Pack a picnic and walk one mile to the estate lake. A mile? Yes, grounds here are extensive – 300 acres extensive. Walk your dogs in the woods. Forage for your supper. Chill in the hot tub. Play croquet on the lawn and table tennis in the clean air. Barbecue on the terrace, fly falcons by day and grill marshmallows by night around the firepit.
You might want to spend your whole stay out in the gardens listening to the sound of silence and watching the swoop of the red kites. But you’d be missing out on a beautifully restored period property full of original beams and local stone. Throw another log on the fire and cosy up in one of the large sitting rooms.
After a day on the estate or a night in The Old Spot, get together for the full Sky package or Netflix. Set the soundtrack to your stay on the Sonos and raid the full bookcase for some magical me-time. Ask us about toys and books for kids. Tell the story of your stay on Instagram over the 200mbits Gigaclear Wi-Fi.
Park Farmhouse comes bursting with period beauty, yet it’s fully refurbished to a T. Not least in the farmhouse or cottage kitchens, both complete with electric double range oven and six-burner hob. Cook, or don’t cook: call up our recommended chefs for a special treat or fully catered break. Eat breakfast in the kitchen and supper in the 14-seat dining room.
Stock up at Sainsbury’s in Dursley, Wotton Farm Shop (pop into The Potting Shed for coffee) and Leaf and Ground for click-and-collect deli lunchboxes. Get your wine from Raffles and your barbecue meat from Cam Family Butcher’s. Treat yourself to takeaways from Domino’s Pizza, Gravity Fish and Chips, and Indie’s Deli.
Walk over Stinchcombe Hill to The Old Spot Inn in Dursley for lamb and chorizo kebab or free-range duck breast. Head to The Woolpack in Slad where The Guardian promises ‘you’ll get fed until you can barely walk’. Or try The Bell at Sapperton, described by The Times as idyllic and serving local comfort classics.
Tuck into the lamb and mint burger or breaded beetroot butternut and goat’s cheese burger at The Butcher’s Arms in Sheepscombe, or find fine Mediterranean food and wine at Lola’s in Tetbury. Or head to William’s Kitchen for Sicilian-style mussels or hale steak, or Calcot Manor for the spa and sumptuous private dining.
Discover the meaning of slumber in a place surrounded by 300 acres of parkland and woodland, where the chirp of birdlife is the only barrier to a full recharge.
In the main house, on the first floor, you’ll find three large en-suite bedrooms with superking beds, each equipped with baths and showers. On the second floor, choose from three further large, vaulted bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bathroom. Two of these rooms can also be configured as twins and the other provides a kingsize bed with bath.
Over in the cottage, you’ll find an en-suite superking on the first floor, along with a second superking size bedroom and family bathroom. Upstairs on the second floor are a further two bedrooms offering a choice of superking or twin beds.
