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68 GREA T BRI T AI N

GREAT BRITAIN

RITAIN’S HOTELS tend to fall beautiful surroundings. As with
into one of two camps: the other countries in this guide,
B town or country. The we include a selection of places to
metropolitan ‘boutique’ hotels stay across the board, from the
of London and Glasgow draw a best B&Bs (bed & breakfasts) to
style-conscious and demanding classic hotels such as Gleneagles,
clientele, while the national page 110. Many of our listings
pastime of the weekend break are in unusual locations, for
means that escapees from the example, a Norfolk windmill, or
city have a wide selection of a croft on a Scottish island.
country hotels to choose from – many There’s as much variety and character
of them offering excellent food in in this small country as anywhere.

Inverlochy Castle Hotel, page 113, in magnificent Highland scenery at the foot of Ben Nevis
GREAT BRITAIN country offshoot of a Soho
REGION BY REGION club; where the knowing
informality is typical of the
NTHIS GUIDE, Britain is developing style of the British
Idivided into five sections: country-house hotel.
Southern England, Central Further west, Devon and
England, Northern England, Cornwall offer some of the
Scotland and Wales. most beautiful stretches of
coastline in Britain, plenty of
Southern England B&Bs, and understated luxury
In London, recommendations in hotels such as Tresco’s
include great places to stay Island Hotel (page 90).
that are also well-placed for
shopping, theatres, museums Central England
and restaurants. Within easy Lobby, the Dorchester, page 85 The sandstone villages of the
reach of the capital are the Cotswolds are a plentiful
B&Bs of the Weald and down- neighbourhood of Bath – source of guesthouses,
land of Kent and Sussex, the stylish Royal Crescent coaching inns and manor
luxurious spa hotels such as in Bath itself (page 79), and house hotels. Many offer first-
Chewton Glen in the New Babington House in nearby rate service, provide picnic
Forest (page 87), and fun Frome (page 82) – show how hampers, or transport you to
places like the traditional beach British hotel styles are on the and from great walking
huts that can be booked at move. The Georgian Royal country. The old counties of
the Hotel Continental, in Crescent is one of the new Hereford and Worcester, the
Whitstable, Kent (page 92). breed of polished townhouse university town of Oxford,
Two hotels in the hotel. Babington House is the and the East Anglian counties