The long hot summer played havoc with our lawns, which for some months looked like a desert, but within two weeks of rainfall they returned to their normal lush green colour. Sadly, our big willow tree couldn’t stand the heat and unfortunately we had to take it down this Autumn. One couple, both Formula One…
DetailsThe counties of Surrey and Berkshire are home to some of the most famous Golf Clubs in the world including Wentworth, Sunningdale and The Berkshire, all of which are within a ten mile radius of Cowshot Barn. Events taking place in 2022 include: Wentworth 6th – 11th September The BMW PGA Championship. Sunningdale…
DetailsBrooklands Museum is located in Weybridge. See some of the world’s rarest cars and aircraft at this iconic former racetrack and aircraft factory. Advance bookings only. Royal Windsor Horse Show takes place in the grounds of Windsor Castle between12 – 15 May 2022. It is the UK’s largest outdoor horse show with international competitions…
DetailsGeoff and Sue, who are the hosts at Cowshot Manor, decided to get rid of some of the antiques stored in outbuildings at Cowshot Manor and decided upon a novel way of doing so. They invited the producers of the Channel 4 TV show “Find It, Fix It, Flog It” to come and take a…
DetailsCowHenge? What is the mysterious arrangement of 10 upright stone obelisks erected on a mound in the middle of the woods at Cowshot?
Although the “Find it, Fix it, Flog it” team took away 8 items to renovate we still have a shedload of antiquities for you to browse.
Last year’s” War of The Worlds” TV series by HG Wells, put Horsell common, 6 miles from Cowshot, on the map again. It’s a huge space for dog walkers and socially distancing family groups to make the most of winter sunshine , but you’ll have to go into Woking to actually see a Martian landing…
DetailsBrookwood Cemetery is the biggest in Europe and every November Remembrance Day is commemorated in an event organised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. This year’s ceremony at the Brookwood Military Memorials, less than a mile from Cowshot, was subdued because of Covid, but still very moving.
We are very close to the National Rifle Association at Bisley and some of our guests have arranged clay pigeon shooting days for themselves.
In addition to The Cricketers on the Green and The White Hart in Pirbright, we have The Nags Head at Knaphill and the Worplesdon Place Hotel, two miles away.