Mr & MRS Smith Eckington Manor

We only stayed at eckington manor because other plans got changed. This was a high light of our English holiday for us. Apart from traveling along some quant English roads the manor estate was delightful. The room was lovely, clean and very comfortable. We thought we would have to get a local pub meal from in the small town, but we found that the manor had its own Resteraunt. Oh boy, were we pleasantly surprised. Not only was the food being cooked by a past winner of Masterchef profession. It was magic. (Even better than a local pub meal) the wine was nice too. We also met some lovely other travelers. I highly recommend the manor. Even just for a weekend away. Brilliant.

Stumbled across this online and booked a one night Dinner BnB en-route to an exhibition. Easy to find tucked on the edges of Eckington village the renovated farm buildings and Manor House sit gently in gardens surrounding the courtyard. Warm welcome from the start from genuinely friendly and engaged team. Dinner was fabulous, (from an acclaimed chef) and the room in the old milking parlour was spacious, comfortable and beautifully appointed. Generous breakfast choices and a relaxed checkout (nothing worse than being rushed of a morning) Thoroughly recommend a stay, we’d like to return to explore the area a little more.

We attended a cookery course at Eckington Manor’s cookery school. What a fabulous experience. Lovely chef to lead us through the prep and cooking of two dry tasty and re-cookable dishes. Cleaning fairies were great …so no washing up or clearing of the immaculate work stations. Learned some great new skills and enjoyed the food we cooked very much ….. thank you to everyone involved it was a great experience and we may well be back for another course.

We enjoyed our stay. In particular the food was really excellent and the service in the restaurant , particularly from Matt was first class backed up by the friendly and attentive Elsa. Our room fuctioned well but we felt that the website, featuring the beamed house and charming rooms was a bit misleading as the row of rooms in the old cattle sheds did not live up to expectations. They could have been lightened up and given that we were staying for four nights it would have been good to have more than 2 very smalll drawers for 2 peoples' clothes particularly as the space was taken up by a non functioning log burner, dark and irrelevant, and adding to the dark feeling enhanced as it was by the proximity to the window of a hedge necessry, I suppose, to obscure the car park view. The bed was comfortable, the shower simple to operate and excellent but the room needed lifting and brightening

Eckington Manor is very quiet and peaceful. We slept very well as the bed is extremely comfortable. The shower is excellent with good pressure and plenty of hot water. The staff are very friendly. We were en route to Cornwall and as the Manor is close (but not too close) to the M5 it provided a most relaxing break after a long day's driving. We would highly recommend.