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CUCKFIELD EVERSHOT

Ockenden Manor Superb views of the South Summer Lodge The many devotees of this
Downs can be had from the grounds of this fine former dower house in the heart of Dorset love
16th-century manor. The hotel is elegantly its assets: French windows leading onto flowery
furnished; creative English food is served in the gardens; airy bedrooms; good food served in a
atmospheric wood-panelled dining room with formal but pretty dining room. Peace, comfort,
painted ceiling and stained-glass windows. Rooms and a touch of extravagance without intimidation.
are individual and spacious, service is friendly. For exercise there is tennis and croquet.
N Ockenden Lane, Cuckfield, West Sussex RH17 5LD. N Summer Lane, Evershot, Dorset DT2 0JR.
Map p75 E5. § (01444) 416111. ` (01444) 415549. Map p74 C5. § (01935) 83424. ` (01935) 83005.
$ ockenden@hshotels.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 22. ∂ $ reservations@summerlodgehotel.com 0 b,l,d.
¢ Never. / AE, DC, MC, V. ]]] Rooms 18. S∂¢ Never. / AE, DC, MC, V. ]]]
EAST GRINSTEAD FOWEY

Gravetye Manor For more than 40 years this Fowey Hall The grandest of a group of hotels
serene Elizabethan house has exuded understated designed specifically for families. The facilities
luxury – at a price. It is close to London, yet for children are endless, yet there is plenty of
surrounded by natural English gardens and sophistication for grown-ups too. The setting,
woodland. Standards are unfailingly high, with overlooking the Fowey estuary and the sea, is an
award-winning cooking and attentive yet extravagant late 19th-century mansion; modern
unobtrusive service. comforts and leisure activities.
N Vowels Lane, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 4LJ. N Hanson Drive, Fowey, Cornwall PL23 1ET. Map p74 B5.
Map p75 E4. § (01342) 810567. ` (01342) 810080. § (01726) 833866. ` (01726) 834100.
$ info@gravetyemanor.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 18. $ info@foweyhall.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 25.
∂¢ Never. / MC, V. ]]]] S∂¢ Never. / AE, MC, V. ]]]

DODDISCOMBSLEIGH DULVERTON
Nobody Inn Quintessential West Country inn Ashwick House Edwardian house on Exmoor.
with satisfying food and wines; the large rooms Galleried hall, traditional dining room,
are a stroll away in an old house, Town Barton. thoughtfully equipped bedrooms.
N Doddiscombsleigh, Exeter, Devon EX6 7PS. N Dulverton, Somerset TA22 9QD. Map p74 C4.
Map p74 C5. § (01647) 252394. ` (01647) 252978. §` (01398) 323868. $ ashwickhouse@talk21.com
$ info@nobodyinn.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 7. ]] 0 b,d. Rooms 6. ]]
DORCHESTER FLETCHING
Casterbridge Georgian town-centre hotel with Griffin Inn Popular pub and local restaurant
bright rooms (some small); generous breakfasts with above-average food. Mostly four-posters.
served in pretty conservatory. Good value. Rooms in the Coach House are sought after.
N 49 High East St, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1HU. Map p74 N Fletching, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 3NE.
C5. § (01305) 264043. ` (01305) 260884. $ Map p 75 E5. § (01825) 722890. ` (01825) 722810.
reception@casterbridgehotel.co.uk 0 b. Rooms 15. ]] 0 b,l,d. Rooms 8. ]]
For key to symbols see backflap. For price categories see p71