
Why we're keeping shtum about Mum
Following the success of the Valentine’s Takeaway Afternoon Tea service, Petwood Hotel’s decadent afternoon teas will be returning as a pop-up takeaway service for the weekend of 13th and 14th March. These dates may ring a bell as being the weekend of Mothering Sunday but we are marketing this as a Spring Afternoon Tea instead. Managing Director Emma Brealey explained, “We always...

Travellers Choice Award
It's always wonderful to hear that we have delivered a fantastic experience for our guests and visitors and today was one of those days. Today we heard that once again we have been awarded the 'Travellers Choice Award' by TripAdvisor, an award that is given based purely on the feedback of you, our guests. In a year of extreme challenges which none of us could have foreseen, it fills us with a real...

Petwood Garden memories
Thomas Burkitt was born in January 1892 in Calcethorpe, a small hamlet 5 miles outside of Louth, Lincolnshire to Thomas Burkitt senior, a Farm Labourer. Young Thomas didn’t appear to want to work in the fields as his father had done and by the time of the 1911 census at the age of 19, he was working at Petwood as a Gardener alongside his brother Harry aged 25. The brothers would have been working...

In times of trouble...
In times such as these it is very easy to get despondent about the situation we all find ourselves in but, here at the Petwood we believe that there are still things we can all look forward to and enjoy. We know that we have all been asked to make sure we take part in the current social isolation guidelines and it goes without saying that we all need to do whatever we can to keep ourselves and the...

Double win for Petwood Hotel at the Lincolnshire Tourism Excellence Awards
We were all absolutely thrilled to be finalists in the Lincolnshire Tourism Excellence Awards on Thursday evening but truly elated to win both Hotel of the Year and Taste of Lincolnshire awards. It is testament to the hard work and dedication of all the Petwood Team, without whom we could not do what we do. We thank all of them and of course you, our wondeful loyal guests for your unstinting...