The Bakehouse

The Bakehouse is a real gem and well worth using if you are looking to stay in Sherborne or in the nearby region.
Despite its very reasonable prices (which Malcolm never seems to charge in full anyway!) the quality of the rooms and, in particular, the food are excellent! Malcolm used to be a professional Chef and it really shows!
Depending on what you want, you can either keep yourself to yourself (boring!) or essentially become part of the family! Malcolm, his family, friends and, of course, the Labradors make you feel quite at home and are a very welcome change after long days out and about.
I mainly use the Bakehouse as a base when I am racing in the region or for training camps. It is situated about 100 metres from the old Ironman UK cycle course (and is on the run course) and is a fantastic place to train for cycling, running or swimming (pool just down the road). Malcolm is a dab hand at making sure athletes get exactly what food they want and the thought of his huge bowls of exquisitely cooked pasta has got me through many a race!
In short, definitely worth a look if you’re in the region (and even if you’re not!)

We reserved 3 rooms and paid a down payment but when we got there the owner (malcolm) said the rooms weren’t available but that he had found some other rooms available in another B&B. Very nice of him except that it was 5 miles outside of Sherborne!
He never offered any compensation for taxi costs and so we ended up having to pay a lot more then we expected. We’re never going back to this establishment.