CHELTENHAM Racecourse is on the doorstep and the Regency splendour and excellent shopping of the town itself are only minutes away

The phrase English Country House Hotel, with its attendant imagery of warmth, comfort and history could easily have been coined just for Prestbury House, so accurately does it conjure up the higgledy-piggledy charm, characterful rooms and friendly welcome awaiting guests.

THE panelled rooms, the roaring log fires in winter, the croquet lawns in summer, the panoramic views out to the Cotswold Hills, the traditional furnishings and even a ghost story or two all conspire to make any length of stay a memorable event.

AND beyond 5 acres of secluded grounds lies a treasure trove of equally engaging delights.

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WALKS abound around the famous villages of the Cotswolds while further afield Shakespeare's Stratford, beautiful Bath and the dreaming spires of Oxford await discovery.