COWORTH PARK, ASCOT Coworth Park has a rich history, and the property consists of several buildings, including the original Coworth House built in 1776. Interestingly, the hotel also looks out onto Tittenhurst, the former home of John Lennon, and the place where he wrote Imagine. The countryside hotel is a favourite among modern royals – but its regal connections go way back. In 1066, Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, gave the land on which the hotel now stands to Westminster Abbey. The land was later repossessed by William the Conqueror for the crown. Throughout the generations, the estate has passed through the hands of a long list of Lords and Ladies including the Earl of Derby who owned the estate for the early half of the 19th century. Coworth Park first became associated with polo in the mid-1980s when the owner of Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason, Galen Weston, purchased the estate and built its first polo ground and stables. In March 2001, a further polo ground and practice field was added, and in 2008, Dorchester Collection started work to renovate the main Georgian manor house and create a luxury country house hotel estate and spa, before its opening in 2010.
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