The Sloop Inn

The Sloop Inn is a three-storey white inn on a street corner in Bantham, its hanging sign lit above a basket of petunias at dusk.

Rooms above a working village pub

Rooms upstairs include a double dressed with a teal feature wall and two curtained windows, a twin finished in white linen with a wall-mounted television and armchair, and a family room with white bunk beds beside a desk and wooden chair. Each has its own ensuite, from a shower room in white metro tiling to a bathroom with navy walls and a heated towel rail.

A view over the rooftops to the sea

Upper windows look out over the slate rooftops to the estuary mouth and the open sea beyond, Burgh Island visible over the treetops from another aspect, a thatched pink boathouse standing on the rocks at the water's edge.

Yachts on the tidal estuary

The estuary below carries yachts at their moorings beneath green cliffs, curving past the boathouse to a sandy beach, with coastal fields running along a fenced clifftop above a rocky, surf-lined bay further round the coast. A stonechat and a linnet are regular visitors to the fence line outside, and the little Bantham ferry crosses the estuary close by, its boatman a familiar face to regulars.

A proper village inn near Thurlestone

This suits guests wanting a proper pub stay in Bantham, with breakfast and a garden among the facilities, Thurlestone the nearest town for a wider choice of shops and a longer stretch of coast to explore.