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The Acorn Inn

Evershot, Dorset

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Discover enchanting Dorset

Our charming 16th-century coaching inn transports you to the pages of a Thomas Hardy novel. Featured in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, our atmospheric inn boasts old beams, oak panelling, roaring fires and an original skittle alley. The beautiful rural setting in the heart of the Dorset countryside is complemented by our warm, attentive service and fine local cuisine..

We are delighted that our doors are open once more, and the Acorn team are looking forward to welcoming our guests back.

We care about…

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Our children’s future

We continue to reduce most unnecessary single-use plastics within our hotels and we work with Winnow Solutions to reduce our food waste and measure and manage our energy use. We proudly work with Clean Conscience to recycle leftover toiletries, and stock Belu water throughout our hotels.

Africa

We work closely with The TreadRight Foundation and Wild Entrust Africa. Our sustainable initiatives are at the heart of everything we do, from sending organic waste to communities local to Xigera for their garden projects, to protecting a herd of Cape Mountain Zebras and ancient rock art sites, both at Bushmans Kloof.

Our honey bees

We enjoy growing our own ingredients in the hotel kitchen gardens and caring for our hotel bees that make honey for our guests to enjoy at breakfast.

Our living wall

We are proud to sustain one of London’s largest Living Walls, standing at 350 square metres and with a total of 10,000 herbaceous plants, providing a wildlife habitat for the city’s bees, butterflies and birds.

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Our guests and our teams

We have partnered with Leitha CleanCoat™, an effective and sustainable self-disinfection solution that makes our hotel surfaces self-disinfecting.

MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences

Chosen for the positive impact they have on the traveller and communities we explore, these are selected with great care to directly advance the United Nations Global Goals.

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TreadRight

As part of the TTC family of brands, we are proud to work together with The TreadRight Foundation to MAKE TRAVEL MATTER®.

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How We Tread Right

How We Tread Right (HWTR) is The Travel Corporation’s (TTC) new five-year sustainability strategy, which sets the mandate on sustainability at Red Carnation Hotels and our sister travel companies.

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Projects and progress

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28 Sep 2021 Make Travel Matter

You can now buy Ashford Castle Estate Honey

Mrs Tea's Boutique & Bakery now stocks Ashford Castle Estate Honey, created by our resident bees.

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24 Sep 2021 Make Travel Matter

Eliminating food waste with Red Carnation Hotels

We hear from Michelle Delvin, our Sustainability Manager on the progress that has been made so far.

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03 Sep 2021 Make Travel Matter

Xigera and Wild Entrust Africa: Our progress

Read more about what our partnership with Wild Entrust has achieved over the past couple of months.

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Share our passion

We are always delighted to discover our guests' photos and we love to share those stories and connect in a meaningful way. Nothing makes us happier than when our guests become part of our world...

MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® is a registered trademark of the TreadRight Foundation.

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  • Hotel 41
  • The Milestone Hotel & Residences
  • The Rubens at the Palace
  • The Egerton House Hotel
  • The Chesterfield Mayfair
  • The Montague on the Gardens

Dorset

  • Summer Lodge Country House Hotel & Restaurant
  • The Acorn Inn

Ireland

  • Ashford Castle
  • The Lodge at Ashford Castle
  • Hatch Hall

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  • 100 Princes Street

Guernsey

  • The Old Government House Hotel & Spa
  • The Duke of Richmond Hotel

South Africa

  • Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat
  • The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa
  • The Oyster Box

Botswana

  • Xigera Safari Lodge

Geneva

  • Hotel d'Angleterre

Florida

  • The Chesterfield Palm Beach

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