Guy Ritchie is building a holiday camp for the rich and famous on his £9million country estate
FILM maker Guy Ritchie is building a holiday camp for the rich and famous on his £9million country estate.
He has put up a huge safari-style tent on the edge of one of his two purpose-built sports lakes and plans four luxury cabins so shooting parties can stay overnight.
The 51-year-old director, whose movies include The Gentlemen and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, has already hosted clay-pigeon and partridge shooting sessions for celeb pals including David Beckham and Robert Downey Jr.
Ritchie also runs a brewery on his 1,200 acre Ashcombe Estate at Tollard Royal, Wilts. And now he hopes to “compete locally and nationally” for wealthy shooting guests.
In a proposal for a licence, he tells planners he wants to “consumer test” his “container-based cabins”.
He also aims to showcase the gas-burning “Ritchie Firetable” that he is marketing.
Ritchie bought the estate with Madonna in 2001 before landing it as part of a £50million divorce settlement seven years later.
He was granted permission to build the two lakes in 2018 and last year planning chiefs agreed he could provide B&B for wealthy guests on his land.
In a previous planning application asking for permission to host shooting parties, Ritchie said: “A day on a premium estate now costs more than £15,000 and for that the standard of accommodation, food, game condition, the quality and variety of drives needs to be of an ever increasing standard.”
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Last month Ritchie, who has son Rocco, 19, with Madonna, brokered a truce in a row over fears his brewery expansion could encroach on a track.
The British Horse Society — of which actor Martin Clunes is president — withdrew its objections and councillors approved the scheme.
The Gritchie Brewery Company has produced real ale since 2017.
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