Three couples are traveling to the Cotswolds in May. We are considering staying at one of these for 3 nights: Mount Pleasant Farm, Horse & Hound, Small Talk Lodge, Southwold House, Crestow House or Nineveh Farm. If you have any experience or suggestions on these- it would be most helpful. We only want ensuite facilities. Thanks so much.

Bringing your message back up "to the top", since you are brand new here.

Best wishes,

Rex

OK - B&Bs are quite small places so the chance of any Fodorites staying in a particular one is not very large. And for someone who MIGHT have stayed in one of these to see your thread is even less. So to give you a better cahence of response -- instead of just topping it, it would be better to re-post and include the names in your title.

(I lived near the cotwolds for several years and go back often - and I'm not familiar w/ any of the six. But that doesn't mean much since there are soooooo many B&Bs in the area. Also - just googling 3 or 4 of them they are in different villages - Stow on the Wold, Broadway, Chipping Campden, etc. - so another reason to re-post)

We stayed at Crestow house in the fall of 2001. It was the nicest B & B in which I've ever stayed, and it's in a great location in Stay-on-the-Wold, just across the street from the main road into town, maybe .2 miles to the city center. We had a huge double on the first floor (one flight up from main floor.) Huge, old-fashioned bath. Big brick Victorian mansion. They reportedly have a pool, though we were there in Sept. and didn't look for it.

We were served a wonderful breakfasts by hosts Fred and Jorge, really nice guys from NYC.

The place was in a brilliant location for touring the Cotswolds.

P.S. I don't know how many rooms they rent, so hopefully you'll be able to find room there for three couples. If Fred and Jorge still own and run the place, they'll be great entertainment for all of you at breakfast.

Another post-script. by ".2 miles," I mean two or three blocks away.

Oops! The host's name at Crestow House is Frank, not Fred.

Website is http://www.crestow.co.uk/index.htm
e-mail is:
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Gosh, is it ever time to go to bed! I meant to say "Stow-on-the-Wold," obviously.

Well, at least I'm helping to keep your post to the top so you'll have a better chance of getting more responses.

By the way, when we looked for B & B's in the U.K., we found the best booking help was offered by www.smoothhound.co.uk

Thanks for the info, Mary Fran. I'm going to check that out for my next trip. Might do a few days in the Cotswolds as well as London.

And I'll just add I like the town of Stowe. Would be good to check that wherever you stay has parking.

Mary Fran. Thanks for the input on Cotswolds and Crestow House. It is in our top 3, so will definitely see if they have our dates available. Thanks again.