The Lygon Arms

The Lygon Arms Hotel situated on Broadway High Street is steeped in history. It is intriguing to think that, during the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell actually spent the night at the Inn the night before the Battle of Worcester, while King Charles I had previously used the building to meet and rally his royalist supporters.

The coaching route opened up over Fish Hill in the 1500s and Broadway became a busy stage coach stop on the route from Worcester to Oxford and London. A number of Inns were built to accommodate travellers.  The village also has an interesting artistic heritage which includes some well known artists, writers, and performing artists such as William Morris, John Singer Sargent, Francis D Millet, J.M. Barrie and Mary Anderson.