Cotswolds stay worth over £700 ‘ruined by rowdy hen party’

A Bedfordshire man and his wife booked a three-night stay at Warner Hotels’ Heythrop Park in between Enstone and Chipping Norton in the summer of 2025.

Housed in an 18th-century country house, the hotel is set in 440 acres of parkland and is a stone’s throw from Burford and Bourton-on-the-Water.

There is an spa and a championship 18-hole golf course at the hotel, which dates back to 1707, as well as three restaurants and two entertainment venues.

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The couple paid £708 for the holiday, with it being their 17th stay at a Warner hotel, as they prioritise the quiet and adults-only atmosphere.

Yet, as the pair told This Is Money, their trip was “ruined” after the first two nights featured a loud hen party.

“It started at dinner when the hen party moved all the tables to accommodate their large party of 28 people, disrupting other guests,” they told the publication.

“Later, they continued drinking, singing and shouting on the hotel’s terrace until midnight.

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“They then moved to the courtyard directly outside our room, not finishing until after 1am. We asked the reception staff to do something, but it didn’t stop.

“The next night, the same behaviour continued until after 2am. We got hardly any sleep and had to abandon some of our planned activities in the Cotswolds.”

The couple then made a formal complaint and wrote to Warner’s chief executive, but they have yet to receive a response at the time of writing.

This newspaper has approached Warner for comment on the matter.