Self-catering · Winchcombe
Sudeley Castle Cottages
Nineteen holiday cottages on the Sudeley Castle estate at Winchcombe, sleeping three to fourteen, some dog-friendly, with free castle entry in season.
Dog-friendly
Stay on the castle estate and the gardens are yours to visit as often as you like in the open season, with Winchcombe's pubs a few minutes' walk away. Booking is through Bolthole Retreats, not the castle.
- Good: Free entry to the castle and gardens, as often as you like, in the open season
- Good: Eleven of the nineteen take dogs, most up to two
- Good: All but two have their own garden, patio or courtyard
- Good: A few minutes' walk from Winchcombe's centre
- Worth knowing: Booked through Bolthole Retreats, not the castle
- Worth knowing: Separately ticketed castle events are not included
About
Sudeley Castle lets nineteen holiday cottages on its estate on the edge of Winchcombe, a few minutes' walk from the town centre and from the castle itself. Between them they sleep groups of three to fourteen.
Some are old estate buildings put back into use, among them a former paper mill, an old forge and a row of eighteenth-century workers' cottages; others are newer houses built in Cotswold stone. All but two, which are apartments, have their own garden, patio or courtyard. Eleven of them take dogs, for an extra fee: Almsbury Farmhouse takes up to three, and Anne Boleyn, Archers, Badgerwood, Castle Gatehouse, Charles I, George III, Prince Rupert, Queen Mary, The Old Laundry and 14 Vineyard Street up to two. The estate cottages park off the road, most in a large car park shared by the guests; 14 Vineyard Street, in the town, has only limited street parking nearby. The Old Laundry, which sleeps up to twelve, has a hot tub.
The draw is the castle on the doorstep. Guests can visit Sudeley Castle and Gardens free, as many times as they like, while it is open for the season; events with their own tickets are extra. Walkers can set off from the door: the Winchcombe and Belas Knap walk climbs from the town to the long barrow on the hill above the estate.
The cottages suit families, groups of friends and anyone who wants to cook for themselves and walk to the pub. They are let only through Bolthole Retreats, which handles prices, availability and the details of each cottage.
Bolthole Retreats' own booking terms give check-in from 4pm and check-out at 10am or 11am, depending on the cottage, with no early arrivals or late departures. Most of its properties take a minimum stay of two nights, longer at some times of year. Every property has Wi-Fi, bed linen and towels are included as standard, and each dog-friendly cottage sets its own limit and charge per dog. The booking office is on 01242 851208.
The details
- Rooms
- 19
- Features
- Garden or terrace · Dogs in rooms · Parking
- History
- Estate buildings including an old paper mill, a forge and 18th-century cottages
- Parking
- Off-road parking for every cottage on the estate, in a large shared car park or at the house; 14 Vineyard Street in the town has limited on-street parking and public pay and display car parks nearby.
Photos
The gatehouse 
A sitting room 
A cottage 
A courtyard with hot tub
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Sudeley Castle and Gardens
- The White Hart Inn 0.2 km away
- Winchcombe Museum 0.2 km away
- The Lion Inn 0.3 km away
Sights nearby
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Vineyard Bridge, Winchcombe
Sight · Bridge · Winchcombe
Vineyard Bridge is the single stone arch of 1891 that carries Vineyard Street over the River Isbourne in Winchcombe, the last work in the town of the architect J. Drayton Wyatt and the way to Sudeley Castle. Listed Grade II.
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Dent's Terrace, Winchcombe
Sight · Historic building · Winchcombe
A row of ten almshouses of 1865 on Abbey Terrace, Winchcombe, by Sir George Gilbert Scott and J Drayton Wyatt for John and Emma Dent of Sudeley Castle: cream, yellow and pink stone under stepped gables. Grade II.
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River Isbourne
Sight · River · Winchcombe
The River Isbourne rises at a spring on Cleeve Hill above Winchcombe and runs north past Postlip, Winchcombe, Toddington and Sedgeberrow to join the Avon at Evesham. A waymarked path of some 14 miles, the Isbourne Way, follows it.
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St Peter's Church, Winchcombe
Sight · Church · Winchcombe
St Peter's is Winchcombe's Grade I parish church, built in one campaign in about 1458 to 1468, with some 40 carved grotesques round its walls, a fan-vaulted tower and two stone coffins tied to the St Kenelm story. Usually open daily.