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designer furniture and abstract BOURNEMOUTH: Urban MELLS: Talbot Inn £
art. There's a great dining room Beach ££ Pub with rooms Road Map F4
with a daily changing menu. Boutique Road Map A3 Selwood St, Somerset, BA11 3PN
23 Argyll Rd, Dorset, BH5 1EB Tel 01373 812254
WINCHESTER: The Old Vine ££ Tel 01202 301509 ∑ talbotinn.com
Character Road Map B2 ∑ urbanbeach.co.uk A younger sister of the Beckford
8 Great Minster St, Hampshire, Family-friendly accommodation Arms in Tisbury, this hotel is set in
SO23 9HA with a lively bistro. It is close to the a stone building with a cobbled
Tel 01962 854616 beach, and offers free membership courtyard. Expect a series of snug
∑ oldvinewinchester.com of a local health club to guests. dining areas and attractive rooms.
This Grade II-listed 18th-century
inn is a stone’s throw from the BRIDPORT: The Seaside STUDLAND: The Pig on the
cathedral. There's a beamed bar, Boarding House ££ Beach ££
six antique-filled rooms and a Boutique Road Map E5 Boutique Road Map A3
family-friendly apartment. Cliff Rd, Burton Bradstock, Dorset, Manor House, Manor Rd, Dorset,
DT6 4RB BH19 3AU
YARMOUTH: The George ££ Tel 01308 897205 Tel 01929 450288
Rooms with a view Road Map B3 ∑ theseasideboardinghouse.com ∑ thepighotel.com
Quay St, Isle of Wight, PO41 0PE This grown-up retreat is a newer Another Pig hotel, this fairy-tale
Tel 01983 760331 version of an old-fashioned house bristles with turrets and
∑ thegeorge.co.uk seaside boarding house. It boasts chimneys. Highlights here include
A 1670s seafront house. Ask for magnificent views of the Channel. the conservatory restaurant and a
one of the Prestige rooms, which kitchen garden. The bedrooms are
each have an iroko-wood terrace BRISTOL: Brooks Guesthouse £ delightfully eccentric and each
from which to enjoy the view. B&B Road Map F3 comes with a bucket and spade.
St Nicholas St, BS1 1UB
Tel 01179 300066 TAUNTON: Langford Fivehead ££
∑ brooksguesthousebristol.com Historic Road Map E4
Dorset and Somerset This bright B&B behind St Nicholas Lower Swell, Fivehead, Somerset,
market is a real find. Guests TA3 6PH
ABBOTSBURY: The Abbey have the option of staying in Tel 01460 282020
House £ pretty rooms or in one of the ∑ langfordfivehead.co.uk
B&B Road Map F5 two rooftop retro caravans. This fabulous 15th-century manor,
Church St, Dorset, DT3 4JJ furnished with fine antiques, is
Tel 01305 871330 BRISTOL: Hotel du Vin ££ home to a first-rate restaurant
∑ theabbeyhouse.co.uk Boutique Road Map F3 with rooms, which is open for
This small and friendly B&B has The Sugar House, Narrow Lewins dinner from Tuesday to Saturday.
pretty, traditional rooms (including Mead, BS1 2NU No children under 12.
one suite) and a picturesque Tel 01174 032979
garden. No children under 12. ∑ hotelduvin.com/bristol YEOVIL: Little Barwick
A classy hotel in a restored House ££
BATH: Grays ££ 18th-century sugar warehouse, Boutique Road Map F4
Boutique Road Map F3 with a bar, a popular brasserie Barwick, Somerset, BA22 9TD
9 Upper Oldfield Park, Somerset, and romantic, modern rooms. Tel 01935 423902
BA2 3JX ∑ littlebarwick.co.uk
Tel 01225 403020 BRUTON: At the Chapel ££ Set in a white-painted early
∑ graysbath.co.uk Boutique Road Map F4 18th-century house, this hotel is
Away from the bustle, this Victorian High St, Somerset, BA10 0AE unpretentious and smoothly run.
villa is a quietly sophisticated Tel 01749 814070 It has an outstanding restaurant
B&B, with superb bed linen, fluffy ∑ atthechapel.co.uk and quiet, comfortable rooms.
towels and delicious breakfasts Eight rooms are available in
served in an airy sunroom. this former chapel. The all-day
restaurant serves freshly made
DK Choice dishes from an open kitchen.
BATH: The Royal Crescent £££ LYME REGIS: Hix Townhouse ££
Luxury Road Map F3 B&B Road Map E5
16 Royal Crescent, Somerset, 1 Pound St, Dorset, DT7 3HZ
BA1 2LS Tel 01297 442499
Tel 01225 823333 ∑ hixrestaurants.co.uk
∑ royalcrescent.co.uk This boutique B&B has luxurious
A sumptuous Relais & Châteaux touches and breakfast hampers
hotel, this occupies a historic filled with delicious local produce.
house in the city's most iconic
terrace. Inside, there are high- LYME REGIS: Hotel Alexandra ££
ceilinged rooms, an impressive Boutique Road Map E5
spa, lovely walled gardens, a Pound St, Dorset, DT7 3HT
fashionable bar and a gourmet Tel 01297 442010
restaurant. Step into the very ∑ hotelalexandra.co.uk
best of the Georgian era while Enjoy lovely views of the beach
enjoying the outstanding and the Cobb (see p117) at this
modern amenities. hotel. Two self-catering family The lovely Brinsley Sheridan drawing
cottages are also available. room at the Royal Crescent in Bath
For more information on types of hotels see pages 172–3
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