Welcome to West Wing Abbey Manor

Bed and Breakfast in Evesham, close to the Cotswolds at The West Wing Abbey Manor is a special occasion. Unique luxury in a Victorian Country House setting is provided for discerning visitors to the Cotswolds and Worcestershire

The West Wing offers country house bed and breakfast accommodation on the edge of the Cotswolds at Evesham in a historic house with 30 acres of gardens and with easy access to Stratford on Avon, Broadway, Bourton on the Water and the many other delightful towns and villages in the Cotswolds.

The West Wing Abbey Manor is a stunning Gothic Revival Country House providing Bed and Breakfast, within the Vale of Evesham, with commanding views across the River Avon towards Bredon Hill and the Cotswold escarpment. The house, gardens and woodland provide an escape from the hustle of modern life and an opportunity to experience history made real.

Elegantly furnished spacious rooms, beautiful breakfasts and the opportunity to unwind means that Abbey Manor provides the perfect location from which to explore the undulating hills and peaceful wooded slopes of the Cotswolds and some of the prettiest countryside in England.

Easily accessible by road and by railway train, so for luxury bed and breakfast accomodation with ensuite in Evesham why not book now?

Within the house, you can relax in the drawing room and peruse the before and after photographs and the scrap book on the history of the house and grounds. Home cooked breakfast with home made preserves is served in the dining room where you can enjoy the beautiful view over the parkland and the river Avon to Bredon Hill beyond. From the hallway, the grand staircase, leads to bedrooms that are sumptuously large, bright and inviting.

Wile away an hour or so with a game of snooker on the full size billiard table or for the more energetic a hard tennis court is available. Meander through the gardens and woodland and along the way you will see a lily pond and pass monastic relics including a Saxon Abbots tomb and an intricate seat of medieval stonework. There are some hauntingly beautiful thirty acres of pasture and woodland with mature trees and historic relics to explore. The whole is a treat not to be missed.

Lying just off the A46, access to and from Abbey Manor is ideal, with link roads connecting to the M5, M42 and M40 motorway networks providing access to Bristol, Birmingham, London, Cheltenham and Gloucester. The mainline railway station at Evesham has trains running via Oxford to London Paddington. The larger towns of Cheltenham, Worcester and Stratford upon Avon are all approximately within a 15 mile radius.



The Gardens

The West Wing stands in its own garden within the grounds of Abbey Manor Park amounting to around 30 acres of wood and parkland. Set above the town of Evesham it provides a delightful vista, through majestic trees over grazing pastureland. Within the gardens is a delightful walk along stone edged paths, mature rose covered arches, past monastic relics beside manicured lawns with a tranquil lake, an enclosed hard tennis court and a thatched root house.

View from the garden at country house bed and breakfast Evesham

View from the garden at country house bed and breakfast Evesham

The Lily Pond Abbey Manor

The Lily Pond Abbey Manor

To the woods at Evesham bed and breakfast

To the woods at Evesham bed and breakfast

Woodland Walk Worcestershire near the Cotswolds

Woodland Walk Worcestershire near the Cotswolds

Things to do

The West Wing Abbey Manor is the ideal place from which to explore the Cotswolds or travel to the Malvern Hills, Cheltenham, Warwick Castle and Stratford on Avon. The picturesque villages of Broadway, Chipping Campden, Winchcombe and Stow on the Wold are close by.

Within easy reach are places of interest such as the castles and houses of Warwick, Sudeley, Blenheim Palace and Eastnor and the tranquil gardens of Hidcote, Kiftsgate, Sezincote, Batsford and Westonbirt Arboretum.

The Vale of Evesham is renowned for its fertile soil and a long history of fruit and vegetable growing and is known as the ‘Gardens of England’. Evesham, located on the River Avon that winds through the town, retains the charm of a traditional market town. Here you can shop for gifts or essentials or relax with a quiet riverside walk.

Bring wellies in damp weather for a full walk around the grounds with John and Jill. Along the way you will see a small lake of lilies and pass monastic relics including a Saxon Abbots tomb and an intricate seat of medieval stonework. Until recently this was an overgrown and neglected sleeping beauty, now it is a hauntingly beautiful forty acres of woodland, historic relics, mature trees and lush grassland. A hard tennis court is available for the more energetic guests. Also allow a little time to peruse through the before and after photographs and scrap book which they have put together. The whole is a treat not to be missed.

For those of a more energetic mind the area offers excellent walking and horse riding routes with well marked footpaths and bridleways, throughout the area, around Bredon Hill and the renowned Cotswold Way, which can be joined in the picturesque Cotswold village of Broadway.

There are several established and challenging golf clubs with Evesham Golf Club at Fladbury, 'The Vale' Golf Club at Bishampton and also Broadway Golf Club.

Leicester's Tower

Leicester's Tower
The Battle of Evesham in 1265 was fought over the parkland which now belongs to Abbey Manor. Simon de Montfort, The Earl of Leicester was killed in the battle in 1265 and in 1842 the Rudge family built the Leicester Tower in his memory and this can be seen from the house. In 1845 they erected the Obelisk in the woods to commemorate the battle.

Lights, camera, action! - The Cotswolds as a film location

The Cotswolds with its stunning locations, picture-postcard cottages, historic houses and gardens, intermingled with picturesque honey coloured villages and towns has attracted many film producers and directors looking for that special location.

The area claims many film productions including These Foolish Things, a new film version of Vanity Fair, The Libertine, Cider with Rosie, Clandestine Marriage (Joan Collins and Timothy Spall), If, The Whistle Blower (Michael Caine), Forgotten (Amanda Burton & Paul McGann), plus the long running TV series Butterflies, House of Elliot, Wyvern Mysteries, Clarence (Ronnie Barker) and The Buccaneers.

Gloucester Cathedral has been the location for the famous Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and in the Doctor Who Christmas Special.

Just a few miles from West Wing Abbey Manor, the quaint village of Snowshill was home to the first Bridget Jones film for the snow scene and carol singers when Bridget visits her parents at Christmas.

Johnny Depp also stepped into the Cotswolds at Stanway House to play a drunken rogue in 'The Libertine'.

West Wing itself has featured in several photoshoots for clients such as Eastex Fashions, One World Productions, Period Living, More Magazine, Patons (Knitting) and Wolsey. So if you are location scout or film producer please contact us as we have an ideal location ourselves as well having an extensive informal network of contacts for many different locations throughout the Cotswolds and the Midlands