The Old Post Office - Adlestrop

A lovely home, delightful hosts, wonderful room with a comfortable bed, and the best three dogs! Thank you Nicola and Chris for opening up your home -- we have had an amazing experience and have been the beneficiaries of your grace and kindness. A superb bed and breakfast.

My husband and I, as well as another couple stayed at the Old Post Office for a wedding near by. The accommodations are wonderful! The beds are large and the linens are lovely. Every morning we had a delightful breakfast. Our host were lovely and made our stay personal. This was one of our favorite places we stayed!

Our stay in the Cotswolds was a highlight in a trip to England that, admittedly, had many highlights. We had never heard of the tiny village of Adlestrop when we booked our stay, but it turned out to be my wife's favorite village. You can see most of it in a brief walk. It's quiet and scenic. The location was great for us because we planned a day trip to Blenheim Palace and Oxford. Nicola and Chris were great hosts at this B&B, in their home. (Americans, especially, need to be aware that when you stay at a B&B in England, you are likely to be staying in a room in someone's home.) The room was quite spacious and well decorated. We had a bathroom to ourselves. We felt like we had plenty of privacy. Nicola helped us get dinner reservations upon arrival, and the pub she sent us to in Broadwell was excellent. Breakfast was included in our stay, and it was prepared to order. Very tasty. We were well looked after during our 3-night stay. It's a good value for money. Recommended.

First I will say that this is a lovely property. I was very impressed with our room. It was comfortably large, and the bed was exceptionally comfortable. The setting, in the small, quiet village of Adlestrop, suited us very well. When we arrived and opened our car doors, there were immediately three dogs there to greet us. Then we heard a voice say, "I hope you don't mind dogs." We are dog lovers, so it was fine. If you are not, you should be aware. If you've read other reviews, you will know that the hostess at The Old Post Office regards the place, first of all, as her home. In other B&Bs where we have stayed, we have been made to feel that, during our stay, it is OUR home. So to be told, upon first entering, that we must take off our shoes took us aback. It was fine, because we also do that at home. But we have never been asked to do that as a paying guest anywhere. We mentioned that we'd visited the area some years ago and had stayed at another B&B, now closed. The whispered comment from the hostess that "we are better than that place" seemed unkind and unnecessary. The framed list of suggestions and expectations informed us that we were expected to be absent between 11am and 4pm. I've never heard of such a thing! And we are well-travelled people. It reinforced the message that we were mere intruders in someone else's home. Throughout our stay, in subtle ways, we felt a sense of disapproval many times. It was very unsettling. I've read other reviews, and the hostess has rebutted any negative comments. She will likely rebut mine as well. But I suggest you read all the reviews, positive and negative, and come to your own conclusions. This really is a lovely property. But I'm fairly certain that both we and the hostess were glad when we drove away.

Anybody considering a vacation in Adlestrop for Edward Thomas may find that the notion is met with discouragement from friends. One acquaintance scoffed, "You do realise that there is nothing to see there? The railway station is long gone, and even if there is some sort of evidence of it, the nearest accommodation might be a mile and a half away!" Our acquaintance was evidently unaware of The Old Post Office, the lovely bed and breakfast beside an attractive wooden bus shelter (no longer in use) which sports the original Adlestrop station sign, the name that Edward Thomas saw. The bus shelter bearing the Adlestrop sign leans onto the garden hedge of The Old Post Office. One cannot sleep any closer than that to the name Adlestrop. When Edward Thomas draws you to Adlestrop, The Old Post Office is therefore the optimal place to stay. It is also nearer to the bridge overlooking the site of the old station than the mile and a half which our acquaintance imagined. If you walk to the church and then cut across Adlestrop Park, you will be on the bridge in fifteen minutes. Having seen Edward Thomas' sign (it's the original sign, not a replica) in the bus shelter by the gate of The Old Post Office, and walked through the pretty garden (on which more later), the visitor steps into the house for tea and cake and is lent two books relevant to his visit. One of the books, Adlestrop Revisited, is a wonderful anthology of writing mostly relevant to Edward Thomas' poem, edited by Anne Harvey. We had not come across that book before, and sadly our stay was not long enough to finish reading it. The Old Post Office is a very short walk (a couple of minutes) from the new post office, where your envelopes will be given an Adlestrop postmark provided you take them to the counter before posting. The new post office is only open twice a week, so make sure that your stay in Adlestrop coincides with a Monday or a Thursday if you desire the Adlestrop postmark. The new post office also sells a very impressive range of old photographs of Edward Thomas' station platform and of Adlestrop in general, and some relevant literature although Adlestrop Revisited was not on sale there at the time of our visit. The postmistress is a fount of knowledge of Adlestrop's history and is happy to answer questions. Adlestrop itself is an interesting place. Although our acquaintance who sought to dampen our enthusiasm would remind us that Edward Thomas never stepped off his train, have we not all had the experience of being on a train as it stopped at a small rural station and wondering what life is like in the settlement behind the name? Had Edward Thomas' life not been cut so short, might he eventually have taken the slow train and alighted at Adlestrop to indulge his curiosity? Perhaps we are doing that for him. The Old Post Office breakfasts are wonderful. We stayed for three breakfasts, and on our second morning were treated to the most handsome kippers. Breakfasts one and three were

A fabulous stay at The old post office The B and B is set in a beautiful part of The Cotswolds and a must when wanting to get away from it all.. Nickolas and Chris were welcoming and friendly and work extremely hard to make this place something special.. 💜 We booked a double room which was wonderful, beautiful beams snd a double aspect room with a huge bed.. Bedding and linen top quality and the bathroom amenities an added bonus.. The breakfast was beyond amazing, wonderful fresh produce, home made jams, bread, fresh fruit, yogurt, cereal and an excellent choice of home cooked hots.. A wonderful stay 😊

overall an excellent experience

After being cooped up in a hose this was the dream get away. It’s small, it’s cozy and it’s right by south world. There are lovely pubs and parks and restaurants nearby as well as countryside walks and beautiful scenery. A lovely little garden and 6 beds divided by 3 spacious bedrooms. Free Wi-Fi and TV. Pets allowed which is helpful and super comfy bedding. Really helpful and nice owners. This cottage is highly recommended.

We had a lovely stay