Top hotels for Autumn breaks
Top hotels for Autumn breaks
Chewton Glen - Complimentary Breakfast for Two Special Offer
New Milton
This quintessential English country house with spa, pools, kids' club, elegant bedrooms and fun tree houses, hits all the right luxurious notes for a romantic or family stay.
The Rose & Crown - 'Autumn Escape' Special Offer
Barnard Castle
Guide readers and their dogs love this village inn, with panelled dining room and a beamed locals bar warmed by a big open fire.
Soar Mill Cove Hotel - 'Stay Longer Save more' Special Offer
Salcombe
A single-storey hotel enfolded in a gorse-clad valley, a stroll through National Trust land to the eponymous cove, has been in the Makepeace family for three generations.
Knockinaam Lodge - Two Night Special Offer
Portpatrick
Where the road ends and the Irish Sea begins, this former Victorian hunting lodge with a private cove is secluded, unapologetically traditional and rich in comforts and good food.
The Nare - 'Bridge Breaks' Special Offer
Veryan-in-Roseland
'A year spent without a visit to The Nare is a year wasted,' writes a returning guest of this perennially popular country house hotel overlooking the sands of Carne Bay.
Montagu Arms - 'Luxury Classic Car Break' Special Offer
Beaulieu
Wigeon and teal are arriving now to overwinter on the shining expanse of the Beaulieu River, in front of this Arts and Crafts-style Victorian hotel.
Lindeth Fell
Bowness-on-Windermere
With rolling gardens, lakeside views, and elegant, spacious interiors, this Edwardian home above Windermere is more country house hotel than B&B.
Corse Lawn House
Corse Lawn
Ducks glide on a pond and guests take tea in front of this beautifully proportioned Queen Anne-style mansion in a hamlet between the Cotswolds and the Mendip hills.
Star Castle
St Mary's
You can sit on the ramparts and watch for puffins, seals and invading armadas over a cream tea at this Elizabethan artillery castle and family-run hotel within star-shaped walls.
The Hare and Hounds
Tetbury
There is nowhere better in Britain to see spectacular autumn colour than at the National Arboretum, Westonbirt, a stroll from this Cotswold hotel.
Kinloch Lodge
Isle of Skye
Stalking, fishing and foraging with the aid of a ghillie are all laid on at Lord and Lady Macdonald’s former hunting lodge on the shores of Loch Na Dal.
Biggin Hall
Buxton
In a small Peak District village, James Moffett’s ancient manor house is run as a hotel in a spirit of generosity, with complimentary drinks on arrival, and a packed lunch for walker, cyclist or angler.
The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By
Isle of Skye
In the north of Skye, overlooking Loch Dunvegan, this whitewashed former crofter’s house with its distinctive three chimneys is the unlikely setting for a celebrated restaurant-with-rooms.
The Cottage in the Wood
Braithwaite
Autumn is a glorious time to visit Liam and Kath Berney’s restaurant-with-rooms on Whinlatter Pass, in England’s only true mountain forest.
Hotel Endsleigh
Tavistock
Hunter wellies wait by the door at Olga Polizzi’s dog-friendly ducal fishing lodge in parkland laid out by Humphry Repton, with the River Tamar running through.
The Gunton Arms
Thorpe Market
Close to the bracing North Norfolk coast, this dog-friendly pub-with-rooms is a showcase for owner Ivor Braka’s art collection, including works by the likes of Lucian Freud, Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst.
The Pig at Bridge Place
Canterbury
Take tea in a panelled bar with a log burner and deep, plush sofas, or cosy up in the snug or study, at this Grade I listed mansion, built in 1701, in a village close to Canterbury.
Hipping Hall
Kirkby Lonsdale
Between the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District – and just ten minutes from the M6 – Hipping Hall is a surprising foodie find with understated yet luxurious bedrooms, spacious gardens and a relaxed atmosphere.
The leaves are turning and there’s a distinct crispness in the air when you wake up in the morning – Autumn has to be one of the most beautiful times of the year in the UK and an idyllic time to escape on a mini break outside of the school holidays. So here are some of our most beautiful hotels to visit this autumn.