There is no doubt in my mind that staying in a hotel with historical value outweighs the alternative purpose built square hotels.
The fact that we are lured to the likes of premier inns and travel lodges because of the price is just a trait in our human character, known as tightness or as some would say, the economical sense triat.
Premier inns are not so common in the heart of England although their recently announced news to expand further across the UK and Europe means we are to expect more character hotels to be converted, like the Victoria Inn in Cornwall, previously a St Austell Inn with accommodation.
Accommodation in the Cotswold’s does vary so, if you do prefer the purpose built accommodation blocks you will be disappointed, however across Warwickshire and Oxfordshire there is an abundance of old coaching inns and modernised old pub hotels (now boutique pubs). The George at Lower Brailes for example has so much character and history you could quite easily stay there a week and still want to learn more about the area (Stow on Wolds).
Cotswolds pubs and hotels are so welcoming from the outside and the inside allow the imagination run wild as the beams and walls buckle and bow.
Not all of these come with ghosts so don’t worry, but they do come with genuine history and stories that can send a shiver down the spine. There is the Hadley Bowling Green Inn with claims that the gun powder plot was hatched there. All across this part of the UK is streams of histroy, the Edgar trail runs right through Worcester and in in Gloucestershire.
Gloucester has the Cotswolds at its heart and what a place of natural beauty this is.
Cirencester for example is a place you really don’t want to leave. It’s fascinating to think that driving through France a few years ago the countryside felt so foreign and yet so beautiful and it wasn’t until a few years later that there really is no comparison between the two Countries. Both are equally as beautiful as the other. Take Chateau Impey in Worcestershire as an example, truly magnificent to view as driving past but perhaps more surprising is the cost to stay here.
Room prices has become so competitive thanks to Travel Lodges and Premier Inns that you can find alternatives such as Chateau Impey for great room rates.
You wont find the places on the online booking sites such as late rooms and booking.com because the prices remain competitive,you need to call direct and speak directly to the hotel. It’s the same across all accommodation sectors now.
Some of the really beautiful country pubs and hotels to stay in the Cotswolds over the last few years have struggled to compete with modern hotels but now they have been awoken to the competition and more importantly the need to provide better services its a good time to look for places that are in natural beauty as opposed to on the roadside by a petrol station.
Shipton on Stour has been attracting walkers for decades and more recently the discovery that the surrounding churches hold many more secrets than once believed the popularity for visiting the heart of England is on the up. Finding hotels or country pubs with rooms shouldn’t be difficult as they are dotted all over the countryside practically every village in the Heart of England has a traditional pub hotel.
