Lydgate House Hotel

After reading another persons review on Facebook regarding their afternoon tea experience at Lydgate hotel, I thought it would be nice to take my elderly friend who is unfortunately in the first stages of dementia, but still enjoys going out. We live about an hours drive away, but it’s a lovely scenic drive across the moors, to the quiet little village of Postbridge. We were a little early so decided to stop in the car park and visit the National Park Visitor Centre and took a stroll down to the famous clapper bridge. The drive down to Lydgate was along a lane with an avenue of trees at which the quaint little hotel is at the end of. You could almost mistake it for a house as it’s so cute. We were met at the door by Kelly whom I had spoken to when I rang and booked our afternoon tea. Immediately she was welcoming and friendly and very good with my friend Penny, as I had already mentioned during our phone conversation, had dementia. The weather was superb that day so Kelly asked if we would prefer to sit outside on the balcony, which we did. The views were absolutely stunning. Our tea/coffee were served in bone china cups, very fitting. The afternoon tea was delicious and consisted of a variety of lovely sandwiches, quiche, scones jam and cream and three, yes three mouth watering cakes. Kelly made sure we were okay and that everything was to our satisfaction, which of course it was, but it was lovely to be asked. She conversed with us several times and kept us topped up with tea. She was a lovely pleasant lady and made the whole experience even more enjoyable. I highly recommend this place and will definitely be returning.

Beautiful location with stunning views. The whole place was very clean. Breakfast was excellent and leisurely. John, Sarah and Kelly were extremely friendly and welcoming. We can highly recommend a stay in this hotel. You will not be disappointed

Just back from a week in the beautiful Lydgate cottage which is attached to the hotel, set in a stunningly beautiful and very peaceful location. The cottage is lovely and has everything you need and John, Sarah and Kelly are very friendly, helpful and around if you need them, without being intrusive. You can order from the hotel's menu and have dinner delivered to the cottage, which was a real treat! There's also a pub a short walk away and lots of walks that our two dogs loved. The perfect base for exploring Dartmoor and further afield there's loads to do within 45 minutes to an hour's drive. Highly recommend!