 | Aquila Heights Guest House Dorchester Aquila Heights Guest House, 44 Maiden Castle Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2ES "Aquila Heights Guest House offers extensive views toward the ramparts of Maiden Castle." |
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Aquila Heights Guest House
44 Maiden Castle Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2ESEnjoy England
4 Stars Silver Award
Breakfast Award 2010
Aquila Heights Guest House offers extensive views toward the ramparts of Maiden Castle from the first floor bedrooms. This iron-age hill-fort was the tribal capital of the Durotriges until the Roman invasion of Britain in AD43.   An ideal base for business and pleasure. Well positioned for touring and exploring Dorset's beautiful coast and countryside: Thomas Hardy Country: Museums: Historical sights: Numerous gardens and places of interest locally: Near Dorchester Town Centre: Rail and Coach Stations: Thomas Hardy Hall: Dorset County Hospital: Dorset County Records Office: Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre: Farmers Market. |
| For the more energetic Excellent for walking, hiking, and cycling. On national cyclist network Dorset Cycle Route 2. Near end of Cycle Route 26. Secure overnight cyclestorage. Centrally situated for the Jurassic Coast: - England's only Natural World Heritage Site. |
| Facilities All rooms are light and airy, individually decorated and well furnished to enhance their comfort, ambiance and charm. Large Breakfast Room and comfortable Guest Lounge with a larger LCD television with integrated DVD and Freeview and an open coal or log fire during the colder evenings. LCD TV with integrated DVD and Freeview, a generous tea and coffee hospitality tray, hairdryer and alarm clock in every bedroom On the ground floor Room 1 Two roomed suite with level ramped access available direct from the privateparking area. Specifically designed for those guests with disabilities and wheelchair users.A 4ft 6in double bedded en-suite room with a spacious adjoining Garden Room. A wide doorway with double curtains links the two rooms. The Garden Room The Garden Room is very light and airy, with windows the length of two wallsoverlooking the patio and garden. An outer door opens directly on to the patio. This suite also has possibilities as a family, multiple room or a larger secluded area for two. There is ample room for two full sized 3ft single beds in garden room with a comfortable 3-seater sofa but one bed can easily be removed to provide a larger seating area if not needed for sleeping On the first floor Room 2 Twin bedroom has a shower room en-suite and a west facing window overlooking the garden with a view towards Hardy's Monument Room 4 Spacious Single bedroom with a large south facing window and its own private shower room just across the landing for which a wrapped dressing gown is provided Rooms 3 & 5 Two, large super king size or twin bedded rooms with shower room's en-suite. Both have large south facing bay windows with panoramic views of Maiden Castle. Room 3 has a second west facing window, ideal for the evening sun and a view towards Hardy's Monument Both have sleeping options of a 6ft x 6ft 6ins super king sized double or twin 3ft single beds. Room 5 has ample space for an extra full sized 3ft single bed if required or can be arranged as a triple bedded room with three 3ft single beds Room 6 Double bedroom has a 4ft 6in double bed, shower room en-suite and dual aspect to the south and east Room 7 Spacious L shaped Single bedroom with its own private shower room just across the hallway for which a wrapped dressing gown is provided. The windows in this room face east and north. |
| Directions Easy to find from all directions by following the brown "Maiden Castle" tourist signs from A35 Dorchester bypass: Turn onto the B3147. Maiden Castle Road is then the first turning left from this approach road into Dorchester. Aquila Heights Guest House is on the facing corner of Florence Road - the second turning on the right. Parking: - Private parking area available for 5 cars with no yellow line restrictions on street parking locally. The Aquila, Latin for eagle, was the sacred emblem of the Roman Legions and the insignia that they carried into battle - the eagle on the pole. It is thought that the future Roman Emperor, Vespasian and his Augusta Legion would have set up a base camp by the river on the site of modern Dorchester from which to launch his assault across the valley that Aquila Heights now overlooks. |
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