Best Western Wroxton House Hotel, Banbury

This thatched Cotswold hotel is a tranquil country house with a peaceful, historic setting 5 minutes from Banbury and junction 11 of the M40, within easy reach of Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford.

The new wing offers contemporary bedrooms and the original manor house has retained its character and quirky feel. All bedrooms have a flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi.

A lounge menu of light meals can be served by the log-burning stove in winter, or on the terrace in summer. Restaurant 1649 has a Rosette and offers a contemporary English menu in a romantic setting for both lunch and dinner.

The thatched village of Wroxton is a Cotswold gem to explore, with its famous Abbey grounds, picturesque thatched cottages and duck pond.

Nearby is Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon (20 minute drive), the university city of Oxford (35 minutes), historic Warwick Castle (30 minutes) and beautiful Blenheim Palace (30 minutes). The Cotswolds area of scenic beauty, close to the hotel, holds many beautiful villages and country houses that have to be discovered.

Wroxton House has a number of different bedroom types to choose from. Half of the 32 bedrooms are located in a new wing tastefully added to the hotel in the 1990s whilst the other half are on the 1st and 2nd floors to the original manor house and adjoining cottages.

In the new wing we offer ground floor bedrooms as the layout of the hotel doesn't allow for a lift. All rooms offer many facilities including writing desk, hairdryer and trouser press. A helipad is located next to the hotel and four-poster and suites are also available for special occasions. Children's beds and cots can be provided but specific disabled rooms are not provided and there are a number of steps (4) into the Inglenook Restaurant.