Britain on the Cheap

Splurge on a midweek break at Calcot Manor in the Cotswolds during April and receive a free spa treatment. Calcot is converted from a mellow-stone farm near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and is a long-standing member of the Pride of Britain consortium of luxury privately owned hotels. From Monday-Thursday inclusive, the rate is £375/$594 per night for [...]

It may still be dreary winter, but lots of Anglophiles are dreaming of summer—and summer school in Oxford. The 2011 Oxford Experience, a one-week residential course at Christ Church, one of the most prestigious of Oxford colleges, will run July 10-Aug. 13, 2011. Registration is now open, with such courses as The Brontës; Anglo-American Relations [...]

Need a little holiday detox? BookaSpa.com is offering 10% off spa days and spa breaks throughout January. Billesley Manor, Stratford upon Avon, and Lygon Arms in the Cotswolds each have a one-hour signature treatment with lunch from £73/$115 per person. The Welcombe Hotel in Stratford is 10% off in January, with dinner, B&B and a [...]

Admire the last of the Cotswolds’ autumn colours and get three nights for the price of two at historic Charingworth Manor. Dating back to the 14th-century, the mellow-stone hotel near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, welcomes with log fires, cozy beamed rooms and a spa with indoor pool and sauna. From Sunday-Thursday through November, three nights in [...]

Nothing says “Christmas” like a little murder, so Superbreak has concocted “Christmas in The Cotswolds With ‘Murder Mystery’ On Boxing Day.” The three-night adventure, at £399/$640 for two sharing, includes lodging and breakfasts at the Hatton Court Hotel between between Gloucester and Cheltenham. Starting on Dec. 24, guests will have an informal buffet and quiz, [...]

How’s this for a travel deal? Buy a bottle of posh bubbly and your overnight’s free. In November, four members of Pride of Britain Hotels are offering a Vintage Escape break. Buy a bottle of special Grand Siècle champagne at the listed price of £199/$320, then book in for a free night’s stay for two [...]

Charingworth Manor, just outside picturesque Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds, offers three nights for the price of two and half-price spa treatments for midweek stays through June. The cost of three nights with breakfast is £129/$188 per person sharing a classic room from Sunday to Thursday, a savings of £64.50/$94. A 50% discount applies to [...]

Spring may be in the air, but you can still save $100/£66 with the Winter Warmer offer through March at Charingworth Manor in the Cotswolds. The package runs Sunday-Thursday at the 700-year-old manor house, near Chipping Campden: two nights in a superior room with dinner and breakfast – plus a free bottle of champagne – [...]

Best Western Wroxton House Hotel, a 17th-century thatched manor house in the Cotswolds village of Wroxton, is offering a fall package for weekends at $69/ £42.00 per person, per night, based on two people sharing Friday to Sunday. The package includes breakfast. Book by Nov. 13 and stay by Dec. 13.

International visitors can save 20% with a $109 ticket for the Cornbury Festival 2009 July 11-12 in the idyllic Cotswolds countryside. The musical carnival, styled like a country fayre, is family-friendly.