Groom is a charming, Grade II-listed pub and restaurant set in the village of Charlton. Having recently undergone a full refurbishment, the pub boasts a brand new dining room, which serves stunning seasonal dishes and modern takes on pub classics, with the tree-sheltered lawn and surrounding paddock outside providing perfect spaces for al fresco drinking and dining in the summer months.

The Quarryman’s Arms

Boasting incredible views across the Box Valley, the family-friendly Quarryman’s Arms in Box Hill has great food at its heart. The country pub and restaurant is renowned for its award-winning pies, sausage rolls and delicious Sunday roast, all of which can be enjoyed in the pub’s cosy dining area, or outside in its newly-covered, heated beer garden!

The King’s Arms

Steeped in history, The King’s Arms is a cracking 18th-century pub located in the historic market town of Melksham. Home to a restaurant focused on serving delicious seasonal dishes, the pub is renowned for its great food, alongside its excellent offering of beers, ales and wines.

The White Hart

Located in the heart of picturesque Wroughton, The White Hart is a beautiful thatched pub with spades of character. Passionate about great food, the pub’s restaurant is focused on local produce, seasonal ingredients and modern takes on pub classics, and behind the bar, it’s all about award-winning Butcombe beer.

The Smoking Dog

The Smoking Dog is a delightful 18th-century pub based in the gorgeous town of Malmesbury in the Cotswolds. The pub houses an acclaimed restaurant serving an exciting array of delicious meals created from the freshest locally-sourced ingredients, which can be enjoyed in the pub’s characterful dining area, or beautiful beer garden in the warmer months.

Wiltshire Yeoman

The Wiltshire Yeoman is a gorgeous 18th-century farmhouse-turned-pub located in Trowbridge. The pub’s restaurant specialises in creating stunning, home-cooked dishes, each perfect for washing down with a pint of one of the many refreshing Butcombe beers on offer.

A brief history of Lacock Village

Thought to have originated in the Saxon era, Lacock Village draws its name from the word ‘lacuc’ which means ‘little stream’, a description referring to the delightful brook that runs throughout the village.

The Middle Ages saw the village develop into a vibrant market town, thanks to a prosperous wool trade and its location on the main Bristol to London road, with its own mill and weekly market, as well as three farms, a brewery, plus a few pubs.

Since 1944, Lacock Village has been owned by the National Trust, who help maintain the village’s medieval buildings, most of which are rented out to families that have resided there for many generations.

What to see at Lacock Village

Largely untouched for over 200 years, a trip to Lacock can make you feel as though you’ve stepped back in time! Take a slow wander through the village’s streets to discover its picturesque traditional stone cottages, the old workhouse, the medieval tithe barn, the old lock-up and the village church.

There are a handful of lovely village shops to pick up a souvenir, including quaint chocolate, soap and antique shops, as well as a working bakery and pottery.

A trip to Lacock wouldn’t be complete without visiting Lacock Abbey, a stunning 13th-century building, and previous filming location for the likes of Harry Potter and Pride and Prejudice!

Lacock Village on screen

With its streets devoid of modern features like power cables, yellow lines and TV aerials, Lacock has become a go-to filming location for period dramas and films.

For a price, the village’s quadrangle of streets can be cleared of cars and converted into any era of choice, with local residents often standing in as extras!

Lacock Village and Harry Potter

Lacock has become a site of pilgrimage for Harry Potter fans across the world, after being used as a filming location for several of the franchise’s films. Must-see spots include:

• Harry Potter’s parents’ house (found at the end of Church Street), glimpsed briefly during the flashback scene in the Philosopher’s Stone when Hagrid is explaining to Harry how his parents were killed
• Horace Slughorn’s hideaway (found along Cantax Hill), seen at the start of the Half-Blood Prince when Dumbledore whisks Harry away to Budleigh Babberton to convince the professor to return to Hogwarts
• Budleigh Babberton – just after Dumbledore and Harry have successfully convinced Slughorn to come back to Hogwarts in the Half-Blood Prince, they stroll down the streets of Budleigh Babberton (aka Church Street), and apparate at the end of one road (the intersection between Church Street and Cantax Hill).

Lacock Village and Downton Abbey

Thanks to its largely untouched appearance, Lacock was chosen to star twice in the acclaimed period drama Downton Abbey!

In 2015, one of the village’s streets was morphed into a 1920s livestock market complete with sheep, pigs and a 1-tonne bull which was visited by the characters Lord and Lady Grantham.

In 2018, the production was back to film a major scene for the acclaimed Downton Abbey movie, which saw them take over one of Lacock’s streets with a spectacular royal parade, featuring many real-life Lacockians as the excitable crowd!

Lacock Village and Pride and Prejudice

Lacock was transformed into the village of Meryton for the BBC’s mini-series of Pride and Prejudice, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, standing in for the scenes that saw the Bennet sisters, particularly Kitty and Lydia, shop the latest fashions, fish for idle gossip, and seek the attentions of the officers!

See pictures of Lacock Village here.