The Walnut Tree Inn

We visited The Walnut Tree Inn for Mother’s Day lunch, this is a go to place for us as we have always received good service. The staff are always extremely friendly and attentive, the quality of the food is exceptional, as well as there being a good choice of drinks. If you haven’t tried this place yet, do give it a go!

We stayed here for a function,but opted for an extra night and really glad we did. It gave us a chance to chill out in the lovely room and also have some lovely walks along the canal. One of which was an evening stroll to Blisworth. The staff were super helpful, breakfast was lovely and included, it was really easy to get to too. Well done you! Ps if you don't like trains, ask to be on the car park side... But to be honest I thought they added to the charm

Lovely Sunday Lunch. Food was delicious and service as well. They had all options for Gluten Free which is lovely and food was really well presented and tasty. There is lots of parking spaces, the restaurant is clean and cosy. Totally recommend.

Stayed here for one night a a tripe room with the family. Looking for a rural quiet location for one night as stop over on the way to Oxford. Oxford only 50 mins away and we had a an early start. The hotel is very nice, the triple room is traditional but clean (could have done with another chair) and the bar and restaurant area is excellent. The food was very good in the restaurant, service was excellent but if I am being critical the wine needed more cooling. So why the poor review. Well just after falling asleep the railway work started. The hotel is right opposite a railway maintenance depot. Well I have never seen so many working vans, yellow flashing lights, generators humming lighting the area, reversing sirens going, shouting, maintenance train humming and metal clanging. It was literally an army of workers descended overnight to fix the railway from this depot. Shutting the windows on a hot night made no effect this was going to be a long night and it was. My family commented to each other on arrival about the train noise but thought that's not so bad with passing trains. But the army of maintenance workers descending on this place and working all through the night was just another level. The hotel staff in the morning said they normally get advance notice of planned work at the depot but they must have been ahead of schedule....... If your staying here, ask if there is planned railway maintenance work, it might be better with a room at the back but this level of noise was unbelievable. This is a lovely hotel but such a shame this railway depot work.

The positives - Lovely, friendly staff. A small but comfortable room. Spotlessly clean. The food is great, as is the beer and breakfast was delicious (perfect scrambled eggs). The not-so-positives - The location is out of the hotels control but it's not mentioned anywhere where booking about the extremely loud trains thundering past all night, every 15 minutes or so on the East Coast mainline. Unfortunately, this resulted in zero sleep. Also could do with blackout curtains in the room. If staying ask for a room away from the train tracks (if there is one) or take earplugs.

This is a little gem! We stayed one night after visiting Bletchley Park. We absolutely loved our stay, our room was modern, clean and fresh, it over looked a small car park and the shower was incredible! All the staff were friendly and welcoming. We booked in for dinner had a reservation in the bar, very nicely decorated a real traditional country pub feel. We had the burgers were fantastic! We went for a nice evening stroll along the canal and then returned, we were only going to have one drink in the bar and then go to the room with a bottle of wine. However the bar got a really good atmosphere with friendly people and the bar staff kept the drinks flowing! There was a live band who were very good and got people up dancing. We brought the wine home!! We went up to bed before the band ended and we honestly couldn't hear a thing in the room, contrary to how loud they were downstairs, do don't be put off by the bands on a Saturday! Breakfast was lovely and fresh too! We would definitely stay again and recommend on to friends and family.