Short stay: Burleigh Court, near Minchinhampton, Cotswolds, UK
Virginia creeper branches, as thick and sinewed as a farm worker’s thigh, grow across the weathered Cotswold stone of…
Taking a Le Boat cruiser on the Caledonian Canal, Scotland
Some afternoons and evenings a bagpipe lament lingers over Laggan Locks. It is not a tourism stunt. Dressed in…
Short stay: Wynford, Ambleside, Lake District, UK
With six double bedrooms, comfortably able to accommodate a dozen guests, this is the ultimate self-catering house. Stylish contemporary…
Short stay: Whittlebury Park, Northamptonshire, UK
Whittlebury Park is the refined late twentieth century successor to the great English country house. This time though, the…
7 reasons to visit Liverpool
Looking out across the Irish Sea and to the world beyond, Liverpool has its own take on life. In…
Short stay: The Belfry Hotel and Resort, near Birmingham, UK
The Belfry Hotel and Resort is not just a haven for golfers. Some guests, having the time of their…
Short stay: Citadines, Barbican, London, UK
Citadines, Barbican is perfectly located for exploring London’s Culture Mile which includes the Barbican, Guild Hall School of Music…
Short stay: Ettington Park Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK
Ettington Park Hotel is a grand palatial house, dripping with history, built on an epic scale in 40 stately acres…
Short stay: Rothay Manor, Ambleside, Lake District, UK
Rothay Manor is a wonderfully elegant Regency mansion which has become a boutique hotel at the heart of the…
Short stay: The Black Bull, Sedbergh, Cumbria, UK
It is a journey that has brought a Japanese Thinking Bath, kokedama mossball rooted plants and potent wasabi vodka…
Short stay: The Roseate Reading, Berkshire, UK
It has been some journey. Shire Hall for the County of Berkshire, completed in 1911, has become Reading’s only…
5 English hotels to visit soon
Soon England’s hotels will be opening their doors again to welcome guests desperate for a weekend break or a…
5 historic English hotels
Across England’s green and pleasant land dozens of historic hotels reveal chapters of the nation’s rich and often turbulent…
Short stay: Congham Hall Hotel and Spa, Near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Carved kingfishers and waders, an oil painting of deer flitting through the forest, a Norfolk estuary at sunset. Congham…
Short stay: Hampton Manor, Hampton-in-Arden, West Midlands, UK
The country house party is stylishly back at the foodie estate of Hampton Manor. In the parlour, lavish books…
Short stay: The Cavendish London, Mayfair, London, UK
In the true spirit of The Cavendish London you could order The Duchess from The Petrichor Bar: a cocktail…
