Hotel Christmas Breaks

Hawkstone Park Hotel (Hotel)

People revisit Hawkstone Park year after year. There’s a great deal to attract them: the three golf courses, the scenery, the superb hotel and restaurants, the eccentric and unique Park and Follies. But General Manager David Munson is sure Hawkstone’s relaxed and welcoming atmosphere is an equally important reason for the repeat business.
‘The staff are like one big family – some of them have worked here for 30 years,’ says David.
‘We’re proud of our quality of service at Hawkstone. It’s very attentive without being intrusive. The word that keeps coming up in our Comments Book is “friendly”.
Golf has been played at Hawkstone Park since 1920. The hotel has been welcoming travellers since 1790. There have been people living here since at least the 12th century, when an imposing Norman castle was built. No wonder Hawkstone has such a special atmosphere!
Hawkstone Park is a magical place. There are stories of King Arthur and his Knights at Hawkstone and a legend of two giants, Tarquin and Tarquinas, inhabiting the old castle. Hawkstone has its very own version of the Da Vinci Code. Mystery surrounds the discovery of an ancient cup claimed by author Graham Phillips to be the mystical Holy Grail (in his book The Search for the Holy Grail).
The hotel is thought to have originally been the Hunting Lodge of Hawkstone Hall. It became the Hawkstone Inn in 1790 and was later described in a guide book as: ‘One of the most spacious and elegant Inns of the Kingdom, more like a nobleman’s house than an Hotel.’ We like to feel that quality is still very much in evidence!