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B&B · Bourton-on-the-Water
Holly House
An adults-only bed and breakfast for couples on Station Road, Bourton-on-the-Water, with six en-suite rooms, parking for each and a cooked-to-order breakfast.
A quiet, couples-only guest house a short stroll from the village centre, with its own parking, which counts for a lot in Bourton. No children, groups or pets, and the two top rooms are up a steeper stair.
- Good: A parking space for every room
- Good: Rooms from £117 a night with breakfast; 10 to 15% off three nights or more
- Good: Breakfast cooked to order, from 8.30am to 9.30am
- Worth knowing: Adults only (18 and over), and no groups of more than four
- Worth knowing: No pets
- Worth knowing: No lift; two rooms are up a steeper second-floor stair
About
Holly House is a bed and breakfast on Station Road in Bourton-on-the-Water, run by Jayne and David, a short stroll from the village's shops and restaurants. It takes adults only and is set up for couples: no children, no pets and no groups of more than four.
There are six en-suite rooms with showers, four on the first floor and two, the Windrush Room and the Naunton Suite, up a steeper stair on the second. Each has a fridge, a smart TV and a fan (there is no air conditioning), all six have king or super-king beds, and the Naunton and Notgrove suites add a separate sitting room. There is no lift, but the owners will carry luggage up. Rooms cost £117 to £135 a night with breakfast when we checked in October 2026, less for three nights or more; a 30% deposit is taken when you book. Breakfast, which has won the tourist board's award ten years running, is cooked to order: a cold buffet, then a full English, kippers, eggs Benedict or something lighter. A cooked breakfast can be had from 8am on request, and a continental one earlier.
Every room has a parking space in front of the house, so you can leave the car and walk: Bourton, Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter starts in the village. There is no taxi rank in Bourton, and the owners suggest booking taxis and evening tables ahead.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast
- Rooms
- 6
- Check-in
- 2pm to 6pm
- Check-out
- By 10.30am
- Features
- Parking · Wi-Fi
- Parking
- Car park in front of the house, one space per room.
- Without a car
- Train to Moreton-in-Marsh, then the 801 bus to Bourton.
Photos
The garden 
A bedroom 
The lilac bedroom 
The landing sitting area
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Mousetrap Inn 0.5 km away
- The Lansdowne Guest House 0.6 km away
- The Willow 0.6 km away
- The Dial House 0.7 km away
Sights nearby
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St Lawrence's Church, Bourton-on-the-Water
Sight · Church · Bourton-on-the-Water
St Lawrence's is Bourton-on-the-Water's parish church on the High Street: a chancel of 1328, a Georgian tower of 1784 under a lead dome and a nave taken back to the Gothic style in 1891. Grade II*, open daily from about 10am to 4pm, step-free and dog friendly.
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Bourton-on-the-Water war memorial
Sight · Monument · Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton-on-the-Water's war memorial is a tall stone cross of 1920 on the green beside the Windrush, raised by the village for its 27 men who died in the First World War, with 12 names added after the Second. Listed Grade II; open at all times.
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Narrow Bridge, Bourton-on-the-Water
Sight · Bridge · Bourton-on-the-Water
Narrow Bridge is the oldest dated of the low stone footbridges over the Windrush in Bourton-on-the-Water, built in 1756 with three rusticated arches and low parapets. Listed Grade II with three of its neighbours, it is crossed free at any time.
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Salmonsbury Camp
Sight · Hill fort or barrow · Bourton-on-the-Water
Salmonsbury Camp is an Iron Age fortified enclosure of about 23 hectares just east of Bourton-on-the-Water, its double banks still up to 2m high on three sides, with Roman and Saxon finds and a charter of AD 779. A scheduled monument on Greystones Farm reserve.