On the day of arrival I had call from them around lunchtime, saying that as a spire member they wanted to see if they could make a dinner reservation for me for tonight, find out what time I was arriving, if I needed anything special etc. Also let me know about the weather forecast for the stay. Very friendly and helpful
As I don't have a car, and didn't want to more than double the cost of the stay through hiring one, opted for the bus instead. The S3 runs from Oxford (sometimes Oxford station, always Gloucester Green coach station just closer to the city centre) to Chipping Norton. Take care, as some go via Charlbury, you need the one that goes through Enstone! Roughly once an hour though, journey time around 45 minutes. A single ticket for an Adult costs £4, or if there's two of you and you're coming back together within 24 hours, it's £13.50 for a group megarider. Get off at the third bus stop in Enstone, the one after Enstone Green. You'll see a brown sign just ahead for the hotel, head along then turn right then basically straight on for 30 minutes walk. It's not lit once you leave the village, but in nice weather it is a lovely walk. The Crowne Plaza is only half the building, the newer half, the other half is a different (posher?) hotel. The CP signs are more obvious, so you should be fine!
Checkin was quick, and they were very friendly, confirmed we'd been upgraded, reconfirmed dinner, remembered we'd said we'd want a swim before dinner and had a map handy to show us the route. Pool/gym is a short walk from the other hotel's main entrance, takes about 5 minutes from the Crowne Plaza, half inside. Pool has a sauna and steam room, is a fair size, and was nice for a relaxing dip. Children are only allowed at certain times.
Dinner options you've got the main restaurant with a set menu, a smaller menu in the bar, or room service. We opted for the main restaurant, which was about £23 a head for a 2 course meal, £29 for 3 courses, lots of local ingredients, and very tasty. Come hungry! They were happy to let us use our welcome drink voucher in the restaurant. Breakfast can be had here for £10 a head, fair but not amazing buffet. You've little other options though, short of driving into Chippie!
Room was good, decent size, wifi OK but not amazing. The next morning we went for a wander round the grounds, with the map they'd given us, which was nice. The older part of the building which was the stately home before does look very grand, and there's quite a lot of nice parts of the grounds you can walk in without getting in the way of the golfers. Golfers abounded, and all looked to be enjoying it!
Finally, the manager offered at checkin to drive us to the bus stop, so we arranged that and were whisked back to Enstone to get the bus back to Oxford. There were several excellent members of staff, and the rest average to good, we didn't come across any bad staff.
For 5k points, then 70 quid for dinner and breakfast, and £13.50 for the bus, we considered it a brilliant value weekend. We might even head back another time even without pointbreaks
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Hope that helps anyone pondering it for the future!