We are delighted to have been awarded the 3 red star AA Inspectors' Choice 2024. For more information on Goldstone Hall Hotel, or to enquire about bookings or any further information, please contact 01630 661202 or email enquiries@goldstonehall.com
After the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness November can feel like the turning of the year and it truly can be a capricious month. At any moment warmth can be stolen away and replaced by winter chill, as William Cullen Bryant captured it. “Yet one smile more, departing, distant sun! One mellow smile through the soft vapory [...]
We are delighted to have been awarded the AA Notable Wine List Award for 2024. See info about our bar and cellar here. Goldstone Garden The Goldstone Hall Gardens are mature and intriguingly designed, including formal and informal planting, encapsulating the essence of a quintessential English garden. Set in 5-acre grounds overlooking the tree-strewn rolling countryside, enjoy one of [...]
Winner in ‘Good Hotel Guide Editor’s Choice Award 2024 We are thrilled to announce that we have been named as a winner of the prestigious 2024 Good Hotel Guide’s Editor’s Choice Award for Gardens. The Good Hotel Guide is the U.K.’s leading accommodation guide with independent advice and reviews of luxury and boutique hotels, B&Bs and Inns. The [...]
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the 'Small Serviced Accommodation Provider of the Year' category of the West Midlands Tourism Awards 2024. The awards celebrate best practice across the West Midlands tourism industry in 14 categories, giving the region’s tourism and hospitality businesses an opportunity to be recognised for their quality, innovation and exceptional customer service. Owner [...]
The Garden in October There seems to be no rhyme or reason why some things stick in the memory and others do not. For me, the month of October always brings back memories of school days. When everyone would bring in bags stuffed with wonky marrows or gluts of runner beans or else tinned stuff for the [...]
The end of meteorological summer can seem like a turning point in the year that carries echoes of spring from dewy mornings to cooler evenings. Earlier in the year the low sunlight picked out peonies and roses. Now pink and white anemones are picked out in the low autumn light along the double herbaceous border. These are quintessential [...]
The Goldstone Garden is positively brimming with summer exuberance. Along the double tiered herbaceous borders, Crocosmia are trumpeting the arrival of summer with their vibrant red blooms held above stiff, sword like foliage. They contrast wonderfully with the lavender coloured Phlox, a real star at this time of year. Phlox come in many shapes, sizes and colours including [...]
We are delighted to announce that Ross Underwood has been appointed as the new Head Gardener at Goldstone Hall Country House Hotel. Ross, who previously worked as head gardener at nearby Hodnet Hall Gardens, has a long career and experience in horticulture including working for David Austin Roses and Bridgemere Garden World, and is also trustee at Dorothy [...]
We are delighted to have begun a new partnership with Garden Organic’s Heritage Seed Library (HSL), with the aim of reviving, conserving and protecting a selection of heritage and heirloom vegetable seed varieties, some of which have historical origins in Shropshire. The heritage varieties which are being trialled here at Goldstone Hall Hotel in our one acre kitchen garden [...]
