Hungerford Antique Hunting Weekend 2011
| Dates | 26th – 28th August 2011 |
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| Location | Hungerford |
| Prices | £249 per person £30 single supplement |
Friday - Meet and Greet
Meet at the hotel for a welcome reception and three course meal, followed by an entertaining talk by Adam Partridge.
Saturday - Hungerford Town
Visit Hungerford, a small yet historic town, which boasts a wide array of antique shops including the Hungerford Arcade with over 100 antiques dealers.
Sunday - Basildon Park
Basildon Park is Georgian mansion, brought back to life from a tattered ruin to the beautiful building you can see today by Lord and Lady Iliffe during the 1950’s. They roamed the country searching for architectural fixtures and fittings from the 18th century, restoring their new home back to its former glory, furnishing it with fine art, beautiful fabrics and luxurious furniture. You can also view the newly opened 1950’s kitchen and the beautiful shell room. decorated with land and sea shells.
Note: main show rooms are on the first floor – 21 steps up from ground level.
Hungerford Town
The name Hungerford derives from a Saxon name meaning 'Hanging Wood Ford'. Hungerford is a beautiful and picturesque country town, nestling in the Kennet Valley, between Marlborough. There are many historical and original buildings with beautiful and ornate architecture.
Hungerford is now the only town in England to continuously celebrate “Hocktide” or “Tutti Day” (the second Tuesday after Easter), although today, it also marks the less historical event of the end of the town council's financial and administrative year.
Staying at – Ramada Newbury Elcot Park
The Ramada Newbury Elcot Park is a stunning Georgian manor house set in sixteen acres of beautifully landscaped gardens and parkland estate. This 19th century hotel is the former family home of the great English poet, Percy Shelley, famous for his literary associations with Keats and Byron and also his second wife, Mary Shelley, author of the famous gothic novel, Frankenstein.
This picturesque hotel has been expanded so it now incorporates a total of 73 bedrooms, the stunning Orangery Bar and Restaurant and the leisure club and spa, which overlooks the Kennet Valley.
The contemporary and stylish rooms offer guests a relaxing nights sleep with crisp cotton sheets and soft but new duvets and pillows, an en-suite bathroom, flat screen television and high speed internet access.
The friendly yet professional staff will be on hand throughout your stay to ensure the weekend runs smoothly and to help with any other activities the hotel has to offer.