Charingworth Manor has its own Leisure Spa, perfect for relaxing and unwinding, with its indoor heated swimming pool, sauna, steam room and solarium. We've a fully-equiped gym and an outdoor tennis court with one of the best views in the Cotswolds!
The Cotswolds
Within a few miles of the historic town of Chipping Campden, with its honey-gold stone buildings, Charingworth Manor sits at the gateway to the Cotswold Hills. An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it is no surprise that this is one of the most popular destinations in England. Meandering roads take you to quaint villages with thatched cottages and traditional pubs, and delightful market towns such as Stow on the Wold, Burford and Broadway, and you can lose yourself in miles and miles of footpaths through ancient landscape that will take your breath away.
Explore historic National Trust properties and gardens such as Chedworth Roman Villa and the world famous gardens at Hidcote Manor. Take a day out to Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick Castle or the magnificent Blenheim Palace. See for miles from Broadway Tower or the Malvern Hills. Absorb yourself in thousands of years of history.
PLUS Batsford Arboretum, Hidcote and Kiftsgate gardens, Bourton on the Water, Broadway Tower and Country Park, Cheltenham Racecourse, Cotswold Falconry Centre, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway, Sudeley Castle and Gardens
Longborough Opera
The Glyndebourne of the Cotswolds - fabulous Opera in the grounds of a private house.
www.lfo.org.uk
The 2010 season this year runs from 17th June to 31st July and the operas will be:
Mozart's Don Giovanni
Puccini's Madame Butterfly
Wagner's Die Walkyrie
Charingworth's History
There has been a manor at Charingworth since the time of the Domesday Book in the 11th century. The present Tudor- Jacobean house sits in 54 acres of grounds. In the 1930s, it hosted such illustrious guests as TS Eliot, who wrote an ode to Charingworth.

