The Kings Arms Hotel

• Address:
  30 High Street
  
  Dorchester
  
  DT1 1HF
• Telephone: 01305 265 353
• Fax:
• E-Mail: info@kingsarmshoteldorchester.com
• Web: http://www.kingsarmshoteldorchester.com/index.htm

Even though a recent expenditure of over �1 million has been spent on modernising and refurbishing the hotel, you can still feel the history that is associated with its 288 year existence, you can imagine the scene of Michael Henchard The Mayor of Casterbridge carrying on his business in the Kings Arms as described in the novel by Thomas Hardy. The author himself descibed it as the chief hotel in Casterbridge � namely, Best Western - The Kings Arms.