White House World

Popes Hill, Nr Newnham, Gloucester, GL14 1LE
Telephone: 01452 760463
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Unique holiday accommodation for independent travellers wishing to tour the historic Royal Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds White House World affords every visitor and guest restful seclusion - away from busy roads, with comfortable en-suite facilities in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. It is the ideal base for touring - either the Forest of Dean, the Cotswolds, and further afield like the Welsh borders. There is a tremendously wide range of attractions, historic sites and places of interest all close by. You will feel on top of the world. 170 metres or 557 feet above sea level. "There are no strangers here, only friends we haven't yet met"

Friendly and informal family run holiday accommodation in the Forest of Dean - all en-suite and fully licensed. White House World has undergone extensive improvements and modernisation to create a comfortable and welcoming place to stay, centrally heated and tastefully decorated. All rooms are private and en-suite, each benefitting from colour TV, tea or coffee making facilities and electric shaver points. Outside, there is a large private car park to the rear and lawned gardens with uninterrupted panoramic views to the front. Surrounded by its own gardens and lawns, White House World enjoys stunning panoramic views - to the south and east is the Severn Vale and the Cotswolds, to the west are the densely wooded slopes of the Forest of Dean, May Hill and the Malverns lie to the north - it really does feel you are"on top of the world". Breakfast is traditional "Full English", but an alternative breakfast menu is always available. There are plenty of great places to eat in the area and we will be pleased to recommend the best of them to you. Many of the excellent and authentic English pubs offer meals.

Brian and Ann treat their guests as they would like to be treated However wonderful the view, or however comfortable the bedrooms, holidays can be made or marred by the attitude of those to whom you have entrusted the job of looking after you while you're away from home. Ann and Brian Turner have always held the view that guests who choose to come to their family hotel deserve to be treated as generously and as courteously as would members of their own family. There is, therefore, at the White House Hotel a refreshing absence of formality. That this has been achieved without any sacrifice of efficiency is due entirely to their personalities. Brian is a man who can turn his hand to any job that needs doing. Guests who stay at the White House can rest assured that any small malfunction, such as a blown light bulb, will be fixed immediately (Guests might be interested to know that the "core" White House, was literally built by Ann and Brian brick by brick). Brian now concentrates his creative activities in the kitchen, a job he really enjoys. After all, mixing a batter is not all that different from mixing cement, so long as you remember which one you are doing! Ann looks after the domestic side as well as administration - not so creative but just as important as Brian's activities. A Holiday in the White House will introduce you to a part of England which has never featured much in the headlines. The Forest of Dean was for long known as a secret place "somewhere between England and Wales." It is an area with its own language, where a head is a "yudd", a friend is a "butt", and a badger is not only an animal which lives in a den but also a forester who keeps "ship" (sheep). Both Brian and Ann are well versed in the history of the Forest and are always ready to share its secrets with guests. They are able to advise when is the best time to come and see the hundreds of acres of bluebells which carpet the forest in Spring or the best place to see the elusive deer population. They can tell you how certain men born in the forest can acquire the right to dig for coal and who can roam the forest to pick up kindling wood. If you need to roam further afield they will help you with your routes and suggest places of interest. Of course, you can always spend your leisure time enjoying the amazing panorama which can be viewed from the patio (which is 170 metres or 557 feet above sea level). The Cotswolds, the great River Severn meandering through the vale of Gloucester, and Gloucester itself, site of one of the many sieges of the Civil War, are all laid out before you. You can also view the phenomenal Severn Bore from here. As Ann and Brian will tell you, "guests come as strangers to the White House, but leave as friends."

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