2018 Editor's Choice Eco-friendly Hotels
Editor’s Choice Eco-Friendly Hotels
Argyll Hotel - Three Night 25% Discount Special Offer
Iona
An ‘informal, warmly welcoming’ place, this low-key small hotel is just the ticket for visitors in search of ‘peace and quiet to experience the magic of this lovely, remote island’.
La Sablonnerie
Sark
‘The distilled essence of Sark – relaxed, laid-back and tranquil – this remains a most charming place.’
The Traddock - Food Lovers Break Special Offer
Austwick
Come to Austwick in May for the Cuckoo Festival; come all year to the Reynolds family’s ‘lovely place’, an ‘attractive, welcoming hotel’ in an ‘excellent Dales location’.
Cedar Manor - Midweek Break Special Offer
Windermere
‘From the excellent service, decor and food to the exceptional attention to detail, they’ve certainly got it right.’
Strattons
Swaffham
Down ‘a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it lane’ in the middle of town, Les and Vanessa Scott’s bohemian, family-friendly hotel is ‘an enjoyable spot’ for guests in search of ‘a comfortable bedroom and excellent food’.
The Old Rectory Hotel
Martinhoe
In ‘what must be one of the most tranquil places in the country’, Huw Rees and Sam Prosser run their ‘splendid’ hotel, a handsomely converted Georgian rectory in large, well-maintained grounds.
The Pierhouse
Port Appin
Nick and Nikki Horne run their ‘top-class hotel’ in a ‘fantastic location’ on the shores of Loch Linnhe, where the ‘beautiful vista’ stretches across the water to the islands and beyond.
Underleigh House
Hope
A green philosophy underpins this ‘excellent-value’ B&B, in a Derbyshire longhouse within the Peak District national park.
The Scarlet
Mawgan Porth
Clean, contemporary design, eco credentials and ‘wonderful views’ attract guests to this voguish, adults-only hotel overlooking ‘a classic Cornish bay’.
Battlesteads
Hexham
‘Surely one of the best places to stay in the north of England’, Dee and Richard Slade’s historic coaching inn is run as a ‘characterful, modern’ pub, hotel and restaurant, where some of the best views are to be found at night.
2017 Editor's Choice Eco-friendly Hotels
Editor’s Choice Eco-Friendly Hotels
Argyll Hotel - Three Night 25% Discount Special Offer
Iona
An ‘informal, warmly welcoming’ place, this low-key small hotel is just the ticket for visitors in search of ‘peace and quiet to experience the magic of this lovely, remote island’.
The White House - October Mid-week Break Special Offer
Herm
‘We love it,’ write regular Guide readers this year, after their fifth holiday at the best, and only, hotel on this tiny, car-free island.
Pendragon Country House - Two and Three Nights
Camelford
In an ‘ideal position’ between coast and moorland, guests enthuse about the ‘attentive, professional service’, ‘warm and gracious hospitality’ and home-baked in-room treats at Nigel and Sharon Reed’s guest house.
Underleigh House
Hope
A green philosophy underpins this ‘excellent-value’ B&B, in a Derbyshire longhouse within the Peak District national park.
The Old Rectory
Boscastle
Literary pilgrims follow narrow single-track lanes to this Victorian rectory in a ‘magical setting’ in the Valency valley, where Thomas Hardy met and courted his first wife, Emma Gifford.
Bingham
Richmond-upon-Thames
‘Sumptuous’ inside and out, Ruth and Samantha Trinder’s refined hotel on the River Thames is in a ‘tranquil spot’ that belies its easy connection to the scramble and dash of London.
The Scarlet
Mawgan Porth
Clean, contemporary design, eco credentials and ‘wonderful views’ attract guests to this voguish, adults-only hotel overlooking ‘a classic Cornish bay’.
Battlesteads
Hexham
‘Surely one of the best places to stay in the north of England’, Dee and Richard Slade’s historic coaching inn is run as a ‘characterful, modern’ pub, hotel and restaurant, where some of the best views are to be found at night.
The Zetter
London
Heralded as the ultimate in cool when it opened in 2004, this modish hotel, in a converted Victorian warehouse, remains ‘on good form’.
The Old Vicarage
Dolfor
In a rural setting close to the medieval market town of Newtown, Helen and Tim Withers fill their eco-friendly country guest house with ‘an atmosphere of heart-warming hospitality’.
Hotels chosen in 2016
Editor’s Choice Eco-Friendly Hotels
The Green Park - Free Theatre Ticket Special Offer
Pitlochry
On the banks of Loch Faskally, two generations of the McMenemie family run this much-liked Victorian hotel with ‘cheerful efficiency’ and an ‘informal, personable’ air.
Augill Castle
Kirkby Stephen
‘It’s a home away from home,’ chorus fans in 2017 of the Bennett family’s ‘stunning, well-preserved’ 19th-century pile striking a pose in rambling grounds in the Eden valley.
Y Goeden Eirin
Dolydd
‘More than a B&B, this is a home that welcomes you for bed and breakfast.’
St Cuthbert’s House
Seahouses
Jeff and Jill Sutheran’s ‘superb’ B&B, in Seahouses, at the heart of the Northumberland coast, ‘fully deserves’ its praise, say Guide readers this year, who were made to feel ‘very much at home’.
Timberstone
Clee Stanton
Deep in Shropshire countryside, Tracey Baylis and Alex Read’s B&B, in a quiet hamlet, is ‘a total joy’, say admirers.