Thornbury was celebrating this week after achieving a double first in the national Britain in Bloom competition.
Not only did Thornbury win gold in the national competition but it also earned the accolade of Best Town in Britain.
Thornbury won its category of best town, defeating tough competition from Ilkley, Morpeth, Oakham and Rustington.
After 18 years of [...]

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Congratulations to all those who have received their confirmation of tickets for the Ryder Cup.  The first ballot took place last week and already we have received many enquiries for rooms.
Don’t leave it too late to reserve your accommodation as the area will be booked up well in advance.

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Congratulations to Henry Wilmer who has received the ‘Alveston House Hotel Ambassadors Award’  at the recent Castle School Achievement Presentation evening.
Henry received the award for helping the School with various projects including the producing of the ‘Music from the Castle School  Show’ on Thornbury FM.  As well as helping his teachers with the technical element [...]

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Alveston House Hotel was proud to be a part of the massively successful Thornbury Carnival on 4 July 2009.
After a 14-year absence, the streets of Thornbury were lined with revellers enjoying an amazing procession of over 70 floats and exibitors.  We had a stall in a prime position on the Mundy Playing Fields and had hundreds [...]

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I was pleased to attend the Alveston Community Forum Meeting recently on behalf of the hotel.   
Alveston House is new to the group which is currently made up of thirty members from where working groups are formed to work on specific projects such as: Alvestons entry into The Calor Village of the year and planning an [...]

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With May just around the corner excitement is building in the run up to the Badminton Horse Trials.
The 4 day event takes place 7-10 May in the grounds of the historic Badminton House.  It was the 10th Duke of Beaufort who masterminded the very first event in 1949.  The original idea being that British riders could train for future International events.
This [...]

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