Christmas is an increasingly popular time for hotel breaks, so whether you’re planning to celebrate Christmas in England quietly or with a bang, here are our recommended hotels for the festive period.
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Hotels for Christmas in England
Hartwell House - £94.50 Per Person Per Night Special Offer
Aylesbury
‘The three generations were happy with the day. We relaxed over croquet, some played tennis, and we had the library for ourselves.’ Praise this year for this Jacobean-cum-Georgian mansion in an Arcadian landscape, from readers who celebrated a significant anniversary there.
From £200 per night
The Horn of Plenty - Two Night Signature Tasting Menu Getaway Special Offer
Tavistock
What do Jennifer Saunders and David Bowie have in common? Both have stayed at this ‘superbly relaxing’ spot overlooking the Tamar valley.
Hambleton Hall - Autumn and Winter Breaks in Rutland
Oakham
‘I find it difficult to make any original comments,’ writes a Guide regular after this year’s visit to Tim and Stefa Hart’s much-loved hotel (Relais & Châteaux) with celebrated grounds reaching down to Rutland Water. ‘All the superlatives have been used by other guests.’
Lewtrenchard Manor - Winter Break Special Offer
Okehampton
A ‘wonderful hotel’ with that ‘special feel’ of family ownership, Sue and James Murray’s manor house delights with its ‘history, beauty and style’.
The Goring - Three Nights for Two Special Offer
London
‘We enjoyed our very expensive one-night stay,’ writes a reader who pushed the boat out at Jeremy Goring’s grand Edwardian hotel, the last of its kind in London to be run by the founding family.
Chewton Glen - 3 Nights for the Price of 2 Special Offer
New Milton
‘My four-year-old loves Chewton as much as I do, it’s always a struggle to leave.’ ‘We stayed to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary, and it exceeded expectations.’
Star Castle - Spring 2020 Full Board Special Offer
St Mary’s
With ‘epic’ views across to Tresco and Bryher, the Francis family’s ‘really good hotel’ combines ‘a great setting’ with ‘fabulous historic features’.
The Priory - The Ultimate Winter Escape Special Offer
Wareham
‘This hotel is amazingly charming.’ A reader was delighted this year by a stay at this 16th-century priory-turned-hotel, ‘in a beautiful location’ beside the church and the River Frome.
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - Tailor make the break of your choice
York
Handy for the racecourse, this William and Mary mansion, built for Sheffield cutler Thomas Barlow ‘in the Italian mode’, operates as a hotel and spa, ‘ideal for those seeking individual attention and pampering’.
The George of Stamford - Sumptuous Sundays Special Offer
Stamford
‘Another excellent stay,’ reports a Guide regular this year, after returning to Lawrence Hoskins’s ‘very traditional’ town-centre hotel, once a coaching inn on the old Great North Road.
From £195.00 per night
The Nare - Traditional Four Day Breaks Special Offer
Veryan-in-Roseland
‘The views are glorious,’ writes a Guide regular, after a visit to Toby Ashworth’s hotel above Carne Beach. ‘Each night I fell asleep to the sound of waves.’
Bedruthan Hotel and Spa - Complimentary Lunch Special Offer
Mawgan Porth
It is not that they’ve put away childish things at this contemporary hotel set into the hillside above Mawgan Porth beach. It remains very family-friendly, but there is plenty for adults.
Lords of the Manor - Winter Stay and Dine Special Offer
Upper Slaughter
A golden stone Carolean manor house-turned-rectory in an ‘idyllic setting’ is run as a ‘welcoming, comfortable and relaxing’ hotel, under highly experienced manager Michael Obray.
Cliveden House - Three for Two Short Break
Taplow
Meghan Markle spent the night before her wedding at this ‘magnificent’ Italianate mansion in ‘glorious’ National Trust grounds on a bluff above the Thames.
The Old Bridge - 2 nights for the price of 1
Huntingdon
When the proprietors are a Master of Wine and an interior designer, you can count on a smart bedroom and a decent vino. So it is at Julia and John Hoskins’s ivy-clad hotel, centred on a Georgian house, with the Great Ouse flowing just behind.
Judges - Autumn and Winter Special Offer from £125 B&B
Yarm
‘Everything about Judges smacked of class and excellence.’ Readers this year loved this smart hotel on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors.
The Zetter - The 'Long Weekender' Special Offer
London
A design-led boutique hotel with impressive green credentials (it pumps water from its own 1,500-foot borehole), this former Victorian warehouse embodies the renaissance of East London.
The Eastbury Hotel - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
Sherborne
The ‘lovely’ walled garden surrounding this small hotel gives it a country house vibe in the middle of this historic market town.
Cuckoo Brow Inn - Winter Two Nights B&B Midweek Special Offer
Far Sawrey
Atop a hill in a pretty village between Lake Windermere and Hawkshead, an unpretentious 18th-century inn offers fuss-free country hospitality.
Rothay Manor - 20% Discount Special Offer
Ambleside
The flower-bedecked balconies at this manor house hotel offer spectacular views to Wansfell Pike. Dating from 1823, it stands in wooded grounds on the edge of Ambleside.
The Cavendish - Country Escape Weekend Special Offer
Baslow
‘Comfortable, pretty and very English’, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire’s smart hotel on the Chatsworth Estate delighted readers this year.
Woolley Grange - Autumn Break Special Offer
Bradford-on-Avon
The first of Nigel Chapman’s Luxury Family Hotels (see also Fowey Hall, Fowey, and Moonfleet Manor, Fleet) occupies a ‘pretty, rambling’ Jacobean manor house in ‘lovely grounds’ with ‘views across the Wiltshire countryside’.
The Elms - Summer Getaway Special Offer from £130 per room per night
Abberley
‘A place for relaxing weekends and special occasions’, a country house hotel in a 'beautifully' proportioned Queen Anne mansion.
Montagu Arms - 'Forest to Fork' Dining Break Special Offer
Beaulieu
‘Our sixth visit, and a wonderful end to our holiday,’ write readers who stopped over at this wisteria-smothered hotel in an unspoilt New Forest village.
Prince Hall - 2nd Night Free January Special Offer
Dartmoor
In ‘an amazing situation’ amid ‘bleak and beautiful Dartmoor’, Chris Daly’s 18th-century manor house-turned-hotel is ‘truly special’ with ‘lovely staff’, say Guide readers.
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