Hotels Walking

Milebrook House, KNIGHTON

In 'very special' gardens facing the Shropshire hills and running down to the River Teme, this 18th-century house was once the home of Wilfred Thesiger and visited by Emperor Haile Selassie. It is run as a small hotel/restaurant by owners Beryl and Rodney Marsden and their family, 'lovely people in a lovely house'...

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The Lake, LLANGAMMARCH WELLS

Built as a hunting lodge, this mock-Tudor Edwardian hotel in 'beautiful' grounds by the River Irfon is endorsed by Guide readers again in 2009. 'Excellent by any standards,' is one comment...

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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 Three Chimneys and The House Over-By, Isle of Skye

'Despite the high prices, we consider it worth every penny.' This year's praise for Eddie and Shirley Spear's award-winning restaurant-with-rooms in a beautiful and remote setting by Loch Dunvegan in north-west Skye...

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Culdearn House, GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY

Once the country home of the Earls of Seafield, this Victorian granite house, on the edge of a picturesque Speyside market town, is run as an 'unassuming' hotel by its owners, William and Sonia Marshall. They are 'business-like, friendly', say visitors who enjoyed tea by a 'welcoming' log fire...

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