Experience everything you'd expect from an international hotel company in this elegant country house that sits in the Kennet Valley. There is free Wi-Fi throughout. The impressive, stylish Mercure Newbury Elcot Park Hotel is on 16 acres of beautiful gardens and woodlands, only minutes from the M4 highway and A34 road. Only 5 miles from Newbury, there are many nearby attractions to visit, including Highclere Castle, Newbury Races, Didcot Steam Railroad and the Watermill Theatre. For retail therapy and entertainment, Swindon's Great Western Designer Outlet Village and Reading's Oracle shopping center are only a short drive away. The antique shops of Hungerford and Marlborough are even closer. If all else fails, why not relax and enjoy a walk along the beautiful Kennet and Avon Canal.