Inn
The Cock Hotel, Stony Stratford
A 30-bedroom Greene King coaching inn on Stony Stratford's High Street, on the old Watling Street, about 19 minutes by road from Silverstone, with a car park, breakfast from 7am and dogs in the rooms.
Dog-friendly
An old coaching inn with a car park and a kitchen open from breakfast to 9pm, on the Milton Keynes side of the circuit: useful when the closer rooms have gone. It is about 19 minutes on a clear road, much longer on a race day, and its page gives no race-week rates, so ask and leave early.
- Good: About 12 miles and 19 minutes from Silverstone on a clear run
- Good: Car park, and breakfast from 7am on weekdays
- Good: Dogs allowed in the rooms and everywhere but the restaurant
- Good: Food served all day, until 9pm most nights
- Worth knowing: Breakfast starts at 8am at weekends, late for a race morning
- Worth knowing: No race-weekend rates or minimum stay published
About
The Cock Hotel is a Greene King inn with 30 en-suite bedrooms at 72 to 74 High Street in Stony Stratford, the old market town on Watling Street at the north-west corner of Milton Keynes. By road it is about 12 miles and 19 minutes from Silverstone on a clear run, which makes it one of the farther choices on our page on where to stay for Silverstone.
The inn says it was built in the 15th century as a coaching inn. Historic England lists it Grade II*, a red-brick front of about 1742 on the remains of an earlier inn. The story the inn tells is that the phrase a cock and bull story began with tales swapped here and at the Bull. Its rooms have flat-screen televisions, with superior rooms among them. Breakfast is from 7am to 9am on weekdays and 8am to 10am at weekends, and the bar and restaurant serve pub classics and steaks until 9pm most nights. Christmas Day 2026 is on sale.
Dogs may stay, and are allowed everywhere except the restaurant. A booking listing on HSBC Night Away says dog-friendly rooms are limited and go first come, first served, with a pet supplement from £10. There is a car park, and reception is staffed from 7am to 10pm. Check-in is from 2pm and check-out by 11am. Outside race weeks it also suits a visit to the Silverstone Museum at the circuit.
Opening hours and season
Reception
| Monday | 07:00 to 22:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 07:00 to 22:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:00 to 22:00 |
| Thursday | 07:00 to 22:00 |
| Friday | 07:00 to 22:00 |
| Saturday | 07:00 to 22:00 |
| Sunday | 07:00 to 22:00 |
Breakfast
| Monday | 07:00 to 09:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 07:00 to 09:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:00 to 09:00 |
| Thursday | 07:00 to 09:00 |
| Friday | 07:00 to 09:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 to 10:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 to 10:00 |
Food served
| Monday | 07:00 to 21:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 07:00 to 21:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:00 to 21:00 |
| Thursday | 07:00 to 21:00 |
| Friday | 07:00 to 21:30 |
| Saturday | 07:00 to 21:30 |
| Sunday | 07:00 to 20:30 |
Times from Greene King's pub page; its hotel page gives evening meals until 9pm, and 8.30pm on Sundays.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
- Rooms
- 30
- Check-in
- From 2pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Parking · Dogs in rooms · Dogs inside
- History
- Front of about 1742 on an earlier inn (Grade II*); the inn says 15th century
- Parking
- Hotel car park, with no details of size or cost.
Photos
The bar 
A reading corner 
The dining room 
A bedroom
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Furtho Manor Farm 2.8 km away