Curated luxury hotels in East Ilsley

Award winners of the Good Hotel Award, The Queen’s Arms offers elegant accommodation in the Lambourn Valley, an area known for its horse-racing heritage. Within 20-25 minutes’ drive of Newbury and Swindon, it provides free parking and WiFi and a classic British food menu.

Offering 12 bedrooms, each room has a flat-screen TV, DVD player, seating area and tea and coffee facilities, and many have views of the paddocks. All have an en suite shower with a hairdryer and toiletries provided, and the suites and superior rooms feature a free-standing roll-top bath.

A full cooked breakfast is served each morning. The restaurant offers traditional British dining, a tempting range of desserts and an impressive list of European and New World wines.

This property offers facilities to host parties, celebrations and weddings, as well as offer board meeting and conference rooms for those on business.

The Queen’s Arms is 25 minutes’ drive from the pretty Wiltshire market town of Marlborough, just outside Savernake Forest. This inn is also close to the Oxfordshire border, with Didcot within 30 minutes and Oxford within 40 minutes’ drive.

Located in Reading, The Hind's Head is in a rural location – a 2-minute drive from Kennet & Avon Canal and 5 minutes from Bishopwood Golf Club. This inn is 9.4 mi (15.1 km) from Thames River and 12.1 mi (19.5 km) from Highclere Castle.

Located in Hungerford, The Dundas Arms is a 1-minute drive from Kennet & Avon Canal and 6 minutes from Deanwood Park Golf Course. This inn is 12.4 mi (19.9 km) from Highclere Castle and 4.1 mi (6.5 km) from Combe Gibbet.

With a stay at Swan, Thatcham by Marston’s Inns in Thatcham, you'll be a 3-minute walk from St. Mary's Church (Thatcham) and within a 5-minute drive of Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre. This inn is 11.5 mi (18.5 km) from Highclere Castle and 15.3 mi (24.7 km) from Thames River.

With a stay at Old Abbey House Hotel in Abingdon, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Thames River and University of Oxford. This hotel is 10.9 mi (17.5 km) from John Radcliffe Hospital and 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Abingdon Abbey.

With a stay at The Coat and Bear, you'll be centrally located in Newbury, within a 15-minute drive of Highclere Castle and West Berkshire Museum. This hotel is 14.5 mi (23.3 km) from Thames River and 0.4 mi (0.6 km) from Kennet & Avon Canal.

Elcot Park Hotel has undergone a complete refurbishment and is relaunching as ‘The Retreat’; a newly re-imaged 18th-century country house hotel and community beacon, set in 16 acres of magnificent grounds, and located between Hungerford and Newbury in the heart of the beautiful West Berkshire countryside with breath-taking views across the Kennet valley.

Joining its riverside cousin, The Mitre at Hampton Court, The Retreat is the second hotel by
the acclaimed Signet Collection, and is home to 55 individually-styled bedrooms and suites,
two fantastic eating & drinking experiences, Yu; our pan-Asian restaurant and 1772, our all-day dining
Brasserie and The Signet Spa, an expansive health club with hydrotherapy pools, treatment rooms,
steam & sauna, gym, spin studio and wellness area.

Within the hotel grounds there is a walled working garden, tennis court, an outdoor
infinity pool, croquet lawn and a
children’s zone.
"The Courtyard is a mixed use space with deli and and hair salon".

The Retreat is a place to relax by the log fire, enjoy great food & drink, stay over in stylish and
comfortable bedrooms, go for a dip and sink into a comfortable sofa with a glass of something. Careful use of antiques and playful use of textures and art lend soulfulness to give the Retreat its unique country casual character.