Sebastiaan Evans

A weekend at The Old Crown Coaching Inn is the kind of break that stays with you. Arrive on a Friday evening to the glow of a proper English pub, spend Saturday exploring some of the finest countryside in England, and leave on Sunday feeling like you have been away for a week. Faringdon is perfectly placed for a weekend away. It sits between the Cotswolds, the Thames Valley, and the Berkshire Downs, with Oxford just 25 minutes by car. You can fill two days with walking, sightseeing, eating,...

The Old Crown Coaching Inn is a 16th-century venue in the heart of Faringdon, Oxfordshire, offering intimate weddings for up to 80 seated guests and receptions for up to 120. With 14 boutique bedrooms, an award-winning kitchen, a dedicated Wedding Coordinator, and centuries of history in every room, it is a setting that no purpose-built venue can match. We believe that the best weddings feel personal, not produced. At The Old Crown, we provide the stage, but you write the script. Every...

Faringdon sits at the meeting point of some of the finest walking country in southern England. The Thames Path runs within a few miles to the south, the Ridgeway crosses the downs to the east, and the Cotswolds AONB begins just to the west. In every direction, there are footpaths, bridleways, and ancient trackways crossing open countryside, river meadows, and rolling farmland. The Old Crown Coaching Inn is perfectly placed as a base for walking breaks. It sits in the centre of Faringdon,...