Bingham Riverhouse
We’re a Riverhouse. A place where many things come together.
Event Space, Hotel, Restaurant
With a long and colourful history behind it the next chapter is being written as the UKs only black-female owned hotel and members club.
The Riverhouse was very different when Sama’s Kenyan mother Ruth and English father Bill bought the Bingham partly as a family home and quirky B and B back in 1984. It was all 70's kitch and a bit of a faulty towers.
Sama recalls sitting on her father’s knee aged 7 counting the coins doing the weekly cashing up. At that time there were 12 ramshackle bedrooms, and the garden level was derelict.
Over the years, the property has gone through a number of reinventions and since Sama took over in 2001 it was transformed from the run down B and B into a boutique hotel featured in the second edition of the Mr and Mrs Smith Printed Guide Book. In 2020 Bingham Riverhouse transitioned into a Members club serving the local community and those wanting to make a positive impact on the world.