Murder Mystery Dinner - Saturday 6th March 2010

This elegant former Victorian Manor House is situated on the site of the 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury and is set high above the historic town of Tewkesbury, with views of the Abbey, Malvern and Cotswold Hills.

Enjoying a suntrap position, guests come from far and wide to enjoy Tewkesbury Park's superb location, great hospitality, good food, comfortable accommodation and of course the excellent 18 hole par 73 championship golf course and leisure facilities. Guests can enjoy complimentary use of the: indoor pool, sauna, full equipped gymnasium, spa pool, steam room, squash and tennis courts.

With both the Garden Restaurant for fine dining or Greens Brasserie for a more informal drink or light meal, the hotel can offer great eating variety, to suit an occasion or daily preference.

Just five minutes from Junction 9 of the M5 the hotel is ideal for golf breaks and corporate golf events, or 'turn business into pleasure' with good road accessTewkesbury Park is centrally located for meetings, with 11 great rooms to choose from.

Tewkesbury Park Golf and country Club, was opened July 1976 and the course was designed by the famous golfer and course designer, Frank Pennick. The Hotel stands at the summit of a small hill on a site where Romano-British Glevum ware has been found.

The present building is believed to have been erected by John and Mary Brilliana Wall in the late 18th century, but there has been a house here at least as early at the 14th century, when Edward le Despenser was Lord of Tewkesbury manor, and the Clares used it as a hunting lodge. In 1553 Queen Mary leased it to the Jermingham family for 20s per annum and they later bought it. They leased it to John Nanfan of Birtsmorton, who employed Cardinal Wolsey as a family chaplin when he was a young man. It was eventually bought by Sir John Popham, and was then passed by marriage to the Wall family, and in 1871 Rev Joseph Shapland, a distant relative, bought it and built two galleries for his picture collection, but on his death in 1837 the pictures were sold and the galleries pulled down. He left the estate to his daughter Fanny who married James Primatt Sargeaunt; her daughter Violet inherited in 1933 and lived there until her death in 1973.

Mrs Violet Salmon’s life was quite eventful at Tewkesbury Park believing as she did that her ancestral home was haunted by a poltergeist. Poltergeists, as many people know, are said to be malevolent manifestations which "haunt" in a rather violent manner - often throwing things around, smashing and breaking crockery, and generally making a nuisance of themselves and must be a pretty traumatic experience. The trouble began when she was a child, with reports of crashes and noises in the house. Doors were said to have been seen to open unaided and a mysterious organ playing gave the people in the house frightening moments, and other typical poltergeist pranks went on in the house according to Mrs Salmon. Nor was she the only one to complain of the antics of the alleged poltergeist, her husband, servants, and many other people were involved in these experiences at Tewkesbury Park...

* Fantastic Location - set in 176 acres overlooked by Cotswold and Malvern Hills, with stunning views
* All bedrooms have stunning views over the Golf Course
* Garden Restaurant
* Greens Brasserie
* 18-hole golf course
* 6-hole academy course
* Driving range
* Practice green
* Extensive fitness club with swimming, sauna, steamroom, two flood-lit tennis courts
* Three beauty treatment rooms
* Free WiFi in all rooms and public areas
* Free hardwired broadband connection in executive rooms and conference rooms

The facilities available in each bedroom include:

* Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
* Wifi internet

Executive Rooms also have:
* Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
* Wifi & Wired internet
* Laptop Safe
* King Sized Beds
* Iron & Ironing Boards
* Work Area

The following attractions are all nearby:

* Tewkesbury
* Cheltenham
* Gloucestershire
* The Cotswolds
* Bourton on the water
* Stow on the wold
* Burford

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