The Grosvenor Stockbridge

Style

Fisherman’s rest

Setting

Strollable Stockbridge

Casting around for a stylish stay near some of England’s best fishing beats? Look no further than the Grosvenor Stockbridge, in a tiny town surrounded by gin-clear (and trout-filled) chalk streams. But don’t worry if you don’t know a nymph from a mayfly, angling’s far from the only activity in this riverine region: you can trawl Stockbridge’s independent boutiques, artisan food shops and galleries or don your wellies to walk the forested footpaths of the Test Way. Afterwards, reward yourself with a chilled glass of English sparkling in the Grosvenor’s peaceful walled garden – you’ll soon fall hook, line and sinker for this heart-of-Hampshire hideaway.

Facilities

Rooms

34, including one suite.

Checkout

11am. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More Details

Rates usually include breakfast – there are fully cooked and continental options and you can choose to eat almost anywhere you like.

Also

Planning a day by the river bank? Give the hotel 48 hours’ notice and they’ll wave you off with a picnic hamper filled with pork pies, home-made sandwiches and a chocolate tiffin or two (plus a bottle of sparkling wine or some local ales if you’d like).

Free Internet Access

Pet Friendly

On-Site Restaurant

At the Hotel

Garden, free WiFi, free use of the hotel's bikes. In rooms: TV, tea and coffee, Elemis bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

We fell hard for the Cannon, an airy room in the main hotel building with views of an ancient church spire, Pucci-inspired headboard, vintage rug and gleaming copper roll-top bath. Sigh.

Spa

The Treatment Shed offers a perfectly petite menu of classic pampering. Book in for a Swedish massage, a full body massage with a detoxifying facial, a knot-untangling sports massage or a concentrated pummelling of your back, neck and shoulders. Treatments are arranged on request, so please give the hotel plenty of notice if you’d like to book one in.

Packing Tips

Don’t panic if you’ve forgotten a piece of kit for fishing, shooting or even dog walking – Stockbridge High Street is crammed with country outfitters.

Also

The ground floor common areas, the garden and two Garden rooms (1 and 2) are wheelchair accessible.

Children

All ages are welcome. Extra beds (for ages three-14) or a travel cot (for under-twos) can be provided for £30 a night and must be booked in advance; babysitting is also available for £15 an hour – you’ll need to give the hotel two days’ notice.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

When it’s fine, you can’t beat a table outside in the walled garden, surrounded by the riot of flower beds and box hedges.

Dress Code

Smart casual over country cosy come evening.

Hotel Restaurant

Take your pick of places to dine: the stately wood-panelled bar, the double-height main dining room which has a zingy green palette and statement tulip chandeliers, outdoors in the walled garden or in the partially covered and Alpine-inspired La Hutte. Each location serves the same seasonal, locavore menu which starts with crispy squid and wild garlic aioli, burrata with Isle of Wight tomato salad, a soy marinated tuna poke bowl and a confit duck salad with mango salsa. Main course standouts include a River Test trout nicoise salad, a short rib cheeseburger with bacon seasoned fries and a rack of salt-aged lamb with butter beans. Desserts draw from the bounty of local farms with options including a platter of English cheeses, a pistachio cake with black cherry puree and a millionaire salted caramel tart. The breakfasts here will set you up for long days on the river or in the field: there’s smoked River Test trout with poached hen’s eggs, smashed avocado on sourdough and a full English with sausages from nearby Broughton Farm. Settle into a sofa in the wood-panelled Danebury Room for sweet or savoury afternoon teas.

Hotel Bar

The well-stocked and wood-panelled bar has snacks and sharing boards to nibble – try the Boondoggle Ale on tap from local brewery Ringwood, an English Garden cocktail made with Hampshire-grown Coates and Seely sparkling wine or a dram of Lagavulin as a nightcap.

Last Orders

Breakfast is served from 7.30 to 10am; lunch is from noon until 2.30pm and dinner is from 6 to 9pm (9.30pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays). Afternoon tea 3 to 5.30pm Wednesday to Sunday.

Room Service

Dishes can be delivered to your door during the restaurant's opening hours.

Planes

Touch down at London’s Heathrow airport – from there, it’s about an hour’s drive.

Trains

Andover and Winchester train stations are both about a fifteen minute drive from the hotel – the journey to either takes just over an hour from London’s Waterloo. Ride-sharing apps haven’t reached this area of Hampshire yet, so you’ll need to pre-book a local taxi from the station.

Automobiles

A car’s not essential if you plan to stay in Stockbridge, but you’ll want one if you plan to get out and explore – there’s plenty of dedicated parking at the hotel.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Whether you’re looking to land your first fish or you’re an avid angler with your very own tackle box, the Grosvenor has contacts with fantastic local fishing agents in the area, who can arrange halcyon days out on the river bank. Pop to either Orvis or Robjent’s (both in walking distance) for any gear you need – their knowledgeable staff are brimming with advice.

Content to let sleeping trout lie? Stockbridge is the start and end point for many walking routes that take in water meadows, tidal marshes, ancient churches and peaceful woodland, so you’ll have easy access to Hampshire’s great outdoors. If you’re feeling energetic, you could walk the portion of the Test Way from Stockbridge to Mottisfont (5.5 miles), a National Trust property with famous walled gardens and cafés for refueling – if you’re lucky enough to visit in June, you’ll see the roses in full bloom.

This area of Hampshire also happens to yield some of England’s most delicious sparkling wine – book in for a vineyard tour and tasting at local vintners Black Chalk to taste their award-winning small-batch bubbles.

And finally, it’s hard to leave Stockbridge without a few souvenirs – the high street is lined with adorable independent boutiques and galleries. There’s the Garden Inn for the green-thumbed, Mokaya Cocoa’s Belgian chocolates for the sweet-toothed, the Wykeham Gallery for affordable contemporary art and sculpture and George Clark for interior aficionados.

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