Take advantage of the opening offers – they won’t be around for long!
Take advantage of some of the great opening offers for the historic Mercure Box Hill Burford Bridge Hotel which will re-open on Monday 1st September 2014 after an extensive nine-month restoration programme.
For those who want to relax in style yet be within a short stroll of beautiful Box Hill, then our overnight TASTE OF BURFORD BRIDGE* starts at £125.00 per room per night to includes dinner and full English breakfast daily, will be a welcome treat. For budding authors, this hotel and this part of the Surrey Hills has proved a veritable muse for such literary heavyweights as John Keats, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jane Austen no less, all of whom have stayed and have been inspired by their experiences here in Box Hill.
For Surrey residents and those who are visiting Box Hill for the day, then why not finish by enjoying a lovely Afternoon Tea in the hotel’s newly re-vitalised lounge. Afternoon tea was invented by one of Queen Victoria’s good friends, Anna Russell, the Duchess of Bedford, so why not experience it in a property which once played host to the young Princess herself? Enjoy a variety of sandwiches, home-made scones with cream and jam plus a selection of cakes and pastries for the preferential price of only £12.50 per person (valid until 30th November).
Alternatively, what can be more fun that going out for Sunday lunch. Leave the prep, the cooking and the washing up at home and join the Mercure Box Hill Burford Bridge Hotel for a sumptuous three course Sunday lunch priced at just £19.50 per person (excluding all beverages) valid until 30th November 2014.
*To book the Taste of Burford Bridge package, just call 01306 884561. The accommodation offer is valid from 1st September 2014 to 30th December 2014 inclusive and is subject to availability. Two consecutive nights must be booked over either a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night and it cannot be taken in conjunction with any other offer or packages. This excludes Christmas & New Year residential packages.
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The History: The hotel started life as the Fox and Hounds Inn around 1254 but the date of the first structure of the current building has never been fully established. Contemporary accounts reference a tenement called Cockcrofte in 1672 and it is thought that the first house was built between 1629 and 1672. James Charman was the landlord in 1792 when Admiral Lord Nelson stayed with his great love, Lady Emma Hamilton just before his departure to the Battle of Trafalgar. A room at the hotel is named in honour of Lady Hamilton.
About the hotel: The Mercure Box Hill Burford Bridge Hotel is set within three acres of landscaped gardens at the foot of Box Hill within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With a history dating back some 760 years, the property has long been a haven for those inspired by nature with noted visitors including Admiral Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton, John Keats and Jane Austen amongst others. With 57 guest rooms, a two AA Rosette restaurant The Emlyn, a bar, heated outside pool, and eight meetings & banqueting rooms, the property’s pièce de resistance is undoubtedly the seventeenth century, vaulted-ceiling Tithe Barn which is extremely popular for celebrations and weddings. For bookings and reservations, please call the hotel on 01306 884561.
This release is posted at: Magellan PR
This release is posted at: Magellan PR
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A press kit is available on request. A full photo-shoot of the property will be released mid-September 2014.