The Grove - Narberth

The Grove - Narberth

Check-in here isn't until four in the afternoon, which suits a hotel built on the idea that nothing here should be rushed. The Grove - Narberth sits three kilometres outside Templeton, in Pembrokeshire, with a garden and terrace that lead into open country rather than a car park, and a working golf course on its own grounds, something few 25-room hotels in Wales can claim. Inside, the scale stays small: twenty-five rooms across six categories, from a Classic Single to a Junior King Suite, with the Classic King Room stocked down to the bathrobe, slippers and blackout blinds. A library and a picnic area sit alongside the spa, where massage treatments need booking ahead, and a restaurant and bar cover meals with a diet menu available on request and packed lunches for anyone heading out to hike or cycle. None of this is aimed at a stopover crowd. Someone changing trains or ticking off a single Pembrokeshire landmark will find the pace and the price out of proportion to a one-night stay; this is a hotel for people planning to stay put, play a round of golf, hike, and eat well twice a day. Families get a bridal suite and a family room alongside babysitting on request, and pets are welcome for a fee, though only in designated rooms. Wheelchair access extends to the restaurant, and the hotel runs its own airport transfers rather than pointing guests to a taxi rank. What lingers is the golf course outside the window, twenty-five rooms wrapped around a fairway that most boutique hotels this size simply don't have room for. The Grove - Narberth is a 25-room hotel outside Templeton with its own golf course, a rarity at this scale in Pembrokeshire. Spa treatments need booking ahead, and pets stay only in designated rooms. It suits guests settling in for days of golf and hiking, not a single overnight stop.