The foundations of The Coachman Inn were laid with the Turnpike Act of 1740.
This Act of Parliament was passed as a means of collecting money to repair roads
so that mail coaches and horse riders could travel in safety. A toll bar was erected at
Snainton and by 1776 The Coachman Inn - then known as The New Inn - became a
coaching inn. It quickly established a tradition for warm hospitality, good food and
refreshments to become the last staging post on the busy coaching road from York
via Yedingham to Scarborough.
For almost 300 years, The Coachman Inn has extended a warm Yorkshire welcome
to visitors and locals alike and the present owners, the Taylor family and their staff
continue this tradition with the best of modern cuisine and comfortable en suite rooms
that make the most of the beautiful North Yorkshire location and the rich heritage of
this old coaching inn.
The Inn has been conserved and elegantly decorated in the manner of an 18th Century
Country House and its gardens developed into well manicured lawns and flower beds
so that visitors may enjoy the changing English seasons in the well kept grounds.
