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Lorne House Bed & Breakfast

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Rated 9.3 in 119 reviews. 9 rooms.

★★★★

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Lorne House was built in 1876 is the childhood home of the Rev W Awdry, creator of the Thomas The Tank Engine stories. He later acknowledged that it was living at Journey’s End, lying in bed listening to the steam trains climbing Box Hill, that provided the inspiration for his classic tales. The house is a large Victorian villa which has been beautifully restored to offer every modern comfort. Box is on the edge of the Cotswolds and is just 6 miles (10 km) from the historic city of Bath.

Lorne House is a Victoria villa, in the Wiltshire village of Box, just 6 miles from Bath. Free WiFi and onsite parking is available.

Each room has an en-suite and is either a bathroom or wet-room. Tea/coffee making facilitird, a hairdryer, flat-screen TV and ironing facilities are provided.

All en suite rooms have free Wi-Fi, a flat-screen TV and DVD player. All windows are double glazed for extra soundproofing, and the front of Lorne House offered additional secondary glazing.

Lorne House also offers both a cooked and Continental breakfast. Ingredients are sourced locally, where possible and the marmalade is home made.

The Lorne is also locally famous as childhood home of the Reverend W. Awdry, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine.

Corsham is just 3 miles from Lorne House while Lacock, Castle Combe and Bradford on Avon can be reached within 8.5 miles.

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  1. Little Box Cafe

    Great dhal after yoga on a Friday with stillworks.org

    23 m from hotel

  2. Box Tunnel West Portal

    The tunnel is just under two miles (1.83 miles/3,212 yards/2,937 m) in length, straight, and descends a 1 in 100 gradient from the east. Construction started in 1836, and the tunnel opened in 1841. Th

    125 m from hotel

  3. Play Park

    138 m from hotel

  4. Box Park

    197 m from hotel

  5. Toast Coffee House

    Good variety of coffees, open 8:00 to 17:00

    205 m from hotel

  6. The Queens Head

    Lovely friendly pub!

    367 m from hotel
    High St

  7. The Bear

    Good food, good beers and good company!

    404 m from hotel
    The Bear, High Street, Box,

  8. Box

    Save the location: there's a lovely open field which can be accessed via an access road just downhill of the traffic lights by The Bear pub. Free parking & a children's play area at the opposite end…

    463 m from hotel

  9. The Quarrymans Arms

    Butcombe 💖

    0.9 km from hotel
    Box Hill

  10. The Northey Arms

    Liver was really good, and they do a great affogato too.

    1.2 km from hotel
    Bath Rd

  11. Fox And Hounds

    Luvverly burger

    2.4 km from hotel
    9 High St.

  12. Corsham

    The Duke of Kent visits Ark Data Centres in Wiltshire, 17 October 2013.

    3.0 km from hotel