The Dog & Doublet Inn
A family-run Sandon inn with home-cooked food
About this hotel
The Dog & Doublet Inn is a newly renovated, family-run country inn in the village of Sandon, five miles from Stafford, offering individually designed bedrooms with flat-screen TVs, tea and coffee-making facilities and bathrooms with showers or baths. Traditional English meals are served in front of a real log fire in the pub, giving the property a genuinely homely feel rather than a standard hotel restaurant, and a large, stylish garden with plenty of comfortable seating extends the stay outdoors. Free Wi-Fi and home-cooked food are both highlighted as strengths of the property, and the inn sits a thirty-minute drive from both Alton Towers and Uttoxeter Racecourse, with free parking available throughout the stay. That homely, family-run character is what regularly draws guests back for a second Staffordshire trip in future years.
- Family-run inn
- Log fire dining
- Large garden
- Free parking
Our take
The Dog & Doublet Inn is the family-run choice I would make for a relaxed countryside stay rather than a resort with children's entertainment. Its renovated rooms in the village of Sandon, home-cooked English meals and real log fire set the tone. The 30-minute drive to the Alton Towers Waterpark is longer than from some inns, so it suits families who do not mind the car.
- ✓Sit by the real log fire for dinner rather than choosing a table elsewhere, since it is one of the inn's defining features.
- ✓Allow the full thirty-minute drive to Alton Towers in your morning schedule, longer than some of the closer countryside options.
- ✓Use the large garden for an evening outdoors if the weather allows, since the seating area is genuinely spacious for a village inn.
Why we love it
- Genuinely family-run atmosphere
- Real log fire in the pub
- Large, stylish garden
- Home-cooked food
Why guests love itThe Dog & Doublet Inn is a newly renovated, family-run inn in Sandon, about 5 miles from Stafford and a 30-minute drive from Alton Towers. For families, the draw is the evening: traditional English meals by a real log fire and a large garden with room to spread out when the weather allows. Bedrooms are individually designed and parking is free. There is no play area or pool, so I see it as a calm base rather than entertainment in itself.