Hanbury Hall

 Friday 7th November 2025

The Chipping Norton park up proved to be a good choice, very quiet and handy for the town if you need it, which I didn't, lol.

I just went for a wander around, which isn't all that easy. The town is built on quite a steep hillside and is disected by the busy A44 trunk road.

This makes getting around less than ideal. It's still a busy and popular town though.

After breakfast I set off for Hanbury Hall National Trust site in Warwickshire. 

I've actually been here before, in 2023 we spent an afternoon here on the way to RIAT at RAF Fairford.

It's a pleasant place to spend some time and has lovely walks across the estate which is what we did today.

It's also close to Ginney Ring Craft Centre where they allow motorhomes to overnight on the carpark.

So that's where I am tonight, on my own, no other motorhomes joined me.

The craft centre is an interesting place, lots of diverse crafts taking place. Sadly the owners are retiring and some of the facilities are closing at the end of the year such as the cafe, restaurant and the lovely gardens.

The sign is a bit ambiguous, but I think some of the craft units are hoping to remain open.

I'm not sure how that'll work but hopefully they'll be able to work something out for them.

Ginney Ring Craft Centre

It's quite close to the M5 junction 5 so I'll hop on there tomorrow morning and be home in no time, as opposed to this afternoon when Google maps showed the horrific congestion on the motorway.

So that's the plan, I've enjoyed my trip, the weather has been fantastic for the first week of November, mostly dry and what rain there has been had come overnight so not interrupted sight seeing or anything.

The most notable thing though is the temperature, it's been exceptionally mild all week and I've not needed to use the heating at all.