Hotels near Cheltenham Racecourse
Cotswold Grange
Cheltenham - 1.5 miles away
Set in gardens front and back, its terrace bordered by pleached ornamental pear trees, Nirav and Dhruti Sheth’s friendly hotel is in a fine stone mansion in leafy Pittville.
Butlers
Cheltenham - 1.9 miles away
An easy stroll to the promenade and the Montpellier district, Paul Smyth and Shaun Bailey’s butler-themed B&B occupies a 19th-century gentleman’s residence.
Cowley Manor
Cheltenham - 7 miles away
Enter ‘a world of green woodland’ once frequented by Lewis Carroll as you drive through the ‘majestic grounds’ of this Italianate mansion, which surprises with striking interiors designed with 1960s pizzazz.
Corse Lawn House
Corse Lawn - 8 miles away
Guests can eat and drink alfresco at the Hine family's hotel, a Queen Anne-style mansion overlooking a willow-draped duck pond in a rural hamlet.
Eckington Manor
Eckington - 10 miles away
On a working farm on the edge of a village surrounded by the River Avon, Judy Gardner’s stylish restaurant-with-rooms is also home to a light-filled, state-of-the-art cookery school.
The Painswick
Painswick - 11 miles away
In a perfect Cotswold village, this 'charming' Palladian mansion with 'wonderful valley views' of Cider with Rosie country ‘could not have been a more welcome find’ for readers on a dismal day.
The Broadway Hotel
Broadway - 12 miles away
With its medieval frontage, creaky-floor interiors and smart conservatory brasserie, The Broadway, named after its picturesque Cotswold location, is popular with both visitors and locals.
Russell’s
Broadway - 12 miles away
In plum position on this quintessential Cotswold town’s high street, Russell’s restaurant-with-rooms offers imaginative food and modern bedrooms among comforting original features.
The Lygon Arms
Broadway - 12 miles away
A 17th-century former coaching inn that counts both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, sundry Windsors and Hollywood royalty among past guests can fairly claim to be historic.
The Olive Branch
Broadway - 12 miles away
In a honey-hued village within easy reach of National Trust properties and gardens, this ‘beautifully appointed’ B&B occupies a 16th-century Cotswold stone building liked for its traditional country cottage charm.
Lords of the Manor
Upper Slaughter - 13 miles away
The River Eye drifts through the gardens of this Cotswold stone former rectory, once home to the Witts family, rectors and then lords of Upper Slaughter, run as a hotel for the past 50 years.
The Village Pub
Barnsley - 15 miles away
With a refined pub menu and a relaxed, dog-friendly atmosphere, this mellow-stone pub-with-rooms (Calcot Collection) is the hub of a pretty Cotswolds village.
Barnsley House
Cirencester - 15 miles away
Even hardened townies are seduced by the surrounds of 17th-century Barnsley House, created by visionary gardener Elizabeth Verey who moved here in the 1950s.
The Old Stocks Inn
Stow-on-the-Wold - 15 miles away
In a historic wool town, the classic Cotswold-stone exterior of this 17th-century inn gives way to a cool, contemporary interior that mixes wooden beams and ancient floorboards with cocktails, Scandi-chic furnishings and a family-friendly feel.
The Swan
Bibury - 15 miles away
Here is a setting that elicits admiring exclamation: green creepers climbing up old stone, this stylishly updated 17th-century coaching inn stands on the banks of the River Coln, in a village William Morris described as the most beautiful in England.
The Cottage in the Wood
Malvern Wells - 16 miles away
‘The location can hardly be bettered’: high in the Malvern hills, this refurbished Georgian dower house has ‘fabulous, far-reaching’ views over the Severn valley.
Woodchester Valley Vineyard
Woodchester - 17 miles away
Surrounded by the green fields of the Stroud valleys, Fiona Shiner’s family-owned vineyard and winery shelter a modern B&B.
The Feathers
Ledbury - 17 miles away
‘An attractive building in a lovely town’, this former coaching inn is today a modern hotel whose many original features – exposed ancient beams, leaded windows, a centuries-old staircase – lend much character.
The Feathered Nest
Chipping Norton - 17 miles away
The lovely views across the Evenlode valley from the terrace or dining room could almost distract you from the exceptional food at this dining pub-with-rooms on the edge of a Cotswold village.
The King’s Head Inn
Bledington - 18 miles away
Ducks bob on the brook that runs through the green in front of this 16th-century cider house with all the trappings of the perfect English country pub – beams, flagstones, settles, blazing fires, Hook Norton ale on draught.
The Bull Hotel
Fairford - 19 miles away
In a Cotswold town known for its fine ‘wool church’, this stone-built 15th-century building has variously hosted a monks’ chanting-house, a post office and a coaching inn.
The Howard Arms
Stratford-upon-Avon - 20 miles away
This ticks all the boxes for a village inn: overlooking the green, large beer garden, beams and flagstones, armchairs by the fire, country-chic bedrooms, and modern classics on the menu.
The Rectory Hotel
Malmesbury - 20 miles away
A Georgian rectory-turned-boutique hotel, in manicured gardens with swimming pool, is a first hospitality venture for music industry executive Alex Payne, who called in the team behind The Beckford Arms, Tisbury (see entry), with designer Natasha Hidvegi, a former plastic surgeon, to give the place a facelift.
The Lamb Inn
Burford - 20 miles away
Occupying 15th-century weavers’ cottages subsumed by an 18th-century inn on the aptly named Sheep Street, this is the kind of traditional, inclusive, tea-by-the-fire sort of place that sits so well in a historic market town.
Calcot & Spa
Tetbury - 20 miles away
Country house luxury and child-friendliness are a happy combination at this spa hotel, occupying a 16th-century Cotswold manor house in ‘lovely, manicured grounds’.
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Hotels near Cheltenham Racecourse
Ellenborough Park
Cheltenham - 1.1 miles away
No. 38 The Park
Cheltenham - 1.2 miles away
Easy-going cool seeps through this Georgian town house in a leafy corner of Pittville, close to Cheltenham Racecourse. Smartly styled bedrooms set their own tone, with a claw-footed bath here, or an original fireplace there. Large-choice breakfasts include seasonal fruit, avocado and poached eggs on sourdough toast, American-style pancakes, crispy smoked streaky bacon, and maple syrup. Part of The Lucky Onion Family.
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