Stanton House Hotel in Stanton Fitzwarren, England

Location. The Stanton House Hotel is located overlooking Stanton Lake and Park, one mile from the country village of Stanton Fitzwarren and four miles from Swindon in Wiltshire, England. Wiltshire is home to the prehistoric sites of Avebury, 20 miles away, and Stonehenge 39 miles from the hotel.
Hotel Features. The Stanton House Hotel is a Cotswold stone building in rolling parkland. The hotel has an ornamental rose garden typical of an English country house, and there are regular entertainment nights. Practical amenities include currency exchange and safe deposit boxes.

The Mount Fuji restaurant at Stanton House, serves authentic Japanese dishes at traditional Hori Gotatsu low level seating. The Rosemary restaurant, with lakeside views, also serves sushi, sashimi, noodles and tempura, as well as European dishes. There is a Sunday buffet and All You Can Eat Nights on Thursday and Friday. Breakfast is available (surcharge).

There is a business centre with services including translation, fax and photocopying. Wireless Internet access is complimentary, and conference rooms and small meeting rooms are available.

The hotel offers karaoke, and there are barbecue facilities. A golf course is three kilometres away, and there are swimming and ice skating in nearby Swindon.

Guestrooms. The 82 guestrooms at Stanton House are traditionally furnished in a regency style, with furniture in mahogany, sofas and breakfast tables. Fridges have complimentary drinks, televisions have selected digital channels and complimentary wireless Internet access can be activated on request.

Expert Tip. Swindon, five miles from the hotel, is the setting for the works of literary detective Thursday Next, creation of novelist Jasper Fforde, and some of the streets have been named after his characters. The Neolithic stone circle at Avebury is slightly older than the more famous Stonehenge; both are within 40 miles of Stanton House.