In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The stable-block rooms, especially the split-level ones. Half of the Exceptional rooms have own balcony, and the Best room (actual name) has a private terrace, double bath and four-poster bed.
- Packing tips
- Running kit, if you fancy scenic cross-country.
- Also
- The C-Side spa is being refurbished between 12 October and 12 November. Everything will be working, except the sauna and steam room.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A complimentary spa product
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Cowley Manor
Cotswolds, United Kingdom[view map]
- Style
- Funked-up stately home
- Setting
- Acres of spectacular Cotswolds
Once you have taken in the astonishing grandeur of this Italianate stone house near Cheltenham, you may think yourself convinced that whatever is within cannot match it. To call the look 'designer' doesn’t do justice to Cowley Manor’s funky, flamboyant aesthetic; the effect of cowhide window seats and comical papier-mâché ‘hunting trophies’ is certainly a world away from the usual country-house hotels.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 30.
- Rates
- £250–£475, including Continental breakfast.
- Check-out
- Midday.
- Facilities
- 55 acres of land, billiards room, spa (the C-Side) with four treatment rooms, indoor and outdoor pools, gym, sauna.
- Also
- CD and DVD library. Wellington boots are provided. Pets welcome in one of the two dog-friendly rooms; £25 charge per pet, a night. Two-night minimum stay at weekends.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- The grand, oak-panelled dining room is formal but candlelit and welcoming. Breakfast is available from 7am to 10.30ish; at weekends, 8am until 11.30am.
- Dress code
- More uptown than dressed down.
- Top table
- By the window, especially in summer.
- Last orders
- Food: 11pm at weekends and 10pm during the week.
- Room service
- 24 hours.
Also worth knowing
Smith Members offer
A complimentary spa product
If you're a member of Mr & Mrs Smith, you can get special privileges at every Smith hotel you book through us. Just show your Smith card at check-in to claim the offer featured on every hotel page (like the one above).
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Smith travel team
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Cowley Manor
Cowley
near Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 9NL
