Location

If using Google maps type in Barn Owl cottage and the post code, CV33 9BQ, and it should find us.

If using the post code in your car sat nav it will normally take you to the canal on the Fosse way. We’re just North of the canal. Detailed directions below

From the North via M1:

  Leave the M1 at Exit 21 and take the M69/A46 right to its junction with the A45 and at this roundabout turn to the left taking the A45 signed London. After a few hundred yards take the slip road on the left marked A423 Banbury. Follow the A423 going straight across two roundabouts for approximately 3.7 miles to Princethorpe. At Princethorpe, turn right onto the B4455 Fosse Way for about 5 miles passing through three crossroads. Just after the third crossroads with Welsh Road look out for the white sign on your right just as the road starts to go down hill (it is easy to miss if hedges are overgrown!) Turn right at the sign into the driveway and Barn Owl Cottage is straight ahead at the end of the long driveway. There is a gravel parking space just outside.

From the North via M6:

  Leave the M6 at Exit 2 following Coventry signs, then at roundabout take the A46 signed Coventry (E&S) and Airport to its junction with the A45. At this roundabout turn to the left taking the A45 signed London. After a few hundred yards take the slip road on the left marked A423 Banbury. Follow the A423 going straight across two roundabouts for approximately 3.7 miles to Princethorpe. At Princethorpe, turn right onto the B4455 Fosse Way for about 5 miles passing through three crossroads. Just after the third crossroads with Welsh Road look out for the white sign on your right just as the road starts to go down hill (it is easy to miss if hedges are overgrown!) Turn right at the sign into the driveway and Barn Owl Cottage is straight ahead at the end of the long driveway. There is a gravel parking space just outside.

From the South via M1:

  Leave the M1 at Exit 17 (M45). Follow the M45 to its end, then at the roundabout, follow the A45 (straight on). At the next junction (1 mile) turn left onto the B4453 signed Princethorpe. Follow this road for 3.3 miles until you come to the junction with the A423 Coventry-Banbury Road. At this junction go straight across on to the B4455 Fosse Way. Follow the B4455 for about 5 miles passing through three crossroads . Just after the third crossroads with Welsh Road look out for the white sign on your right just as the road starts to go down hill (it is easy to miss when hedges are overgrown!) Turn right at the sign into the driveway and Barn Owl Cottage is straight ahead at the end of the long driveway. There is a gravel parking space just outside.

From M40 North/M42/M5:

  Leave M40 at Exit 14 signed Leamington following A452 approximately 0.75 miles to roundabout then take A452 (B4100) signed Stow/Gaydon (Note: not A452 LEAMINGTON). After 3.4 miles turn left at the roundabout onto the B4455 signed Leicester (Fosse Way). Follow B4455 for 3.8 miles to the next roundabout. Go straight across the roundabout and look out for the white sign on your left after about 1 mile. (The sign is nearly at the top as the road goes uphill) .Turn left at the sign into the driveway and Barn Owl Cottage is straight ahead at the end of the long driveway. There is a gravel parking space just outside.

From M40 London/South:

  Leave M40 at Exit 12 turning left on the B4451 signed Gaydon/Kineton. After 0.5 miles turn right onto B4100 signed Lighthorne Heath. Follow B4100 for 3.8 miles and at the third roundabout turn right on to the B4455 signed Leicester (Fosse Way). Follow B4455 for 3.8 miles to the next roundabout. Go straight across the roundabout and look out for the white sign on your left after about 1 mile. (The sign is nearly at the top as the road goes uphill). Turn left at the sign into the driveway and Barn Owl Cottage is straight ahead at the end of the long driveway. There is a gravel parking space just outside.