The panelled bar with its log burner lit
Crown & Anchor

A village inn on the edge of the North Wessex Downs. Pub, restaurant and rooms, since 1840.

Opening hours

Monday & Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday – Saturday: 12 noon – 11pm

Sunday: 12 noon – 4pm

Food served

Wednesday – Saturday

12 noon – 2.30pm and 6pm – 8.30pm

Sunday 12 noon – 3pm

Find us

Ham, Marlborough

Wiltshire SN8 3RB

01488 50 30 40

Ham, Wiltshire · since 1840

PubRestaurantRooms

Two cottages knocked into one, oak panelling and flagstones, a fire in the grate and a dog asleep beside it. Seasonal British cooking, local beer, and rooms upstairs for the night.
The name comes from Crown & Anchor, the dice game Ham’s farm workers once played here for money.

Food & drink

Our menus

British farmers and award-winning local producers, cooked with a light modern touch. The restaurant seats fifty, with the terrace and garden for summer.

Rooms

Stay the night

Five rooms above the pub and a three-bedroom stable cottage, each named after a local farm. Fine linen, good mattresses and 100 Acre Apothecary in the bathroom. Dogs welcome.
Manor room

Manor

15.3m²

Double room above the pub

Prosperous room

Prosperous

21.41m²

Double room above the pub

Doves room

Doves

19.04m²

Double room above the pub

Wansdyke room

Wansdyke

20.04m²

Double room above the pub

Vale room

Vale

20.79m²

Double room above the pub

The Stables room

The Stables

89.9m²

Hare 57.5m² and Hound 32.4m², or take the whole cottage

Room photographs are illustrative until each room is matched to its own pictures.

Picnic benches outside the pub, looking over the village green

Walks

Boots by the door

Between the North Wessex Downs, Inkpen Beacon and the Kennet & Avon Canal. Pick up a route at the bar, or take home our walking book.

  • Village walksUnder 2 miles
  • Half-day2 – 5 miles
  • Longer routesUp to 9 miles
  • Town to townBeyond
Find a walk
The Partridge Room laid for dinner

Private dining

The Partridge Room

Named after the Bloomsbury set at Ham Spray House. Up to 20 seated, or 30 to 35 for drinks, with doors onto the terrace.
The long dining table laid with candles

Weddings

Small weddings, done properly

Receptions in the Partridge Room and on the garden terrace, a marquee for bigger days, and rooms upstairs for the wedding party.
The dining room dressed for Christmas

This season

Christmas at the Crown & Anchor

Garlands up, fire lit. Festive lunches and dinners, parties in the Partridge Room, and a room upstairs so nobody has to drive home. Menus and dates to follow.
Christmas menusGift vouchers

This slot changes with the seasons: spring suppers, summer on the terrace, race days.

News from Ham

Supper clubs, new menus and the odd walk worth doing. Once a month, no more.
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