Four-star One MICHELIN Key City centre, Bath
The Yard, Bath
A Georgian coaching inn on Monmouth Place, its courtyard turned into a café by day and a bar by night, with rooms spread over four floors above.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key, 2026
- Building
- An eighteenth-century coaching inn
- Check-out
- 10 am
- From the airport
- About 45 minutes from Bristol
The hotel
A coaching inn with its yard intact.
Horses and carriages once pulled in off Monmouth Place. The Georgian front still faces the street, and behind it the old yard survives, along with the lamp-lit lounges around it; both are Grade II listed. The building went through a full conversion into a small hotel, and the MICHELIN Guide notes that it is smaller and more intimate than many of the hotels in the centre of Bath.
The rooms run over four floors and keep their antique details. Fabrics and wallcoverings come from Lewis & Wood, a Gloucestershire firm, lamps from Pooky, and a Bath upholsterer worked on the furniture. No two rooms are decorated alike. One has its own rooftop terrace and a couple have freestanding baths. Breakfast is the only full meal served; for dinner, Bath's restaurants are a short walk away.
- The courtyard An all-day café in the listed yard, which turns into a bar in the evening and is open to visitors as well as guests.
- Roof terraces The larger king rooms come with slipper baths, and some have a private terrace on the roof.
- Local hands Gloucestershire fabrics, a Bath upholsterer and restored Georgian detail in every room.
Rooms & suites
Small in number, each one different.
Room sizes are not published. The categories below are those listed by Mr & Mrs Smith.
- Larger rooms Larger King Slipper baths, and in some a private roof terrace.
- Classic Superior Classic King A king bed in one of the period rooms of the old inn.
- Compact Cosy King A smaller room facing the courtyard.
Recognition
Awards and listings.
- One MICHELIN Key 2026 selection
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by 10 am, both flexible when the hotel has room.
- Children Welcome. Cots are free; extra beds for younger children are charged.
- Pets Not accepted.
- Parking Off-street parking is available for a charge.
Getting there
Flying to Bath.
Bristol Airport, nineteen miles away, is about 45 minutes by road and handles both scheduled flights and business jets. For long-haul flights, Heathrow is about a hundred miles east along the M4, roughly two hours by car by our estimate.
- Dublin 45 min
- Paris 55 min
- Edinburgh 1 h 00
- Geneva 1 h 30
- New York 7 h 25 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Does The Yard, Bath have a MICHELIN Key?
- Yes, one. It holds one MICHELIN Key in the 2026 selection.
- Does The Yard serve dinner?
- Breakfast is the only full meal. The café in the courtyard runs through the day and becomes a bar in the evening.
- Which airport is closest to The Yard?
- Bristol Airport, about 45 minutes by road. Private jets use Bristol too.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Bath?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Bath, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Bath
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Lucknam Park A country house in some 500 acres of park, with a spa, riding and Hywel Jones's starred restaurant; three MICHELIN Keys.
- The Newt in Somerset Three MICHELIN Keys: a seventeenth-century mansion among gardens, orchards, lakes and working farmland.
- The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa Two MICHELIN Keys and 45 rooms on the Crescent, with an acre of secluded garden behind and a spa in a Georgian bath house.
- Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa Two MICHELIN Keys, and home to The Dining Room with its MICHELIN star.
- The Gainsborough Bath Spa The only hotel in Bath drawing on the thermal spring, which fills the pools of its Spa Village; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Bath Priory Two joined Georgian houses with 33 bedrooms, formal gardens, an outdoor pool and a L'Occitane spa; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Queensberry Hotel Four Georgian townhouses with the starred Olive Tree in the basement; one MICHELIN Key.
- Homewood A Georgian country house with an indoor-outdoor spa and the restaurant Olio; one MICHELIN Key.
Staying at The Yard, Bath?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Bath, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
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