B&B
Furtho Manor Farm
Five bed and breakfast rooms, in the farmhouse and a lodge next door, on a working sheep and arable farm at Old Stratford, about 13 miles by road from Silverstone, on the edge of the 20-minute band. It is also a wedding venue, which may affect weekend rooms.
Wedding venues
A quieter farm base on the Milton Keynes side, for people happy to drive 13 miles to avoid the village crush. It is first of all a wedding venue, so summer Saturdays may be spoken for. The site prints no standard room rates and does not mention the circuit, so ring about race-week availability.
- Good: A working family farm, with rooms in the farmhouse and the lodge
- Good: Check-in is from 2pm to 10pm
- Worth knowing: About 13 miles from the circuit, 21 minutes on a clear road
- Worth knowing: A wedding venue: rooms may be taken at weekends
- Worth knowing: No standard rates or race-week terms on the site
About
Furtho Manor Farm is a family-run sheep and arable farm on Northampton Road at Old Stratford, near Milton Keynes. It has five bed and breakfast rooms, three in the farmhouse and two in the single-storey Lodge next door, and its old farm buildings hold a wedding barn and offices. It is about 13 miles by road from the circuit, 21 minutes with no traffic, so it is one of the further choices for where to stay for Silverstone.
The two upstairs farmhouse rooms, Moulton and Apsley, each have a double and a single bed with en suite showers. The Downstairs Room has no steps, a rail by the toilet and a bath with a shower over it, and the farm calls it wheelchair accessible. The two Lodge doubles cannot be booked online, so email the farm. Breakfast, a farmers’ full English with vegetarian and vegan choices, is served from 7am to 9am in the farmhouse. Parking is free and on site, cots are available and the wifi is free. Check-in is from 2pm to 10pm and check-out by 11am.
The farm has held weddings since June 2011, more than 400 by its own count. Milking stopped in 2012. The site says nothing about Silverstone, the British Grand Prix or race-week prices, so treat it as a place to ask rather than a sure thing.
The details
- Check-in
- 2pm to 10pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
Photos
The converted farm buildings 
The pond and gazebo 
A bedroom window 
The house from the lane
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Cock Hotel, Stony Stratford 2.8 km away