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Bass and Lobster Food House

Fresh ingredients are at the heart of the Food House’s success. Merely hours ago, that firm fillet of red mullet on your plate was innocently swimming just off St. Helier

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Bedford Lodge Hotel and Spa

Newmarket. The ancestral home of British horseracing is a perfect backdrop to the Bedford Lodge Hotel and Spa. As if on cue, expertly-groomed thoroughbred racehorses canter past my bedroom window exercising around the adjacent paddocks and training stables.

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De Vere Tortworth Court

As English as the afternoon tea the hotel serves, Tortworth Court in South Gloucestershire, with white beehives dotted along the lengthy drive, Union Jack fluttering above, epitomises the quintessential country retreat. 

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Flora Indica. Moreish food and Inventive cocktails.

Tucked away on London’s fashionable Old Brompton Road (some might even call it Chelsea)  just a short stroll from Earls Court station, Flora Indica is so introvert you might mistake it for one of those curious old book shops.

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Cedar Manor

Cedar Manor, within an easy walk of Lake Windermere, is winning a constant slew of awards since Caroline and Jonathan Kaye picked up the keys 10 years ago.

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The Grand Trunk Road Restaurant

Created by Rajesh Suri, formerly of Michelin-starred Mayfair restaurant Tamarind, this is Indian fine dining for sure, but without the hefty Mayfair price tag.

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