Hotels Garden hotels

Bodysgallen Hall and Spa, LLANDUDNO

'A really lovely place. First-class seating in three beautiful panelled lounges with the best lamps I've seen in a hotel...

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Ladyburn, MAYBOLE

Visitors this year 'were looked after superbly' at this 17th-century former dower house. Surrounded by woods and fields, it stands in a beautiful Ayrshire valley...

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Lindeth Fell, BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE

'Friendly, welcoming, relaxed', Pat and Diana Kennedy's Edwardian gentleman's residence has 'fantastic views' over Lake Windermere. 'The atmosphere is settled, homey rather than elegant, despite the plutocratic architecture,' says a reporter this year...

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Gravetye Manor, EAST GRINSTEAD

'A lovely place to stay.' This creeper-clad Elizabethan manor house (Relais & Châteaux) stands amid woodland in grounds (open only to hotel guests) designed by William Robinson, pioneer of the English natural garden...

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Hob Green, MARKINGTON

The Hutchinson family have been 'actively involved' in running this 18th-century house as a 'most comfortable' traditional hotel since 1982; Christopher Ashby is the manager. There are extensive views across a valley, and woodland walks from the award-winning gardens...

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