Cricket St Thomas Hotel
A Third Age Adult Only Hotels feature
by our Holidays & Travel Editor
Cricket St Thomas Hotel is a Grade-II listed country house near Chard in the heart of Somerset. Less than an hour from Exeter, Cricket St. Thomas Hotel, combining the main house and adjoining new building, is cradled in a valley, right in the middle of a beautifully archetypal West Country scene.
Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton spent many a happy hour in this beautiful part of the Somerset countryside. But what makes this hotel truly unique is its Gardens and Wildlife park with the fascinating Lemur Wood. Come the evening, there’s another wild time to be had with live entertainment in the Late Lounge.
In the hotel’s gardens, mature cedars, maples and yews have been lovingly preserved, while new lawns and a variety of shrub and woodland plantings have added still more to the already beautiful Somerset surroundings.
Included in the price of your break:
- Regency manor house designed by Sir John Soane, dating from 1820
- Famous as the location for the TV series ‘To the Manor Born’
- Lovingly restored state rooms and fabulous grand staircase
- 160 acres of landscaped parkland set amid a picturesque riverside setting
- 12th Century parish church of St. Thomas and walled garden within the grounds
- Cricket St. Thomas Wildlife Park with its famous Madagascan Lemurs
- Terrace Coffee Shop for morning tea, lunch and afternoon coffee
- Decleor Gold Beauty Salon with health and beauty therapies
Cricket St. Thomas also boasts it’s own unique reasons to visit:
- Main House with Historic Rooms
- New wing with Signature and Ambassador rooms
- The Tree Tops restaurant for breakfast and three course evening meal
- Tastefully modelled 19m deck level swimming pool
- Sauna, steam room, tropicarium and fitness studio
- Croquet, tennis and boules courts
- The Terrace and Pavilion Bars
- The Late Lounge, featuring complimentary evening shows
To find out more or to book your break at Cricket St Thomas Hotel, visit Cricket St Thomas Hotel, the perfect place for a Third Age break!
