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During the production of Emily Brontë’s ‘Wuthering Heights’, directed by Linda Shaw and staged by Banbury Cross Players, The Holt Hotel is offering visitors and participants the following very special rates for accommodation:

Room rates are subject to VAT at 20% and include complimentary full English breakfast and are per room per night.

The Holt Hotel is a fifteenth century tastefully refurbished coaching inn with 86 ensuite bedrooms, award winning restaurant and relaxing bar, nine acres of grounds and extensive free car parking and is just under eleven miles easy drive to The Mill Arts Centre, home of Banbury Cross Players. Please click here for our location details.

To find out more about Banbury Cross Players’ performances, please click here. To book Banbury Cross Players’ performance of ‘Wuthering Heights’ at The Mill Arts Centre, please call 01295 279002 or book here. To learn more about Banbury Cross Players, please click here.

To book your accommodation at The Holt Hotel and learn more about our great hotel, please click here.

During the National Gardens Open Scheme Barton Abbey open day on Sunday 27 May 2012, The Holt Hotel is offering visitors the following rates for accommodation on Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 May 2012:

Room rates are subject to VAT at 20% and include complimentary full English breakfast and are per room per night.

The Holt Hotel is a fifteenth century tastefully refurbished coaching inn with 86 ensuite bedrooms, award winning restaurant and relaxing bar, nine acres of grounds and extensive free cctv monitored car parking and is just under one mile easy walk or drive to Barton Abbey. Please click here for our location details. 

Barton Abbey has a 15-acre garden with views from house (not open) across sweeping lawns and picturesque lake. Walled garden with colourful herbaceous borders, separated by established yew hedges and espalier fruit, contrasts with more informal woodland garden paths with vistas of specimen trees and meadows. Working glasshouses and fine display of fruit and vegetables.

Admission is £4.00 and children’s admission is free: homemade teas and refreshments available. To learn more about Barton Abbey’s gardens, please click here.

To book your accommodation at The Holt Hotel and learn more about our great hotel, please click here.

During Steeple Aston Choral Society’s performance of ‘Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo’ at the nearby Steeple Aston Village Hall, The Holt Hotel is offering visitors the following guaranteed rates for accommodation on Friday 15 through Sunday 17 June 2012:-

Room rates are subject to VAT at 20% and include complimentary full English breakfast and are per room per night.

The Holt Hotel is a fifteenth century tastefully refurbished coaching inn with 86 ensuite bedrooms, award winning restaurant and relaxing bar, nine acres of grounds and extensive free car parking and is less than one and a half miles easy walk or drive to Steeple Aston Village Hall. Please click here for our location details.

To find out more about Steeple Aston Choral Society, please click here. Tickets for the concert will be available on the door at £8.00: accompanied children under 15 years free. Doors open at 19.30hrs with a complimentary reception and the concert starts at 20.00hrs.

To learn more about Steeple Aston Choral Society’s concert, please click here.

To book your accommodation at The Holt Hotel and learn more about our great hotel, please click here.

During Living Crafts for Christmas at nearby Blenheim Palace, The Holt Hotel is offering exhibitors and visitors the following very special rates for Thursday 15 through Sunday 18 November 2012:

Room rates are subject to VAT at 20% and include complimentary full English breakfast and are per room per night.

The Holt Hotel is a fifteenth century tastefully refurbished coaching inn with 86 ensuite bedrooms, award winning restaurant and relaxing bar, nine acres of grounds and extensive free car parking and is just under seven miles easy drive south west to Blenheim Palace. Please click here for our location details.

To book your advanced tickets for Living Crafts for Christmas and Blenheim Palace, please click here. To learn more about Living Crafts at Christmas, please click here.

To book your accommodation at The Holt Hotel and learn more about our great hotel, please click here.

During the acclaimed Oxford Shakespeare Company’s production of ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at nearby Cornbury Park, Charlbury, The Holt Hotel is offering visitors and participants the following guaranteed rates for accommodation from Friday 29 June through Sunday 01 July 2012:

Room rates are subject to VAT at 20% and include complimentary full English breakfast and are per room per night.

The Holt Hotel is a fifteenth century tastefully refurbished coaching inn with 86 ensuite bedrooms, award winning restaurant and relaxing bar, nine acres of grounds and extensive free cctv monitored car parking and is just under thirteen miles easy drive to Cornbury Park. Please click here for our location details.

To find out more about The Oxford Shakespeare Company, please click here.

To book your place at Midsummer Night’s Dream performance, please click here or call 07775 946 062.

To book your accommodation at The Holt Hotel and learn more about our great hotel, please click here.

The Holt Hotel is proud to be working with The Killing Game again, which was first established in 2000. Bringing together a variety of theatrical and business skills, the group share a love of good writing, good performance and fiendish mysteries. Their murder mystery events began in a very similar format to the one they currently use. Their format has, however, been honed with the experience gained with time.

The Killing Game provide a combination of serious mystery and interactive entertainment – just what most people expect when they go to a murder mystery event, but very few other companies seem to deliver. The Killing Game pride themselves on their level of professionalism right from taking your booking all the way through to the event itself.

All from £45.00 per person!

(dinner, murder mystery and accommodation packages also available)

The Holt Hotel, in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, is a fifteenth century tastefully refurbished coaching inn with 86 ensuite bedrooms, award winning restaurant and relaxing bar, nine acres of grounds and extensive free car parking and is close by to Blenheim Palace and Bicester Village Outlet Shopping. Please click here for our location details. The Holt Hotel also has its very own ghost and haunted room!

To find out more about the story and to book your place on Saturday 07 July 2012 Killing Game Murder Mystery event, please click here.

To learn more about The Killing Game, please click here.

To learn more about our great hotel, please click here.

Wage: Negotiable, dependent on experience: duty meals provided free

Hours: 45hrs per week, five days out of seven between 06.00 and 23.00hrs

Location: The Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire OX25 5QQ

Duration: Permanent

Pension details: Pension available

Description: Applicants must have previous experience in a similar role and be able to work in kitchen/catering environment. Duties are the production of high quality meals within the hotel kitchen environment and providing assistance to the Executive Head Chef. Accommodation is available, immediate start.

How to apply: You can apply for this job by sending a CV/written application to Paul Sheriff, Executive Head Chef at The Holt Hotel (01869 340259: accounts@holthotel.co.uk)

During the National Gardens Open Scheme open days in May 2012 in the local area, The Holt Hotel is offering visitors the following guaranteed rates for accommodation on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights:

Room rates are subject to VAT at 20% and include complimentary full English breakfast and are per room per night.

The Holt Hotel is a fifteenth century tastefully refurbished coaching inn with 86 ensuite bedrooms, award winning restaurant and relaxing bar, nine acres of grounds and extensive free cctv monitored car parking and is in easy walking or driving to the area NGS Open Scheme gardens. Please click here for our location details.

The Grove: Sunday 20 May 2012. Admission is £3.00 and children’s admission is free: homemade cakes, tea, homemade preserves and plants for sale. To learn more about The Grove‘s garden, please click here. 

Hill Court, Tackley: Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 May 2012. Admission tickets are £2.50 with children’s admission free: opening hours are 14.00 through 18.00hrs on both days. There is music in the garden on Sunday. To learn more about Hill Court, please click here.

Barton Abbey: Sunday 27 May 2012. Barton Abbey has a 15-acre garden with views from house (not open) across sweeping lawns and picturesque lake. Walled garden with colourful herbaceous borders, separated by established yew hedges and espalier fruit, contrasts with more informal woodland garden paths with vistas of specimen trees and meadows. Working glasshouses and fine display of fruit and vegetables. Admission is £4.00 and children’s admission is free: homemade teas and refreshments available. To learn more about Barton Abbey’s gardens, please click here. 

Steeple Aston Gardens: Sunday 27 May 2012. Combined admission tickets are £5.00 and children’s admission is free. The gardens included are Willow Cottage, The Longbyre, Kralingen, Payne’s Hill House, Acacia Cottage, Primrose Cottage and Touchwood.

To book your accommodation at The Holt Hotel and learn more about our great hotel, please click here.

Wage: Meets National Minimum Wage. Live in available. Duty meals provided free

Hours: 40 per week 5 days out of 7 between 8am-12am (spilt shifts)

Location: Steeple Aston, near Bicester, Oxfordshire OX25 5QQ

Duration: Temporary

Pension: Pension available

Description: previous experience preferred but not essential as full training will be given. Duties are general washing up and cleaning within the kitchen area: the position will be reporting to the Head Chef. Temporary seasonal contract until the end of October 2012.

How to apply: you can apply for this job by sending a CV/written application to Executive Head Chef Paul Sheriff at The Holt Hotel (accounts@holthotel.co.uk: 01869 340259)