The Dacha at Asthall Guidebook
Good Local Pubs with Food
We are spoiled for choice with so many excellent pubs to eat in close by.
This lovely pub is about 20 minutes away and the food is really good. Outdoor tables in a courtyard. Lovely fire in winter.
34 locals recommend
The Bell Inn Langford
This lovely pub is about 20 minutes away and the food is really good. Outdoor tables in a courtyard. Lovely fire in winter.
This is now called The Double Red Duke at Clanfield. They do wonderful barbecued food here and the garden tables are especially nice. A very old and beautiful building. You can also get breakfast.
21 locals recommend
The Double Red Duke
Bourton RoadThis is now called The Double Red Duke at Clanfield. They do wonderful barbecued food here and the garden tables are especially nice. A very old and beautiful building. You can also get breakfast.
Great pub with lots of Mitford photos. Nancy, Unity, Diana and Pamela are buried in the nearby churchyard. I believe it is still owned by the Devonshire estate. Tables by the river. Nice garden.
37 locals recommend
The Swan Inn
A40Great pub with lots of Mitford photos. Nancy, Unity, Diana and Pamela are buried in the nearby churchyard. I believe it is still owned by the Devonshire estate. Tables by the river. Nice garden.
Big and friendly barn conversion with roaring fire and excellent food.
72 locals recommend
The Chequers
Church RoadBig and friendly barn conversion with roaring fire and excellent food.
This great pub was a big feature in the FT Weekend recently and deserves a visit.
39 locals recommend
The Lamb Inn
This great pub was a big feature in the FT Weekend recently and deserves a visit.
We are blessed with this lovely pub. Two minutes' walk and with excellent food. It is now under the Daylesford umbrella and if anything slightly improved on its former incarnation. It is now called The Three Horseshoes.
12 locals recommend
The Maytime Inn
We are blessed with this lovely pub. Two minutes' walk and with excellent food. It is now under the Daylesford umbrella and if anything slightly improved on its former incarnation. It is now called The Three Horseshoes.
Food scene
This is a smart pub/restaurant for a special occasion. About 15 minutes in the car.
127 locals recommend
The Wild Rabbit
This is a smart pub/restaurant for a special occasion. About 15 minutes in the car.
Great coffee and croissants. Eat in or bring home for breakfast!
Ue Coffee Roasters Roastery Cafe & Kitchen
Great coffee and croissants. Eat in or bring home for breakfast!
Sightseeing
Try to go outside rush hour because it can get busy on the A40. Parking is very difficult but there are several park and rides. You can visit the colleges and see the Asthall Hoard in the Ashmolean.
556 locals recommend
Oxford
Try to go outside rush hour because it can get busy on the A40. Parking is very difficult but there are several park and rides. You can visit the colleges and see the Asthall Hoard in the Ashmolean.
Famous attraction with big gardens. Combine a visit with a mooch around Woodstock.
657 locals recommend
Blenheim Palace
Famous attraction with big gardens. Combine a visit with a mooch around Woodstock.
Bourton on the Water
Very pretty Cotswold village. 25 minutes from Asthall.
Broadway
Ttraditional Cotswold village.
A very famous village with historic architecture. 20 minutes from Asthall.
198 locals recommend
Bibury
A very famous village with historic architecture. 20 minutes from Asthall.
This is an enormously popular park with animals. Book ahead. It's just outside Burford so about 15 minutes' away.
442 locals recommend
Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
This is an enormously popular park with animals. Book ahead. It's just outside Burford so about 15 minutes' away.
This is enormous fun and if you don't like crocodiles they also have meerkats! Ten minutes down the road towards Brize Norton.
66 locals recommend
Crocodiles of the World
Burford RoadThis is enormous fun and if you don't like crocodiles they also have meerkats! Ten minutes down the road towards Brize Norton.
Stow-on-the-Wold
Another pretty village! 25 minutes away max.
National treasure. Just the far side of Tetbury so about 50 minutes from Asthall.
340 locals recommend
Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
National treasure. Just the far side of Tetbury so about 50 minutes from Asthall.
A lovely small town surrounded by Roman remains. The amphitheatre is largely earthworks rather than actual remains but is a lovely place to visit. Also Roman wall and museum. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cirencester-amphitheatre/
373 locals recommend
Cirencester
A lovely small town surrounded by Roman remains. The amphitheatre is largely earthworks rather than actual remains but is a lovely place to visit. Also Roman wall and museum. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cirencester-amphitheatre/
Delightful small pottery (mostly for garden pots) where you can order an engraved pot for a special occasion. Near the Rollright Stones.
15 locals recommend
Aston Pottery and Trading Company
Delightful small pottery (mostly for garden pots) where you can order an engraved pot for a special occasion. Near the Rollright Stones.
12th century church and graveyard. From here you can enjoy views of the manor which is only open to the public when On Form is on - a wonderful sculpture exhibition every other year. Asthall Manor was briefly the home of the Mitford sisters.
St Nicholas Church
2 Round Cottages12th century church and graveyard. From here you can enjoy views of the manor which is only open to the public when On Form is on - a wonderful sculpture exhibition every other year. Asthall Manor was briefly the home of the Mitford sisters.
This is an extraordinary place, actually a showroom for an American design company, Radical Hardware, but well worth a visit. Free to enter. Valet parking. Expensive, mouthwatering restaurant.
Aynhoe Park
This is an extraordinary place, actually a showroom for an American design company, Radical Hardware, but well worth a visit. Free to enter. Valet parking. Expensive, mouthwatering restaurant.
Nature
Wychwood Wild Garden
Station RoadA little known place for tranquil walks.
Rollright Stones
Rollright RoadAncient site with wonderful field walks around.
Shopping
Tetbury is a beautiful town with antiques to die for. Also the Highgrove shop. Plenty of places to eat and the architecture of the shops is special too. If you like book shops do not miss The Yellow-Lighted book shop in the High Street. Tetbury is approx 45 minutes from Asthall.
204 locals recommend
Tetbury
Tetbury is a beautiful town with antiques to die for. Also the Highgrove shop. Plenty of places to eat and the architecture of the shops is special too. If you like book shops do not miss The Yellow-Lighted book shop in the High Street. Tetbury is approx 45 minutes from Asthall.
This is a veritable day out in itself. Lovely book section and cafe. Food and alcohol. Plants indoor and out. Clothes and home wares as well as garden supplies. Very nice old furniture for sale. Great for presents.
108 locals recommend
Burford Garden Center
Shilton RoadThis is a veritable day out in itself. Lovely book section and cafe. Food and alcohol. Plants indoor and out. Clothes and home wares as well as garden supplies. Very nice old furniture for sale. Great for presents.
Chipping Norton
Quaint old town.
Very beautiful Cotswold village. Cotwold Grey is a good furniture/lamp/rug shop.
115 locals recommend
Moreton in Marsh
Very beautiful Cotswold village. Cotwold Grey is a good furniture/lamp/rug shop.
Super expensive but superior quality food and clothes. Lovely cafe.
273 locals recommend
Daylesford Kingham, Gloucestershire
Super expensive but superior quality food and clothes. Lovely cafe.
Gift/food/antique shops in an unspoilt Cotswold small town. Free car park.
256 locals recommend
Burford
Gift/food/antique shops in an unspoilt Cotswold small town. Free car park.
Things to do
Clay Pigeon Shoot Ltd Essex Shooting Ground OPEN ON ALTERNATE SATURDAYS ONLY, PLEASE SEE OUR MAIN WEBSITE FOR FIXTURES
https://www.asthallmanor.com/whats-on-list/
Asthall Manor often has painting/yoga and other classes to offer. 2 minutes' walk from the dacha
7 locals recommend
Asthall Manor
https://www.asthallmanor.com/whats-on-list/
Asthall Manor often has painting/yoga and other classes to offer. 2 minutes' walk from the dacha
The Yard Pottery Painting Co.
Sheep StreetVisitors have very much enjoyed this pottery painting.
Just ten minutes away you can make a souvenir of your stay or a present for someone at home.
The Pottery Place
48 High StJust ten minutes away you can make a souvenir of your stay or a present for someone at home.
Crocodiles of the World
Burford RoadHuge fun. Meerkats and crocs.
Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
Highly recommended but gets busy.