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What Happened to The Hollybus… After The Hotel Inspector? (Hay-on-Wye, UK)

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As of October 2026, The Hollybush Inn is listed closed on Google, reviewed by our team on October 19, 2026 and cross-checked against oyster.com; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.

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What the source shows: Google Maps marks Holly Bush Camping at Brecon Road, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5PS as permanently closed on 2026-10-19, and an Oyster.com page for Hollybush Inn and Campsite gives the same postcode.

  • Season / episode Season 7, Episode 6
  • Original air date
  • Address Brecon Road, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5PS

Address

Brecon Road, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5PS

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What happened after The Hotel Inspector?

The Hotel Inspector (Channel 5) visited the Hollybush Inn in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, in an episode that aired on 23 May 2011 (series 7, episode 6). According to TheTVDB's episode page, owner Barbara Lewthwaite, a healer, wanted to turn her 18th-century inn into a relaxed, eco-friendly retreat. The property had tepees, a camping and caravan site, a five-bedroom B&B, and a bar and restaurant. Guests complained about the facilities, winter trade was slow, and money was tight. The show's episode list on Wikipedia describes the same ethical, nature-friendly concept and the poor reviews.

A Google Maps lookup on the featured name returned a listing called Holly Bush Camping at Brecon Road, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5PS, which Google marks as permanently closed (checked 2026-10-19). Its name is not identical to the inn's, so the match was checked: an Oyster.com page headed Hollybush Inn and Campsite gives its address as Hay-on-Wye HR3 5PS, the same postcode, and the television episode included a camping site. The Oyster.com page was published on 8 November 2024 and last modified on 19 May 2025, and it says nothing about whether the business is trading. A Google Maps listing's update date is not a closure date, and no news report or owner statement read gives a date or a reason.

The match rests on the shared postcode and the camping element, not on a source that links the two listings by name. The listing name refers to camping, so it does not by itself show whether the inn and B&B also stopped taking guests, and no source read after the 2011 broadcast describes the inn trading.

Featured on The Hotel Inspector

Season / episode
Season 7, Episode 6
Original air date
Episode title
The Hollybush Inn, Hay-on-Wye
What was featured
18th-century Hay-on-Wye inn run as an eco retreat with tepees and camping
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
The Hollybush Inn

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Visit info

Address
Brecon Road, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5PS
Venue type
hotel
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/the-hotel-inspector/episodes/4100673
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Hotel_Inspector_episodes
  • Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Holly+Bush+Camping%2C+Brecon+Road%2C+Hay-on-Wye+HR3+5PS
  • oyster.com — https://www.oyster.com/wales/hotels/hollybush-inn-and-campsite/

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