We recently stayed 1 night (as a short stop over) at Cross O'th Hill Farm and had a very comfortable and pleasant stay there.

It is ideally located for a visit to Stratford-Upon-Avon - quiet and far away enough from traffic but only about 12 minutes walk across some fields into town, right beside the river Avon. (and a very pleasant walk too, in fine sunny weather.)

The main house is a lovely old restored famhouse - very large, with a mix of old period pieces and contemporary artworks. There is a lovely old grand piano in the lounge which guests may play and a croquet lawn for a game, if weather is good.

Our room was a large clean ensuite with a very comfortable superking-size bed and nice soft pillows. The decoration was mainly clean, simple lines (no chintz here!) with a large antique closet-like piece of furniture in the room as the main centrepiece (after the large bed). There were also tea/ coffee / biscuits facilities, a small flat-screen TV and 2 small dressing tables (one on each side of the bed). Our room window faced the croquet lawn and a balcony (which is probably accessable from one of the other rooms).

There was an ensuite bathroom with a roll-top bath and toilet (No shower in our bathroom but there was a shower-head.). Water-pressure was good and no problems with running out of hot water when taking a bath. Lots of towels, handwash and a bar of soap provided - but take your own bubblebath / showergel along if you think you prefer that to just a bar of soap. Again, the bathroom was tastefully decorated with clean, simple lines.

We had a good breakfast in the breakfast room, under a chandelier with opera in the background. There was coffee/tea, cereals, fruit, organic yoghurt, a homemade smoothie (we were given a banana and victoria smoothie), toast with preserves and honey...and a healthy full English breakfast (as advertised on their website). Yes, believe it or not, it WAS actually relatively healthy - we had grilled tomatoes, grilled mushrooms, grilled bacon (trimmed of all the fat and rind) and a poached egg on toast... and we could hardly see any grease on our plates!

Decima & her husband are very friendly and helpful hosts who are a credit to their B&B. (They helped recommend several nearby places to visit and dine, which we really enjoyed. )