Hotels Child Friendly

The Colonsay, COLONSAY

On an 'idyllic' Hebridean island just eight miles long, this unpretentious inn has been renovated by a group headed by the laird and his wife, Alex and Jane Howard. Visitors this year were 'well looked after' by the manager, Scott Omar, and his team...

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The George, BUCKDEN

On the main street of a historic village between the market towns of Huntingdon and St Neots, this 19th-century coaching inn is 'strongly commended'. Owners Anne, Richard and Becky Furbank have created a 'fashionably stylish' look with neutral colours (taupe, chocolate, grey-green), leather tub chairs and sofas...

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Trout at Tadpole Bridge, BUCKLAND MARSH

'Idyllically located', by a bridge, on the Thames as it meanders through the Cotswolds, this 17th-century stone inn is run as an informal pub-with-rooms by its 'efficient, friendly' owners, Gareth and Helen Pugh. Its bar is popular with locals and boating visitors; six private moorings are free if you dine in the restaurant...

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The Wentworth, ALDEBURGH

Owned for 90 years by one family, this traditional seaside hotel faces fishing huts and boats on Aldeburgh's shingle beach. The 'hands-on' Michael Pritt, the third generation, runs it...

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Blackmore Farm, CANNINGTON

'Great for lovers of historic buildings, and for children', Ann and Ian Dyer's large 15th-century, Grade I listed manor house is on their working dairy farm. It has views to the Quantock hills...

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