The Angel Inn

What The Angel Inn does

The Angel of Corbridge (also referred to as The Angel Inn) is a privately held British hospitality business operating from a Grade heritage building at Main Street, Corbridge, Northumberland (NE45 5LA), with a documented history of continuous use as an inn since 1569. The business runs a traditional full-service pub combining bar service (local cask ales, gin, whisky, wines, coffee), restaurant dining across the bar, wood-panelled lounge, and Angel's Table dining area, and an 11-unit accommodation offering of 10 individually styled rooms plus a self-contained family apartment, most of which are dog-friendly. A separate takeaway brand, Angel Street Food, sells fish and chips daily and Sunday roasts for off-premise collection, and gift vouchers (£10 and £20) provide a small pre-paid revenue line.

The operating model is built on locally sourced produce prepared in-house (own sausages, own-farm lamb, local game from shoots, bread and puddings) and on leveraging the building's historic character as a marketing asset. Revenue is generated entirely through direct-to-consumer transactions, with table bookings routed via ResDiary, room bookings via eviivo, takeaway collected at the bar, and marketing concentrated on organic Facebook and Instagram plus a website events calendar. There is no proprietary technology platform; the digital footprint is a Squarespace website with Google Analytics tracking, no mobile app, no public API, and no AI/ML components. The business is privately held by Semore Kurdi and Kevin Laing, who have operated it since acquiring it in 2011 from John George Gibson, and is staffed by 98 employees across kitchen, service, housekeeping, and management functions.

Strategic positioning targets five customer segments: heritage tourists visiting Hadrian's Wall and the Corbridge Roman Fort (primary), loyal local Corbridge diners, especially for Sunday lunch (primary), Newcastle sports and shopping visitors, walkers and cyclists exploring Northumberland (with packed-lunch support), and families (via the Little Angels kids menu and family apartment). Distribution is exclusively UK-domestic and direct, with no enterprise or contract layer, no named institutional customers, and no public funding rounds disclosed. The Angel participates in Hexham Restaurant Week and runs recurring community events including quiz nights for the Charlotte Straker charity and seasonal programming, which together serve as both customer acquisition and retention mechanisms for the local community segment.

Name

The Angel Inn

Legal name

The Angel of Corbridge

Website

https://theangelofcorbridge.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Angel of Corbridge is a privately owned historic British pub, restaurant, and 11-room inn in Northumberland, founded in 1569, serving tourists visiting Hadrian's Wall, loyal local diners, walkers, families, and Newcastle-area sports and shopping visitors with in-house food, bar service, takeaway, and accommodation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pub and Inn Hospitality

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Bed-and-Breakfast Inns (721191), Other Traveler Accommodation (72119)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Bars & Pubs (Non-Music) (MPAGAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Boutique Inns (THAGAHAB), Lounge Bars & Hotel Bars (THAFAEAI)

Keywords

• Traditional British pub
• Country inn accommodation
• Homemade pub food
• Local cask ales
• Dog friendly lodging

Headquarters

HQ city

Corbridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food Service: Restaurant dining in bar, lounge, and Angel's Table with seasonal menus, daily lunch and all-day menu, Sunday roasts, and kids menu. All food is homemade using locally sourced produce.
2. Bar Sales: Full bar serving five local cask ales, extensive gin and whisky selection, carefully selected wine list, and coffee/tea. Happy Hour on Fridays 5-7pm includes real ales, prosecco, and G&Ts.
3. Takeaway: Angel Street Food takeaway service offering fish & chips everyday and Sunday roasts on Sundays, with collection or bar orders.
4. Accommodation: Traditional bedrooms (rooms 1-10) and a family apartment. Most rooms are dog-friendly. Includes full Northumbrian breakfast. Check-in from 3pm.
5. Gift Vouchers: Gift vouchers sold in £10 and £20 denominations, redeemable for any services at the establishment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Angel Inn is a historic 1569 British pub in Corbridge, Northumberland offering restaurant and bar service with locally sourced homemade food and a wide drinks selection, takeaway street food (fish & chips daily, Sunday roasts), and overnight accommodation consisting of ten traditional dog-friendly bedrooms plus a self-contained family apartment. The venue also runs a programme of recurring community events and sells gift vouchers redeemable across all services.

Product overview

The Angel Inn is a traditional British hospitality establishment offering accommodation, food, and beverage services. The core offering consists of a historic pub dating to 1569 with restaurant and bar service (main products: Restaurant and Bar, Takeaway), overnight accommodation options (ten individually styled rooms plus a Family Apartment), and gift vouchers. The accommodation and dining components are bookable through separate integrated booking systems (Resdiary for tables, eviivo for rooms).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant and Bar

Quantifiable outcome

• Popular Sunday lunch venue for loyal locals
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• European Agricultural Fund for Rural DevelopmentminorOthersThe European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development logo appears on the website footer, suggesting potential funding or support from this rural development programme for agricultural businesses in the region.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tan Hill Inn: Britain's highest pub, a remote Yorkshire Dales inn offering food, drink and accommodation in a historic building; highly comparable heritage pub-with-rooms operating model.
• The Galvin Green Man: Essex pub with rooms offering chef-driven locally-sourced food and accommodation; comparable UK gastropub-with-rooms operator targeting similar food-led getaway demand.
• The Black Bull at Moulton: North Yorkshire heritage pub with restaurant and accommodation, competing on a similar locally-sourced food and traditional inn positioning.
• The Hand and Flowers: Marlow pub with rooms known for chef-led food and premium positioning; comparable UK pub-with-rooms benchmark operating a similar food-led revenue mix.
• The Star Inn at Harome: Award-winning Yorkshire pub with rooms operating a comparable locally-sourced, chef-led food and heritage-accommodation model; sets the benchmark for premium UK pub-with-rooms pricing.
• The Gunton Arms: Norfolk heritage pub with rooms in a historic estate setting offering food, drink and accommodation; operates a directly comparable business model to The Angel.
• The Lord Crewe Arms: Historic Northumberland inn in Blanchland offering accommodation, food and drink in a heritage setting; competes with The Angel for heritage-tourism and gastropub demand in the same county.
• The Kirkstile Inn: Cumbrian heritage inn with rooms and food-led offering, comparable in scale and proposition to The Angel, targeting rural-tourism and staycation customers in Northern England.
• Battlesteads Hotel & Restaurant: Northumberland pub-with-rooms and restaurant operating on a similar heritage- and locally-sourced-food proposition, directly competing for the same tourist and local customer base in the region.

Broad incumbents

• The Lygon Arms: Historic Cotswolds hotel with multiple food-and-drink outlets and rooms, broader in scale and amenity but comparable on heritage-accommodation-plus-dining model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-angel-inn

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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