England

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in England, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Armathwaite Hall

Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa

The oak-panelled reception with its magnificent bouquets is truly beautiful. It leads to a grand staircase, lounges with open fireplaces, oil paintings, and hunting trophies hanging from the walls.

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The Field Restaurant

The Field restaurant is not simply box ticking to starved stereotypes. On the contrary. It’s properly researched lovingly-crafted food using quality ingredients with imagination, creativity and shed loads of flair.

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Delicatessen

Delicatessen is the brainchild of Israeli-born Or Golan, a student of Tel Aviv’s restaurant scene before joining Yotam Ottolenghi’s Belgravia deli as head chef. It is a genius move to open up bang in the middle of Hampstead’s affluent kosher crowd,

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New Hall Hotel

Stepping out of the 21st Century, for a stay at New Hall Hotel, you expect to see Henry Vlll stomping across the drawbridge powering towards a substantial lunch in the wood-panelled-mullion-windowed Great Chamber.

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Crathorne Hall Hotel

Though it’s towering gates were patriotically donated to the 1940s war effort and never replaced – the discovery that you can’t manufacture bombers from iron came after melt-down – Crathorne Hall Hotel’s facade framed by two bell towers, still has a stately grandeur.

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Hampton Manor

Hampton Manor is a wonderful country pile set in 45 acres of landscaped grounds a stone’s throw from the tiny village of Hampton-in-Arden just outside Solihull. It may be just a few miles from Birmingham, but light years away by comparison.

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