Martins Arms Public House

The Martins Arms Public House — marketed simply as 'The Martins' — is a country pub, restaurant and small inn in the village of Colston Bassett, in the Vale of Belvoir, Nottinghamshire, England. It is a hospitality venue rather than a manufacturing or retail brand: its 'product' is the experience of eating, drinking and staying in a restored village pub. The business is independently run, with hosts Laurence and Sera Henry welcoming guests, and it presents itself as a refined yet cosy destination combining a restaurant, a tap room and a garden terrace. The offer is deliberately broad for a village pub. In the restaurant, guests are promised 'a refined yet cosy dining experience'; in the tap room they can 'unwind with a pint & pub classic by the fire'; and on the garden terrace they can 'savour rosé & pizza'. The pub also operates four guest rooms, described as having 'relaxed charm', available for an evening, a weekend or longer stays, making it a bed-and-breakfast-style inn as well as a dining pub. Events are a significant part of the business: the venue, or sections of it, can be hired for special occasions, celebrations, family get-togethers, meetings and wakes, with various catering options. Gift vouchers for dinner, bed and breakfast, or weekends away are sold by post. The Martins Arms is located in Colston Bassett, a village in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England, in the Vale of Belvoir — an area known for its rural landscape and food-producing traditions. The pub's own communications emphasise this setting, describing it as 'set in the idyllic Vale of Belvoir village of Colston Bassett'. Contact is handled by telephone on +44 (0) 1949 730 106, and the business maintains a website and social media presence on Facebook and Instagram. As of the evidence available, the pub is active and has announced a forthcoming farm shop ('COMING SOON Farm Shop'), signalling an intention to extend beyond hospitality into selling produce. No founding date, corporate parent, ownership group or listing status is documented in the supplied sources; it appears to be an independent, privately operated establishment. The entry should be treated as a hospitality brand with a local, destination-dining positioning rather than a national chain.

The available evidence does not record a founding date or a detailed corporate history for the Martins Arms Public House. What is documented is its identity and location: it is a pub in Colston Bassett, in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England, in the Vale of Belvoir. The pub is listed in structured open data (Wikidata) as a public house in that village, confirming its status as a recognised local hospitality establishment. In its current form, as presented on its own website, the Martins Arms is run by Laurence and Sera Henry, who welcome guests to 'The Martins'. The business has been developed into a multi-part venue: a restaurant offering refined but cosy dining; a tap room for pints and pub classics by the fire; a garden terrace for rosé and pizza; and four guest rooms for overnight or longer stays. This combination of dining, drinking and accommodation is typical of the modern British 'destination pub' or 'gastropub with rooms' model, in which a village pub broadens its offer to attract visitors from beyond its immediate community. The pub also positions itself for private events, offering the venue or sections of it for special occasions, celebrations, family get-togethers, meetings and wakes, with various catering options. Gift vouchers for dinner, bed and breakfast, or weekends away are sold by post, extending the brand into the gifting market. The business maintains a website and social media channels on Facebook and Instagram, and takes bookings by telephone. Most recently, the website advertises a farm shop as 'COMING SOON', suggesting a planned move into retailing produce — a natural adjacency for a pub in the Vale of Belvoir, an area associated with farming and food production. No ownership group, parent company, founding year or listing status is documented in the supplied sources, so the establishment appears to be independent and privately operated. Its history, as far as the evidence shows, is one of a village pub operating as a local dining, drinking and lodging destination under the Henrys' stewardship.

• Listed in Wikidata as a pub in Colston Bassett, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.

• Laurence and Sera Henry welcome guests to The Martins, as stated on the pub's website.

• Farm shop announced as 'COMING SOON' on the pub's website.

A refined yet cosy country pub, restaurant and inn in the Vale of Belvoir, offering dining, drinking, accommodation and private events.

• Restaurant dining

  A refined yet cosy dining experience in The Martins restaurant.

• Tap room

  Pints and pub classics by the fire.

• Garden terrace

  Rosé and pizza on the garden terrace.

• Guest rooms

  Four rooms with relaxed charm for an evening, weekend or longer.

• Event hire

  The venue or sections of it for special occasions, celebrations, meetings and wakes, with catering options.

• Gift vouchers

  Vouchers for dinner, bed and breakfast, or weekends away, posted to the recipient.

1. 1Homepage - The Martinsthemartinsarms.co.uk
2. 2Martins Arms Public House - Wikidatawikidata.org