Local restaurants
The Royal Oak in nearby Eydon (01327 263 167) is an enchanting 17th-century inn where you can munch on great food in one of the little dining nooks then try your luck at pub skittles with the locals.
Worth getting out of bed for
Althorp, the Spencers' ancestral seat and final resting place of Princess Diana is well worth a visit and is only 25 minutes away by car (www.althorp.com). On a grander note, Blenheim Palace (www.blenheimpalace.com) is a baroque wonderland of sweeping gardens and beautiful buildings. The hotel can arrange shooting days over the border in the Warwickshire countryside with Honesberie Shooting (www.honesberieshooting.co.uk).
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From the Guestbook…
We were in one of the later parts of the building – Georgian I think – in a very spacious, high-ceilinged room, the walls covered with period paintings and prints. Just...
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