Our Rooms …
Rooms…
Luxurious En Suite Bedrooms
Choose from:
- Super King Bed, Roll-Top Bath and Walk-in shower
- Super King Bed with Bath and Over-Bath Shower
- King Bed with walk-in Shower
Fine Dining
Award-winning Breakfast and Evening Meals
- Cordon Bleu freshly prepared meals using fresh ingredients
- Breakfasts served 7 days
- Evening Meals served Fridays & Saturdays
Meetings…
5 star conferencing facilities
- Commissioned by Rolls Royce PLC
- Room sizes from 12 seats to 42 seats
- Free Parking
- Excellent Road Links
- AV and AC
- Award winning catering
Discover 1,000 years of history within these walls
Originally known as Alveston Manor, Old Church Farm can trace its noble history back to Medieval times when it was owned by King Harold of Wessex prior to the Norman Conquest in 1066. It was made a crown estate by William the Conqueror and subsequent Kings of England used it as a hunting lodge. In 1149 it was given to one of the Marchers who had helped defend the English-Welsh border – Fulk I Fitzwarin. It was seized back by King John and the resulting feud between Fulk III and the King were the basis of the tales of Robin Hood. Within the grounds lies the ruins of the church of St Helen, a national monument with its 12th Century tower and Saxon nave wall.
From 1960 it was owned and run by Rolls Royce PLC as a private hotel to entertain foreign dignitaries. The current owners purchased it from Rolls Royce in 2017.
Five en suite rooms with Hypnos beds ensure a comfortable stay here in the South Gloucestershire countryside. The 35 foot drawing room, panelled study with its original Tudor feature ceiling and grounds are also open to our clientele.
A separate conference facility with 3 meeting rooms caters to business visitors and the skittle alley is a great party venue or training room.
Easily accessible from the M4 or M5 – Filton (10 mins), Bath (30 mins), Bristol (15 mins) and Cardiff (45 mins) are popular destinations from Old Church Farm.
ACCESSIBLE LOCATION
- Close to all regional motorway links M4, M5, M32, M48, M49
- Natural stopover for South Wales, Devon and Cornwall
- Perfect for day trips to Bristol, Bath, Badminton, Chepstow and the Forest of Dean
- Great starting point for `the Cotswolds, Cheltenham & Gloucester
- Close to the business centres of Aztec, Patchway, Filton and Yate, Cribbs Causeway
- Bristol Parkway station just 9 minutes away with fast train service to London Paddington (76 minutes!)
Despite its peaceful, rural location Old Church Farm is perfectly placed to split your journey to the South West of England or South Wales. While you are here you may want to check out the great places around this area. With so much to see and do you will wish that you were staying longer!
Activities
Things to do near Old Church Farm
There’s something for everyone nearby. Ramblers will enjoy some of the circuitous walks from Old Church Farm or join up with the Cotswold Way route.
There are several good golf clubs nearby, fishing lakes, swimming lakes and watersports centres – there’s even an inshore surfing lake!
There are zip line adventures, Ninja Warrior, Ice Skating, 10-pin bowling, Go Karting, Horse Riding, Shooting and more just a short drive away.
Attractions
Places to visit near to Old Church Farm
Old Church Farm is a great launchpad from which to explore the best visitor attractions in the South West.
Brunel’s SS Great Britain is voted number 1 in the West along with the Brunel Museum. Even closer is Aerospace Bristol with the last flying Concorde. A wealth of stately homes surround the area.
The countryside nearby has Bristol Zoo’s ‘Wild Place’, whereas in the city you will find galleries, museums and always an exhibition of some sort.
Accolades
10 Years of Excellence
There are some awards which one has to enter each year and others which are awarded by their bodies. Those that are run by local tourism bodies can be very useful for the feedback which the judges provide and this in turn helps us to improve. Having won most of these awards we have now stopped entering, however, the reviews on platforms such as Booking.com, Hotels.com, Kayak and The Good Hotel Guide ensure we are maintaining our high standards.
- Booking.com 9.6/10
- Good Hotel Guide – Editor’s Choice ‘Historic’
- Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards – Guesthouse of the Year 2021
- Kayak.com ‘Best Hotel’
- AA 5 Star Gold Award 2024
- AA Dinner & Breakfast Awards 2024
