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Park House, Hotel & Spa - Sunday Spa Break Special Offer

Midhurst

‘All aspects of the hotel hit the standard: staff service, decor, food quality, ambience.’ New endorsements for this Edwardian country house hotel under the South Downs.

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Drakes - 'Romantic Stay and Dine Getaway in Brighton' Special Offer

Brighton

‘One of the nicest locations we’ve stayed at.’ Trusted readers enjoyed a night's stay at Andy and Gayle Shearer’s boutique hotel on the seafront.

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The Millstream, Chichester

We have readers who have been returning for more than 20 years to the Wild family’s traditional hotel ‘in a picturesque village’ once known for oyster fishing.

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The Old Store, Chichester

There are treats in store for guests behind the chequerboard facade of this B&B, in a ‘pretty’ South Downs village close to Chichester.

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The Halfway Bridge, Petworth

‘Well placed for visiting the historic market towns' of Midhurst and Petworth, Sam and Janet Bakose’s 18th-century inn proved more than halfway decent on a Guide inspection.

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The Town House, Arundel

Visitors to Lee and Katie Williams’s town-centre restaurant-with-rooms this year raved about ‘everything: the food, the accommodation, the location – all was perfect'.

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The Crab & Lobster, Sidlesham

‘We enjoyed the waterside location,’ write trusted readers this year, drawn back for a third stay at Sam and Janet Bakose’s 350-year-old inn overlooking Pagham Harbour with its reserve of mudflats and salt marsh.

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Old Whyly, East Hoathly

‘You are essentially staying in someone’s beautiful farmhouse, with an exquisite garden and delicious breakfast.’ A reader reaffirms her support this year for Sarah Burgoyne’s ‘wonderful’ B&B.

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Deans Place, Alfriston

‘A hidden treasure.’ On the banks of the Cuckmere river, this handsome, extensively enlarged old farmhouse is run ‘with the highest standards of hospitality'.

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Wingrove House, Alfriston

A colonial-style veranda wraps round this ‘charming’ 19th-century restaurant-with-rooms in a picturesque village.

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Crouchers, Chichester

Between cathedral city and marina, set a little back from the main road, Lloyd van Rooyen and Gavin Wilson's smart, contemporary hotel centres on a farmhouse in a pastoral setting.

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The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne

‘This is a chain hotel, but so kind and beautifully situated.’ A great, white Victorian edifice, the Grand is part of the small Elite Hotels group, but there is nothing elitist here.

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The George in Rye, Rye

In a ‘little, old, cobble-stoned, grass-grown, red-roofed town, on the summit of its mildly pyramidal hill’ (as described by former Rye resident Henry James), the George presents the street front of a Georgian coaching inn.

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Wartling Place, Hailsham

‘Very convenient for Glyndebourne and the coast,’ ‘every need is catered for’ at Rowena and Barry Gittoes’ Grade II listed former Georgian rectory.

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Paskins, Brighton

An Art Deco theme runs through this characterful B&B within the East Cliff conservation area. Run by the Marlowe family, it has long been a bastion of sustainable practices and high-quality, locally sourced organic food.

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The Hope Anchor, Rye

The shipbuilders, boozy sailors and notorious Tenterden smuggling gang that once formed the clientele of this 18th-century watering hole have been replaced by peace-seeking travellers bent on finding a decent meal.

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The Horse Guards Inn, Tillington

Walk across Petworth Park to this 350-year-old, quintessentially English village inn, once a regular stop-over for the Household Cavalry, who would rest their horses en route to Portsmouth. .

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The White Horse, Chilgrove

Chic and rustic, this ‘simply lovely’ spot, in the foothills of the South Downs, is a countryside inn through and through.

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The Church House, Midhurst

Visitors to Fina Jurado’s genteel B&B, in a medieval market town, are in for a surprise: a string of four 13th-century cottages has been knocked through to create a ‘wonderful’ open space.

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The Blacksmiths, Donnington

Steeped with Scandinavian cool, Mariella and William Fleming’s renovated village pub-with-rooms is a stylishly relaxed spot near the Chichester canal towpath.

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Chichester Harbour Hotel, Chichester

Priory Park, where W G Grace once wore whites, is a cricket ball throw from this Georgian hotel inside the city’s Roman walls.

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