Today sees the award-winning gardens of the Petwood featured on the website Great British Gardens.  The guide attracts visitors from all over the world and over the last year has had around 1 million viewers from almost every continent on the world, with 6 million page views. The website is a leading resource for garden lovers and also features a wealth of information...

In what has been an incredibly emotional few days, it seems only right that we end the week with some news about a beautiful new wooden sculpture in our gardens here at the hotel. Installed this morning in our memorial garden, this beautiful work of art is entitled “Lookout”. It was hand carved from Petwood oak and depicts an airman looking skyward; perhaps reminiscent of those waiting...

On Friday and Saturday evening we welcomed the brand new Only Fools and Horses the (Cushty) Dining Experience to the hotel. The event was sold out on both nights with an audience of over 100 guests enjoying the hilarious entertainment on offer each night.  After the success of both evenings we'll be hosting the event again so watch our website for details!  ...

Emma Brealey the Petwood's Managing Director has been named ‘Business Woman of the Year’ at the latest Enterprising Women awards. The awards coincided with International Women’s Day and celebrated the entrepreneurial successes of women in business across the East Midlands region. Emma Brealey has led the transformation of the Petwood Hotel from an underperforming provincial hotel...

One of the saddest tales to be discovered from the history of the Petwood is that of 9 year old Robert Myler Jnr, the son of the Head Porter Robert Myler who tragically drowned in a well in the hotel grounds. The young boy had been playing out in the hotel grounds all day as he often did. On this particular day, he had wandered off near the main entrance to play near a disused well which had not ...