Bed & breakfast on the Thames Path
Sleep where the river slows down
Four rooms, a garden that runs down to the towpath, and a breakfast worth setting an alarm for. Twenty-five minutes from Waterloo, a world away from it.
Four rooms, a garden that runs down to the towpath, and a breakfast worth setting an alarm for. Twenty-five minutes from Waterloo, a world away from it.
Willowbank has stood on Riverside Walk since 1892, built for a boatbuilder who wanted to keep an eye on his yard. We are Sarah and James, we live here, and we have four guest rooms, one dog and strong opinions about marmalade.
Expect proper beds, unhurried breakfasts and a garden bench that has resolved more arguments than any meeting room.
See the rooms
Our best room. Watch the boats queue for the lock from a super-king bed.
Look inside
Calm and green, overlooking the walled garden and the old willow.
Look inside
Flexible twin or king, hung with photographs of the river in the 1920s.
Look inside
Snug double under the eaves. Small, charming and the best value in the house.
Look insideCooked to order between 8am to 9.30am: a proper full English with sausages from the butcher on the high street, eggs however you like them, and bread we bake ourselves. Porridge, pastries and a very good flat white for the gentler mornings.
See the breakfast table
"We came for one night on the way to Windsor and stayed three. Blame the breakfast, and the bench at the bottom of the garden."
Guest book, May this year
Turn left for the lock and the herons. Turn right for riverside pubs, boat hire and the Thames Path to Runnymede. Windsor and Hampton Court are both an easy morning out; the kingfishers are closer still.
Plan a day out
Check-in 3pm to 9pm, checkout by 10.30am. Arriving outside those hours? Just say; someone is nearly always in.
Free parking in the drive, and the station is a ten-minute walk with direct trains from London Waterloo.
Welcome in The Boat Room by arrangement. Ours is called Barge; he takes his ambassadorial duties seriously.