Ettington Park Hotel

What an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon, a lovely driveway when arriving, historical buildings, comfort, style, pleasant surroundings, and a delight afternoon tea. AFTERNOON TEA, OR CREAM TEAS, NEED TO BE PREORDERED THE DAY BEFORE AT LEAST. This is our fourth review for you of Ettington Park, on the outskirts of Stratford apon Avon, and we are as delighted with the hotel as we were on our first visit in 2021. To help you decide when you will visit yourselves, take a look at our recent photos as we explain why Ettington Park is worth visiting. THEN READ our other reviews on EUANS GUIDE for a full picture of Ettington Park. Photo 1. To enter the hotel, there are three high steps, but staff will immediately be on hand to place down a ramp for you, it’s just a simple metal ramp, and you can just see it below my wheelchair. If you book afternoon tea or lunch ahead of time, and ask for ramp, then it will be ready when you arrive. Photo two You will be greeted at reception, and staff will direct and help you into the bar lounge area. Photo 3, 4 and 5 We like to sit and relax beforehand at the bar, a very small but cosy enough room, comfortable seats, a good selection of drinks available. Photo 6 Staff will be ready to take you into the Great Hall Restaurant. Photo 7 The Light air room of muted colour schemes, leather chairs, dark wooden tables add the feeling of character to the room, beautiful ceiling, oil paintings grace the walls, with large picturesque windows brighten up the restaurant, where breakfast, and your afternoon tea will be served. Photo 8 You may be fortunate to be offered a table near the windows which overlook the gardens and landscaped lawns ahead. There is room to place your wheelchair at the table, or choose to sit on their comfortable leather chairs. While you sit and admire, and sip your chosen tea, served in pleasant crockery by helpful staff. Photo 9 The beautiful gardens may be entered via the level entrance just beyond the Great Hall, and next to the Oak restaurant. DO READ OUR OTHER REVIEWS IN EUANS GUIDE for details about the gardens and the open wooded lawn areas, as these are delightful gardens. Photo 10 While you take your second cup of tea, you can prepare yourself for the delights to follow Photo 11 and 12 Afternoon tea at its best, beautifully presented, your selection of finger sandwiches with handmade bread which are freshly prepared when you arrive, will be followed by lovely warm freshly baked scones, jam and cream. And then a delightful selection of hand made crafted delicate deserts which will really please you all. Do sit, relax, enjoy the atmosphere and experience of Ettington Park, and plan your next visit, you will be tempted. NOW we need to find the toilets Photo 13 It’s a bit of a distance from your table, and you will need to leave the Great Hall, exit into the bar area, go across into reception and go across to the left hand corner to pass the lifts for bedrooms, and go ahead to the far corner. Photo 14 We found this a bit of a nuisance, there are other guest moving around, perhaps a number of wedding guest may also be in this area and it’s not all that wide a passage. Sadly, to your left, and up stairs, stand the ladies toilets, completely of no use to disabled, so you will need to head to the larger doorway ahead to find the disabled toilets. Photo 15 Then you will need to go through the double doors that lead towards the stairs for bedrooms, and for disabled toilet. This was not easy, you have to pull the doors towards you, and they are rather heavy. Fortunately, there are staff members moving around who will willingly help you. Photo 16 After pushing open the disabled toilet door, you will find a small, narrow toilet area. Our photo shows you it’s not that big inside, difficult to spin your wheelchair, and larger scooters may find it very difficult to use the room. However, it does have a pull cord and a rail you may find helpful. For these reasons we have given low marks for the disabled toilet. DO NOT LET THIS PUT YOU OFF VISITING, YOU CAN COPE WE FEEL SURE and Ettington Park will delight you in all other areas of your visit.

SAT NAV. CV37 8BU. ETTINGTON PARK HOTEL This is one of our favourite haunts, we love it here, it’s an interesting and historical building, cosy and comfortable, delightfully decorated throughout with classical pieces and antique furniture, a magnificent restaurant for afternoon tea, and landscaped gardens that will take you hours to explore, a truly lovely visit awaits you. FOR A FULL FLAVOUR OF THE HOTEL, PLEASE READ OUR FIRST REVIEW AS WELL, AS IT WILL TELL YOU THE HISTORY OF ETTINGTON PARK. AND LOOK OUT FOR OUR NEXT FORTHCOMING REVIEWS FOR GARDENS AND POOL. You will arrive at the hotel (photo 1) via a lovely driveway through their landscaped gardens and open meadowland (photo 2) and up to the car park (photo 3) that leads towards the landscaped meadows (photo 4). Their are a couple of disabled bays right outside the front entrance (photo 5) which will take you inside, but there are steps to get up, and your carer may have to go in to the reception to ask for help to put down a large ramp, although on most of our frequent visits, someone will come outside right away when they see you arriving. You first of all pass a pleasant open conservatory like entrance (photo 7) before arriving at the reception desk (photo 8) where you will be warmly welcomed, before being escorted to the bar lounge (photo 9) and what better a place could you have ? If you have booked lunch or afternoon tea in advance you will be escorted into restaurant (photo 10) and what a beautiful room (photo 11) a lovely place to sit and relax with views towards the grounds (photo 12) Today, we were taken into the lounge (photo 13) with a magnificent ceiling (photo 14) and inviting fireplace (photo 15) surrounded by wooden carved panelling, and you may sit here with drink in hand overlooking the terrace gardens (photo 16) There are other lounges that may appeal as well (photo 17) close to the lift (photo 18) which is large enough to get a chair and carer in (photo 19) if you have wisely chosen to enjoy an overnight break, and that leads you to the bedrooms (photo 20) NOW READ OUR NEXT REVIEW THAT WILL SHOW YOU AROUND THE ESTATE. OUR FINAL THOUGHTS Very impressive, elegant hotel, in beautiful surroundings. You will gather we love this place, you can relax in all its attractive and beautiful places, enjoy the terrace gardens, with a level exit to get you outside, and allows you to see the well laid out gardens. We strongly recommend you taking a visit.

ETTINGTON PARK HOTEL, STRATFORD APON AVON. CV37 8BU Enjoy a wonderful walk around the grounds of our recommended hotel. First of all you drive along a really nice woodland drive right up to the disabled parking bays right outside the front entrance (photo 1) which offers wonderful views across the landscaped grounds (photo 2) before you enter the hotel, via ramps that will be put down for you (photo 3). You will be warmly welcomed at the reception desk (photo 4) and shown into the lounge which has a doorway just by it that will take you out to a level tiled exit (photo 5) that leads out to the gardens and the lovely terrace area (photo 6) Nothing will beat this view on a lovely sunny day (photo 7) as you gaze over the tree lined landscape that stretches out as far as the eye can see (photo 8) If like us you cannot manage much of a walk, then stay and look back to the hotel (photo 9) and go out to the well maintained gardens (10) A path at the far end of gardens looks inviting (photo 11) and worth exploring as it leads back to the gardens (photo 12) and takes you over to the left towards the ruins of the old chapel (photo 13) and here you can enjoy looking over the ruins (photo 14) before you head back to the terrace gardens again (photo 15) which was more than enough for us today, so we headed back to the entrance, grateful it has a level entrance (photo 16) and settled down in the lounge with a cool wine in hand. If you would really like to cool down, then why not go and enjoy a nice swim, and head for the indoor pool. Follow signs from reception to the pool, and you will come to the very pleasant courtyard ( p17) and the entrance is ahead of you, BUT you will need staff to come and open the door for you, there is usually a member available in the office, which is by the courtyard on the left, because the actual pool entrance is up on the lift, across a passage, and you have to walk down a few steps, too much for a disabled person, so find staff to let you into pool, and it will be worthit, it’s a really nice pool (photo 18) and usually very few if any are taking a dip, and we have found it all to ourselves when taking photos (photo 19). DO READ OUR OTHER REVIEWS FOR THIS HOTEL AS WELL and take a look at our website which offers more help as we offer reviews in support of Euans guide Help for disabled traveller. Click here to learn more. www.helpfordisabledtraveller.co.uk