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Ellenborough Park
“Country house on racecourse estate combining old and new.” - AA Inspector
CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Our Inspector's view
Set on the original Cheltenham Racecourse estate, Ellenborough Park dates in part from the 16th century and has been beautifully restored. The Nina Campbell-designed bedrooms and suites are spread across the main house and adjacent buildings, and all feature superb beds, a great range of modern amenities and luxurious bathrooms. The stylish Indian-themed spa has a gym and outdoor heated pool. There are two dining options – the Horse Box with its pub atmosphere, and the elegant, oak-panelled restaurant which is more formal.
Facilities – at a glance
Afternoon tea
Civil weddings
Dogs welcome
Electric vehicle charging
Family rooms
Features
- En-suite rooms annex: 44
- En-suite rooms: 62
- Family rooms: 16
- Bedrooms Ground: 19
- Satellite TV available
- Free TV
- Broadband available
- WiFi available
- Hearing loop installed
- Children welcome
- Babysitting service
- Ironing facilities
- Cots provided
- High chairs
- Children's portions or menu
- Outdoor Pool
- Gym available
- Croquet Available
- Spa Available
- cycle hire,hot tub/Jacuzzi
- Christmas entertainment programme
- New Year entertainment programme
- Lift available
- Night porter available
- Fully air conditioned
- Outdoor parking spaces: 130
- Accessible bedrooms: 4
- Walk-in showers
- Single room, minimum price: £139
- Double room, minimum price: £149
- Open all year
- Holds a civil ceremony licence
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About the area
Discover Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is home to a variety of landscapes. The Cotswolds, a region of gentle hills, valleys and gem-like villages, roll through the county. To their west is the Severn Plain, watered by Britain’s longest river, and characterised by orchards and farms marked out by hedgerows that blaze with mayflower in the spring, and beyond the Severn are the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley.
Throughout the county you are never far away from the past. Neolithic burial chambers are widespread, and so too are the remains of Roman villas, many of which retain the fine mosaic work produced by Cirencester workshops. There are several examples of Saxon building, while in the Stroud valleys abandoned mills and canals are the mark left by the Industrial Revolution. Gloucestershire has always been known for its abbeys, but most of them have disappeared or lie in ruins. However, few counties can equal the churches that remain here. These are many and diverse, from the ‘wool’ churches in Chipping Campden and Northleach, to the cathedral at Gloucester, the abbey church at Tewkesbury or remote St Mary’s, standing alone near Dymock.
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