It isn’t entirely true that you get what you pay for. From a city centre stay to country B&Bs, these are the places where you really get your money’s worth. Manor houses with spacious bedrooms, morning greetings from resident chickens or cleverly designed compact rooms in the city. Here are the Good Hotel Guide’s top 10 best value hotels.
Editor’s Choice 2017 Value Hotels
Cnapan
Newport
‘Exceptionally welcoming’, ‘traditional but not stuffy’, this B&B wins applause from Guide readers who enjoy the relaxed, friendly atmosphere and the ‘well-informed’ staff (‘several of whom are family’).
From £95 per night
The Carpenter’s Arms
Stanton Wick
Tap into ‘friendly efficiency’ at this well-liked inn: Guide readers returning this year tell us ‘it was better than ever’.
From £75.00 per night
The Old Rectory
Boscastle
The ‘magical setting’ in the Valency valley is the perfect spot for a whimsical tale. Thomas Hardy arrived here in 1870, to be met at the door by the rector’s sister-in-law, Emma Gifford, his future first wife. If it’s the romance of the story that draws guests to Sally and Chris Searle’s B&B, it’s the hospitality that inspires them to return.
From £70 per night
Sea Mist House
Clifden
‘Warm and hospitable, with a ready laugh’, Sheila Griffin welcomes guests to her ‘characterful’, ‘attractive’ B&B in an ‘engaging’ town.
From £60 per night
Grasshoppers
Glasgow
Hop along to this modern, budget-friendly spot – ‘just like a very upmarket hostel’ – popular with the young and young-at-heart.
From £85 per night
Newbegin House
Beverley
‘Attentive and helpful’ owners Walter and Nuala Sweeney welcome guests to their ‘unusual’ family home in the centre of this attractive market town.
From £60 per night
Bealach House
Duror
Along a rough track ‘with not a sign of habitation’, Jim and Hilary McFadyen have posted encouraging notices (‘You’re on the right road!’) to arriving guests. ‘You wonder if there’s anything at the end; what you find is a lovely white house in a very pretty garden,’ say Guide inspectors in 2016.
From £90 per night
Eight Clarendon Crescent
Leamington Spa
‘Gracious hospitality’ awaits at Christine and David Lawson’s ‘good-value’ B&B, in a ‘peaceful’ Regency villa near the town centre.
From £85 per night
The Manor Coach House
Worcester
‘Upgrade! Upgrade!’ In 2016, trusted Guide correspondents exuberantly called for a full entry for Sylvia and Terry Smith’s welcoming B&B, in ‘a lovely rural location’ close to the town centre and Worcester cathedral.
From £59.00 per night