Some excerpts from the website of Fallowfields Country House that might be useful
Our Last Minute Offers. Due to a last minute cancellation, we are offering a special two-night package at £79 per person, per night for this Friday and Saturday night, to include: Fallowfields afternoon
tea on arrival - a selection of homemade pastries, cakes and freshly prepared finger sandwiches and your choice from a range of teas. A candlelit three-course
dinner from our Table d’Hote Menu each evening - Indulge yourself and upgrade your evening meal to our A La Carte Menu for £20 per person. Two restful nights sleep in one of our superior king size
bedrooms with a
spa bath or 4-poster bed. Our “10 miles” Full English
breakfast each morning. Click to see our
rooms and call us on 01865 820416 to book. (subject to availability). Throughout the summer we have special offers on
Dinner, Bed and
Breakfast for two at Fallowfields, every Friday. Table d’Hote –
Dinner, Bed
Breakfast - £160. A la Carte –
Dinner, Bed
Breakfast – £180. 5-course Gourmet
dinner –
Dinner, Bed
Breakfast – £200. Please quote summer Fridays when you book.
Fallowfields is located 15 minutes from the ancient city of Oxford: Drive for 20 minutes west and you will discover the heart of the Cotswolds with its stunning rolling hillside, great walks, pretty villages and antique
shops. The famous white horse at Uffington is a chalk carving in the hillside is only ten minutes away. For those who like to combine town and country, London is only an hour's drive away. Reception can provide you with maps, directions or advice on days out on your arrival. Shopping at two designer
outlet centres both within 20 minutes drive:
www.bicestervillage.com and Swindon
Outlet Centre www. swindondesigner
outlet.com. Sports:
Croquet on our lawn,
tennis in the village or walks from the hotel into the countryside (please ask for a map). The White Horse
Tennis and Leisure
Centre is 15 minutes away for
gym, swiming,
squash, badminton and indoor
tennis courts. For riding stables
www.horseweb_riding.com. Walks on the Ridgeway
www.nationaltrail.co.uk www.thames_path.org.uk are all within easy reach.
Our food philosophy... We are moving toward self-sufficiency - this is a minimum five year project and a major investment. You can chart our progress from the food miles printed on our daily changing menus. You will see whether your vegetables have travelled the few yards from the
garden or not; you will see how far your pork or beef have travelled to reach your plate. We are not, and probably never will be completely organic, but we aim to grow everything naturally and with maximum use of natural fertilisers and minimum use of chemical sprays. Our acre or so of
kitchen garden was extended in the Autumn of 2007 The menus are presently based on fresh seasonal produce using vegetables and fruits from our prolific
kitchen garden and orchards where possible, and supplemented with produce from local carefully selected suppliers. Our aim is that your vegetables and herbs will be picked and served to you within hours, if not minutes, of you eating. The vegetable varieties are selected for their taste and the orchard is stocked with English varieties, medlars, walnuts, mulberries, figs and quince together with many varieties of soft fruit. Our rare breed chickens are now happily pecking in the orchard bringing us eggs for
breakfast. In the spring of 2008 Quail will arrive and provide eggs for canapes and salads and sometime during 2008 our Tamworth and Large Black pigs will live in our home paddock. All our bread and rolls for
lunch and
dinner and muffins for
breakfast are freshly made every day. Biscuits, scones and cakes together with jams, chutneys and marmalade are all produced in our
kitchens.
All
rooms have power
showers, most have
Jacuzzis, some have four-poster beds and antique
furniture. The luxury king-size beds are splittable if you do need a twin bedded
room. All have
televisions, free
wireless internet access and
ensuite bathrooms. A
laundry and
ironing service is available. With inviting high thread count linens, wonderfully comfortable beds and tranquil views of the
gardens and countryside, our
rooms are simply a joy to relax in. Click on the
room name on the plan below to select your favourite
room and show rates.
Staying at Fallowfields. Falconry Activities. Off-Site Fun
games. Corporate Entertaining. *** Click Here for Last Minute Offers ***. Fallowfields is a stunning country house hotel with over 300 years of history. Once the home of the Begum Aga Khan, we now offer beautiful luxury accommodation where you will be looked after by our dedicated staff team. Located in the Vale of White Horse, close to Oxford and the Cotswolds, at Fallowfields, you are sure to experience the awesome
beauty of the English countryside whatever the season. Independently owned by the Lloyd family and set in twelve acres of mature trees, paddocks, orchard and magnificent
gardens, the hotel offers an exquisite, relaxing retreat. Our modern British
restaurant is open for guests and visitors alike, serving sumptuous dishes which include produce from our pesticide free
kitchen garden. We believe passionately in local sourcing and have created what we think to be a world first: join us for the ‘Ten Food Mile
Breakfast’. Do you need a relaxing break? See our. For
Restaurant or Hotel bookings, please contact us by or call 01865 820416 Fallowfields Country House Hotel and
Restaurant, Faringdon Road, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire, OX13 5BH. Small Hotel of the Year for South East England. © Copyright 2007-2008 Fallowfields Country House Hotel
If you would like to discuss working with us as a member of staff, please call James on 01865 820416. Sales and Revenue Manager Position - £18,000 - £20,000 40/hrs per week: 5 x 8hour shifts. The successful applicant will be responsible for: Revenue/yield management, maximising sales revenue, managing promotions,
internet sales and tariff structures. General reservations duties, group bookings,
conference and events bookings. Duty Management, customer relations and complaint handling. Responsible for boosting the hotel client base, bringing in new contracts and managing existing corporate accounts in order to maximise
business revenue across the hotel and according to the sales plan. Also responsible for client show rounds, selling all of the facilities of the hotel and ensuring high levels of customer service. Receptionist Position £12,500 - £14,500 40/hrs per week: 5 x 8 hour shifts. The successful applicant does not necessarily need reception experience but does need to have a can-do attitude, with a pleasant demeanour and a desire to take responsibility. A high level of literacy is key whilst being able to comfortably and adeptly multi-task is essential to maintain service levels whilst it is all happening at once! Reasonable
computer ability is a must also. The average day consists of creating bills, taking payment from customers, informing the hotel staff of the days
business, taking hotel and
restaurant phone bookings, updating booking sites, email correspondence, selling the venue for
weddings and corporate events, ensuring that the hotel is looking as it should and that our guests are looked after with a no trouble attitude from open to close. Live-in is available and would be preferred as most staff do. The staff houses are very well maintained and spacious homes in the village and there is a great atmosphere amongst us all. Staff meals are provided for anyone working over a mealtime and we aren’t talking grotty chips and beans. The hotel is family owned and the ambience in the place is just great. Training requested where relevant will be welcomed and our approach to reward is simple - prove yourself and we'll give you more.
£17.00 for two course
lunch or £21.00 for three course
lunch. Creamed
garden vegetable soup Chicken liver parfait with onion marmalade and melba toast Home cured salmon with a caper and shallot dressing Salad of blue cheese and sun blanched tomato. Roasted sirloin of English Beef, Yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes Poached fillet of salmon, buttered
garden vegetables and sauteed new potatoes Exotic mushroom risotto with spinach and a lemon creme fraiche Dews Meadow loin of pork, crackling, with
garden apple jelly Roasted breast of free range chicken with a bread sauce All main courses are served with a selection of seasonal vegetables from the
kitchen garden. Dark chocolate fondant with white and dark chocolate sauce Selection of ice creams or sorbet, spun sugar and chocolate straw Vanilla pannacotta with honey cream Steamed treacle pudding, caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream A selection of English cheeses, served with oatcakes, chutney and apples.
Coffees, teas and tisanes selection, served with handmade chocolates £3.50
Link to Fallowfields on Google Maps. From Oxford to Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor Fallowfields is 20 mins by road from Oxford. For full directions to Fallowfields by car click here (PDF 68Kb). By bus, the bus from central Oxford drops you at the entrance to the hotel: Route 66
www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables. By
taxi: From central Oxford or train station costs approximately £20 and journey time is 20 minutes. To arrive in central Oxford by public transport Trains from Birmingham
airport (1hr 15mins) and from Central London Paddington Station (50mins) :
www.nationalrail.co.uk. Buses from Heathrow
Airport (90mins), Gatwick
Airport (2hrs), Luton
Airport(3hrs), Stanstead
Airport (2hrs50mins):
www.oxfordexpress.co.uk. Buses from Central London /Victoria Coach Station (1hr 40mins) and Heathrow
Airport and Gatwick
Airport: Bus starting at Central London Victoria Coach Station and for other stops on route visit
www.oxfordtube.co.uk
Step inside the wonderful world of Fallowfields far from the day-to-day tasks of the
office, we provide our
business guests with the perfect environment to apply themselve to fresh and new ideas. We offer a
quiet, intimate place to either plan your next five years, put your clients at ease or a corner to conclude a deal. If our
meeting room facilities are not large enough, you can even take over the entire hotel, close the doors and make the house your own to create a completely private
conference venue. There is free
wireless broadband
internet connection throughout the hotel and we offer either an 8 hour daytime rate or a
24 hour overnight rate. Please call or to discuss your requirements.