Warner educational Corton & Gunton Hall, Suffolk 29 June 2011

On wednesday 29th June, I was invited to drive up to Suffolk to view Warners properties in Suffolk.  I first arrived at Corton where I was to stay for the night in a beach garden room (chalet style). Corton has a holiday village appearance and feel to it and with just 206 rooms on 2 floors, is a nice compact village with friendly and helpful staff.  We sampled one of the activities offered and learnt to make cocktails.  This is offered at a small extra charge. Lunch was a barbecue and we played a game of shuffleboard, giant connect 4 and ground chess. The rooms have recently been refurbished and mine was a good standard with tea/coffee making facility, tv, large king size bed and walk in shower room. The facilites are plentiful with other sports like boules, outdoor badminton, and a small pool, sauna, steam room, and sports room.  There are activities arranged during the day by the resident entertainment team to bring people together and make new friends.  They offer 26 single rooms at no supplement and room with computers and complimentary wifi.  Food is offered on half board or all inclusive basis.  They have free entertainment/cabaret whilst dining and you can keep your table for the evening.  The clientelle were the more mature client who are young at heart and wanting to have entertainment on site and a team of staff who bring them together to make new friends and take away the concerns about travelling alone.  It is an adults only concept and the lead in price this year was £149 for a 2 night stay.  There is also the option of coach inclusive. The following are a few pictures taken to give an idea of the Village

We were then taken to see the nearby Gunton Hall which is set in 50 acres of wooded grounds, where in addition to the activities and facilities of Corton, it has archery, pitch and putt, putting green, croquet, air rifle shooting, french boules and freshwater angling in its own lake, some lovely gardens and secluded woodland. The house itself has character which incorporates the facilities and the bedrooms are in the gardens outside (chalet style)  The indoor pool is 22m and there is a full size indoor bowling green and gym.  For those wanting to dress more formally, this would suit them better, it has a choice of bars, separate dining and cabaret room, VIP dining and there is a good choice of health and beaty treatments available. There are 210 rooms of which 208 are ground floor (more photos on facebook EmsworthTravel) The following at a few pictures taken at Gunton Hall 



This was the cheapest category room and the only one we were able to see as they were full

Activities available at both Gunton and Corton include, learn to dance or sing, joy of painting, Norwich shopping, Mississipi broads cruise, Sandringham fayres and Newmarket races.

Warners offer everything under one roof for the mature adult with comfortable accommodation, the food was well cooked and a reasonable standard and there are plenty of activities to make clients stay enjoyable and fun. For more information contact Sue Tooke on 01243 377211