Chance to move into top gear at Manor House

Visitors to the prestigious Manor House Hotel and Golf Club are being offered the exhilarating chance of driving racing cars on the nearby Castle Combe circuit where Ayton Senna, Nigel Mansell and David Coulthard once competed.

It is an additional feature that enhances the enjoyment of a stay at the Wiltshire resort which has already proved a major attraction for golfers and ranked among the top 50 stay-and-play complexes in Britain.

The Castle Combe circuit which opened in 1950 has a distinguished record of winners including the legendary Stirling Moss as well as motorcycle champions Barry Sheene, Mike Hailwood and John Surtees.

Hotel guests have the choice of driving a wide variety of high powered competition cars from a Formula Ford model to a Lotus Elise. Additional activities also include skid pan training.

The programme takes half a day to complete and consists initially of a lecture on basic aspects of racing techniques before transferring to the pit lane to meet a highly experienced instructor who supervises several introductory laps before the guest begins the solo run. Prices start from £160 per person.

The Motor Circuit and The Manor House Package is proving immensely popular as a corporate outing because it can also include the  opportunity to play the tree-lined championship golf course designed by TV  pundit Peter Alliss.

Manor House stands in 365 acres of breathtaking Cotswold countryside and is ten minutes from the M4 motorway and therefore within comfortable access of Bristol, Bath and London.

The imaginative new project has been widely praised because it takes training and corporate entertaining to a new level by experiencing both the luxury of the Manor House GC and the adrenalin of the Castle Combe circuit following the tracks of the great racing stars of the past.

*For more info visit www.exclusivehotels.co.uk or call 01249 782206.

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