Hotel Grosvenor

Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK

Location
Hotel Grosvenor is in Shaftsbury, which is on the northern rim of East Dorset (on the border with Wiltshire and Somerset in southwest England).

By Air:
There is a small international airport at Bournemouth, an hour south of Shaftesbury. Southampton is also close. Click on the links below for a list of airlines serving these airports.

From the Airport
Hire a car, or take a taxi (approx £45 from Bournemouth, £55 from Southampton).

By Car:
From central London (177km), Shaftesbury takes around 2 hrs 30 minutes, via the A4/M3/A303. The town is just 30km south of the main A303 route that runs west from the capital. Coming from the north, you can head south of the M4, driving through rural Wiltshire via Chippenham and Trowbridge. From the Dorset coast, Shaftesbury is 45-60 mins (around 48km) inland from Poole or Bournemouth. If you want to hire a car, we recommend Holiday Autos who are usually the cheapest, and you can collect your car at either airport.

By Train :
The nearest station is at Gillingham (8km west of Shaftesbury), which lies on the mainline route between London Waterloo and Exeter in Devon. The journey takes around 2 hrs.

Detailed directions will be sent to you when you book through i-escape.com.

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Airports:

  • Bournemouth 43.0km BOH
  • Southampton 58.0km SOU

Other:

  • beach: 60.0 km
  • shop: 0.1 km
  • restaurant: 0.2 km
Save to favouritesPrintMailHotel GrosvenorOne of the oldest, highest and arguably the prettiest hill towns in rural England, Shaftesbury is the essence of olde Dorset-shire. It has Saxon roots, a whiff of Thomas Hardy, cobbles, thatch, and a bird’s eye view of the Blackmore Vale from the top of iconic Gold Hill - famously captured in a sepia-tinted, 1970s advert for Hovis loaves, directed, incidentally, by a young Ridley Scott. Hotel Grosvenor is the high street’s grande dame. Remodelled in the 18th century by the Duke of Westminster, it is Grade II* listed with a showy Georgian frontage and a splendid ballroom - but don’t imagine a trip down history’s memory lane. The once faded inn underwent a glamourous makeover when it was bought in 2006, and has recently come under the management of the luxury hotel group, Bespoke Hotels. The emphasis is on 21st-century urban style: bold colour schemes (vibrant pinks, aubergines and electric blues), funky contemporary lighting by designer Bruce Munro (fibre-optic chandeliers, glassy tear-drop clusters), contemporary art, a cocktail bar (with a hint of nightclub) and a slate-lined inner courtyard. There is nothing small-town about this smart, country-loving hotel.

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