The historic main house at Stapleford Park
Stapleford Park is a historic manor house hotel set in stunning parkland two hours north of London. But it is much more than that: its clever structure means that it caters to families without being overwhelmed by them, and offers fine dining, indoor swimming, a spa, falconry ? and it even has its own crèche and registered babysitters, as Serena Hamilton discovered.
The Library Bar
The Leicestershire countryside is beautiful and sometimes overlooked ? for Londoners, it?s a county you drive through en route to the more famous sights of Yorkshire or Scotland. And unfairly so, I mused, as our car made our way through the stunning 500 acres of parkland surrounding Stapleford Park. Green, flush with mature trees, rolling, and entirely free of development, it seemed a place you could lose yourself in. Our particular challenge was the children. We have young children, and as many parents know, they don?t always mix well with luxury hotels. Particularly the kind of place where others might go for romantic breaks; and every parent knows the drawback of checking into a stunning getaway with their children, only to find themselves doing exactly what they would have done back home.
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We needn?t have worried. Of course, we wanted to spend our weekend with the children, primarily, and it was glorious to see their faces as we tried out the falconry (they were particularly taken by the eagles and o...