The Hopton Crown has stood on Hopton Bank for at least two centuries — probably longer. It sits on the old road that climbs from Cleobury Mortimer up towards the sweeping plateau of Titterstone Clee Hill, and for generations it was where travellers stopped, where farm workers drank, and where locals gathered. It was, in the truest sense, the village pub.
By 2014 it had fallen into disrepair, the previous owners had gone into liquidation, the roof was leaking. Whatever life the place had once had seemed to be over.
In two years of pretty serious work, we stripped everything back, repaired what could be repaired, and rebuilt what couldn't. We totally refurbished the bedrooms, upgraded the kitchen and created a new bar - The Poachers Bar - that hwe wanted to actually drink in ourselves. We tried to keep everything that made the building what it was — the beams, the fireplaces, the thick walls — and add only what was genuinely needed.
Since the refurbishment the locals came back. Walkers discovered it. People started making it a destination rather than just a stop on the way to somewhere else.
We run the Crown as a proper country pub — somewhere you can eat and drink well, sleep soundly, and feel entirely welcome whether you've come from the next village or the other end of the country. We haven't tried to turn it into something it isn't. We've just tried to give it the future it deserves.
We hope you'll come and see for yourself
