Bed and breakfast accommodation
in Princes Risborough Tel 01844 345438

More than just a Bed and Breakfast!

Miv and John Hughes, the owners of Ridgeway Lodge Bed and Breakfast, extend a warm welcome to  all visitors and have tried to provide guests with everything needed to make their stay, whether it be for one night or several, as comfortable and relaxing as possible. Help can be given in suggesting places to go and things to see during your stay, as well as finding somewhere to eat!

Ridgeway Lodge from the Northwest.

 

Ridgeway Lodge is in The Buckinghamshire Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the Upper Icknield Way,reputed to be the oldest road in the Uk.

Situated a mile south of the market town of Princes Risborough*,Ridgeway Lodge is surrounded by farmland, with far-reaching views to the north, south, west and east with the ancient Ridgeway long-distance path skirting the property.

Princes Risborough is well served with cafes, pubs and several restaurants. There is a butcher,bakery, delicatessen, M&S Simply Food, and a small Tesco supermarket. In addition there are two art galleries/shops, gift shops, a children's shop, WH Smith and a ladies clothes shop, fish-nibbling pedicures, hair and beauty salons and the Paddocks clinic. There is a street market on a Thursday, with larger Farmer’s markets on the third Thursday each month.

The local area abounds with country pubs and restaurants, all serving good food, some having been featured in Midsomer Murders and Inspector Morse.

We are approximately 8 miles from the M40, providing easy access from Stratford, Warwick, Birmingham and London. The Station is less than a mile away and has excellent direct train services to Wembley Stadium, London and Birmingham. Heathrow and Luton airports are both about 45 minutes drive, Gatwick approximately 90 minutes. The situation makes for a very convenient place to stay either going to or from the airport, or as a place to visit whilst enroute to all destinations to the  east, west, north and south!

 

Three good - sized rooms are available. Comfortable beds, with Dunlopillo* pillows, Hypnos** or memory foam mattresses or toppers for a restful night's sleep. Anti-allergy Duvets, or sheets and blankets alternative if preferred. 

The en suite Studio is a large, light, comfortable king or twin room on the first floor accessed by a private staircase. The ensuite has a wide shower with inswing door with thermostatically controlled shower, wc, and inset handbasin. This room is big enough for an additional child cot or bed.

The easy access ground floor annexe comprises guest front door, hall, a double room with new king-size bed and a twin room, both with Hypnos* beds.

The double room is sufficiently large to take a travel cot,which can be provided on request.

The twin room has two full sized beds, storage and bedside tables.

Bath/shower room with underfloor heating.(If both rooms are booked for a family group or friends, the bathroom is shared, otherwise it is private as only one of these rooms is usually let at a time).

There is a well equipped kitchenette and open plan sitting/dining room where breakfast is served.All guests have use of the sitting room, kitchenette and garden.

Off-road parking is provided and secure storage for bicycles is available on request.Drying space for wet weather gear.

Check-in times are flexible, but it helps if a guest asks what time they can arrive, especially if it is earlier than usual.We try and accommodate requests for early check-in, but please remember this is a B&B, not a hotel.

Check-out time on departure day is about 10 am (to vacate the room), but guests can use the sitting room until they leave. Guests staying more than one night, however, have access to their room at all times, we just ask that we are able to service the room at a reasonable time.

*Hypnos holds a Royal Warrant. These beds are made in Princes Risborough.

A complimentary English breakfast, with vegetarian options, is provided, with home-made preserves and eggs from our own hens, when in lay. Cereals, yogurt, fresh fruit and fruit juices, croissants and a variety of breads and toast are all available. Please mention any special dietary requirements when booking. Breakfast is usually taken in the annex dining area, but can be on the patio in the summer, with wide views south towards West Wycombe.

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Payment: An offer of accommodation is subject to availability at the time of booking. If time permits, to confirm the reservation, full payment for stays of a single night, or 50% of the total cost of the booking, is required. But, whether or not a deposit is paid, the booking when confirmed by letter or email, is a legally binding contract and all accommodation charges become payable if it is cancelled with less than 7 days' notice. We do not take credit or debit cards, deposit is by cheque or BACS bank transfer, for which some banks may charge you. The balance is payble by cash or personal cheque.

Please note that the following Terms and Conditions apply to all bookings:-

Confirmation and Cancellation policy: If a booking is cancelled more than 7days in advance, any deposit will be refunded, less a 10% administration fee, or the opportunity to rebook at a later date will be offered.

If a reservation has to be cancelled, please contact us immediately. For this reason you may wish to take out cancellation insurance, which is inexpensive and can be obtained from any good broker.A telephone call is still the easiest and simplest way to contact us. It is more personal and we can give immediate help and advice. Our accommodation is very flexible but if we can’t accommodate you ourselves, we can often help you find somewhere else to stay. 

In the interests of security, health and safety and fire insurance requirements, we must insist that you do not bring non-paying family, friends or colleagues into the premises without obtaining our prior consent.

As our three rescue cats are not used to having dogs on the premises, we regret that dogs can no longer be accommodated.

Well-behaved children are welcome, but they are and must remain your sole responsibility. Please telephone to discuss the most suitable accommodation available if you want to  bring children. 

Non-availability: Your booking would only be cancelled by Ridgeway Lodge  if the accommodation was unavailable for reasons beyond our control. We would then attempt to find you alternative accommodation, but if this was not possible, or unacceptable to you, then we would refund all monies paid by you. Our liability will not extend beyond this refund.

Damages and Breakages: Please take care with our accommodation. Responsiblity and liability for any breakages or damages lies with the guest. Please report any damage as soon as it occurs. We do not normally charge for minor breakages, but we may send an invoice for repair or making good if the damage or breakage is significant and we have not been informed.

Liability: We do not accept liability for any damage, loss or injury to any member of your party, any vehicles or possessions, unless proven to be caused by a negligent act by ourselves or agents acting on our instruction.

Watched over by Red Kites and the Whiteleaf Cross cut into the chalk escarpment overlooking the town, Princes Risborough* was named after Edward the Black Prince. He had a hunting lodge close to where St. Mary’s church is today.

The town lies in a broad gap in the Chiltern Hills which provided ancient travellers with a link between the River Thames to the south and the Icknield Way which led to Norfolk. Both were important routes from earliest times, together with the Ridgeway, an even more ancient trackway, which stretches from Avebury Stone circle near Stonehenge in the south west, to Ivinghoe Beacon in the north east.

The wooded area with its bubbling springs had great significance for those travellers for forming settlements. These early inhabitants left their traces - the Neolithic barrow near the Whiteleaf Cross, Iron-Age earthworks at Pulpit Hill and Lodge Hill, and a Romano-British villa at Saunderton, to name a few.

Today, walkers follow in the tracks of those ancient travellers, taking on the challenge of the 85 miles of The Ridgeway.

There are two 9-hole golf courses, Princes Risborough* and Whiteleaf, and an 18-hole course at Ellesborough, close to Chequers, 3 miles away.

Lacey Green Windmill, the oldest smock mill in the country,(built in 1650) is in Lacey Green, at the top of the hill to the east of the A4010, just south of Risborough. It is open on Sundays and Bank Holidays, manned by volunteers, from May to the end of September, and well worth a visit.

The nearby towns of Wendover and Thame* both about 6 miles away, each have a range of specialist shops and markets.

Bekonscot*, in Beaconsfield, is a model village giving a fascinating glimpse of life in miniature, with a huge model railway which circuits the site and a ride on railway which also travels through the gardens. Enid Blyton’s house is a recent addition. There is a large playground and covered picnic area as well as the ubiquitous shop, which is housed in an old railway carriage. 
  

St. Tiggywinkles, at Haddenham* 3 miles away, is home to the world’s first Wildlife Teaching Hospital), where visitors can see birds and rescued animals, including many prickly adult and not-so-prickly baby hedgehogs and birds, including Red Kites, which, after treatment, if not able to be released back into the wild,live happily in secure,natural surroundings.

Hughenden Manor, just north of High Wycombe, fascinating home of Bejamin Disraeli, favourite of Queen Victoria, has a recently opened Map Room, highlighting the cellar’s wartime use as mapping headquarters for Bomber Command, situated in Walter's Ash on top of the chalk ridge which runs from Risborough south to High Wycombe. Other recently added attractions are the kitchen area, also in the basement, and the Reprographic department, which shows how maps were photoraphed for copying for the bomber pilots' use in night-time raids during the Second World War.

Roald Dahl, the author, lived and worked in the area, and the gardens at his home in Great Missenden* are open at various times. The Roald Dahl Museum, also in Missenden, tracks his life from childhood to adulthood, with child-friendly hands-on exploring and dressing up, as well as story-telling sessions, with a coffee shop and gift shop too.

Quainton, north of Aylesbury, is home of Thomas the Tank Engine, where you will find many old steam engines and other railway items of interest, as well as steam train rides. The Chinnor and Princes Risborough Steam Railway, based in Chinnor, 5 miles to the west  also offer Easter and Santa Specials with mince pies and refreshments, on most weekends in November and December.

Waddesden Manor, also north of Aylesbury, one of the many homes of the Rothschilds, gives a fascinating glimpse into the lifestyle of the rich and famous. 

Cliveden, home to the Astor’s and site of the Sixties Profumo scandal is about 30-minute drive.

Oxford*, Blenheim Palace and other NT properties are within an hour’s drive of the house.

Bletchley Park home of Colossus and the Codebreakers in the Second World War- well worth a visit-but it might take you all day!

Princes Risborough* -an ideal base from which to indulge your interest-whatever it may be!

*Featured in Midsomer Murders

 

Thanks for another lovely comfortable stay! Green, Norfolk.

Again we stay and brought different people with us-so wonderful to come back! Lowe, London.

Lovely spacious accommodation at the end of day 4 on the Ridgeway. Cole, Pickering.

Thank you for making us welcome,delicious food, comfy bed, tea in the garden in Spring sunshine

after a walk to Wendover. Towers, Acton.

A very welcoming, comfortable stay with delicious breakfast Thank you. Hodkindson, Coventry.

Thank you for such a lovely warm welcome and a lovely peaceful place to stay. Whale,Hampshire.