Welcome to
Best Western Master Robert Hotel

The name of our hotel has a very unusual background.

The “MASTER ROBERT” was the Grand National winner of 1924 and whilst the adjacent public house was being built, the Robert Inn, the horse was in the stables of Mr Lynwood Palmer, the famous painter of horses who lived nearby.  

He also apparently agreed to paint the sign for the hotel only if it was named after the horse. This was agreed and the sign was hung in 1929 by the owners of the horse Lord Airlie and Major Green.