Making Your Stay Sustainable

Tread Lightly During Your Stay at Hampton Manor

At Hampton Manor, we believe travel can be a force for good. Rooted in the soil of our historic estate is a mission to tread lightly and live more regeneratively. From the food we grow in our walled garden to the energy we use in our bedrooms, we’re working every day to nurture the land and the people who visit it.

We invite you to join us in this journey during your stay.

We’re just 3 miles from Birmingham International Airport and Train Station, offering seamless, low-impact travel from London and beyond.

• From London: Direct trains from London Euston to Birmingham International take just over an hour. From there, it’s a short 10-minute taxi ride to our door or a 2 minute local train right into our village that comes twice an hour.

• From Abroad: Birmingham International Airport offers direct flights from many major European and global cities. Skip the long car journey and land just minutes away from the Manor.

• Local Taxis: Consider booking an electric or hybrid taxi from the station or airport to help reduce your carbon footprint even further.

If you do arrive by car, we offer on-site EV charging for our guests.

Every detail of your stay is crafted with care—for your comfort and for the planet.  Across the estate we generate our own biomass, ground source and air source energy with all remaining energy requirements certified as renewable through the REGO scheme.

• Energy Use in Your Room

  • Our rooms are fitted with low-energy lighting and intelligent heating systems. Help us conserve energy by turning off lights and electronics when not in use.

  • If you are happy not to have daily changes simply hang your towels back up.

  • If you are staying for multiple nights and do not wish for your bedding to changed please let reception know.

  • Please close windows when the heating is on to reduce energy waste.  If you need help turning the heating down just let us know.

• Water Wisdom

  • Water is a precious resource. Our showers are designed for comfort and conservation. Shorter showers save up to 12 litres a minute—every drop counts!

Our Estate: Rooted in Regeneration

When you dine at our restaurants or enjoy a treat from our bakery, you’re tasting food grown just metres away in our restored walled garden or from growers and makers that are focussed on how they farm. Our chefs and gardeners work hand-in-hand to celebrate regenerative farming, ensuring the land is nourished for generations to come.  Most of our plateware and much of our furniture is handcrafted by local artisans using natural materials from local ecosystem.

Explore the grounds, meet the makers, and enjoy knowing your stay supports a living system that gives back more than it takes.  Do share your stories on social media and help us tell the stories that support the movement.

If you want support some of our suppliers you can buy direct and take our ethos home…

Thank You for Treading Lightly

By choosing to stay at Hampton Manor, you’re helping us cultivate a more sustainable and soul-nourishing way to travel. We’re grateful for your partnership and hope your time with us inspires deeper connection—with nature, with food, and with each other.  Below you can read more about what we’re doing to make your stay more sustainable and delicious at the same time….

We’re part of the national movement to save the bees.  Sarah, a local resident, looks after hives across Hampton-in-Arden including those situated in our walled garden. We sell our own honey in the bakery and use some in the kitchens.

We source grain from Turners of Bytham where John runs a diverse organic farming system. Paul’s local Tuxford windmill stone mills the grain before personally being delivered to our door. We’re privileged to visit the Mill for a harvest lunch most years where we explore together how varietals are responding in the artisan bakeries they serve.

To educate our team about the importance of farming in the future of the planet we have an ongoing relationship with FarmED, a model farm and education centre in the Cotswolds where we run many of our team offsites.

Sourcing produce for our kitchens is guided by our desire to balance local produce with sustainability.  Here are just a few of the key relationships that shape what we bring to the table.

Toby from Four Acres Farm has been practicing biodynamic farming methods since 2008 just 5 miles away. He is our first call for the best veg.

James and Georgie on the neighbouring Packington Estate are at the early stages of converting their 1000 acres to a regenerative vision including introducing rare breed cattle and an organic growing programme within their walled garden.  We currently take venison and some vegetables from them, it’s early days but we hope to source increasingly from them and forage their woods as much as we can.

Caroline at Sole discretion, a community interest company, has played a critical role in educating us about sustainable fishing.  Whilst we can’t always get fish from her boats we are always guided by what we learn from working together.

Sophie brings us high welfare Lavinton lamb from Lincolnshire.  A shepherdess of note.

Richard from Huntsham farm in Herefordshire supplies the Manor with the finest Middle white sausages from his low intensity farm specialising in rare breeds.

Billy tends to his organic fruit and nut farm just 40 miles away in Ludlow. Over 30 years he has transformed his land into an abundant hive of natural life and deliciousness.

Since 2021 all new and replacement mattresses on the estate are from Naturalmat. A Devon based company making mattresses in their solar-powered workshop, from materials that are organic, biodegradable or recyclable. You’ll find no plastics, VOCs or any other chemicals in their products whatsoever. Better for us, better for the planet. B-corp certified.

Around the house, we use eco cleaning products and bamboo toilet paper. We pay attention to our fabrics using organic, eco or recycled fabrics; from curtains to uniforms.

As a family run business we’re passionate about people.  We’re delighted to announce Katherine as our Head of People & Culture.  This role is focussed on improving the experience of our team through professional management.  We use an employee engagement tool to measure culture and guide our priorities for the work we’re doing to create a great place to work and thrive.  Our team have access to an employee assistance programme through our partnership with Hospitality action. All tips and service charge are shared equally between employees.

Since 2015 Sam from Wine Freedom has been helping us source wines that have been farmed with sensitivity and passion. Our relationship led us to winning the AA wine list of the year in 2019 for balancing fine wines from more familiar places with small hand crafted picks from off the beaten track.  Across the estate each area has its own unique list curated from a range of importers but all share our deep commitment to farming and low intervention wine making.