Best hotels for Christmas in South East

Christmas is an increasingly popular time for hotel breaks, so whether you’re planning to celebrate Christmas in South East quietly or with a bang, here are our recommended hotels for the festive period.

Featured hotels with Special Offers

Hartwell House - £125 Per Person Per Night Flexible Special Offer

Aylesbury

This historic house has many a compelling reason to visit during the festive season. It has a history as the periodic home of royalty and its palatial style continues to this day.

From £200 per night

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Chewton Glen - 3 Nights for the Price of 2 Special Offer

New Milton

Mince pies, mulled wine and afternoon tea are just part of the joys of Christmas at Chewton Glen spa and hotel.

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Montagu Arms - 'Escape to the Country' Special Offer

Beaulieu

Treat the family to exquisite festive dining or country pub comforts at the Montagu Arms Hotel in The New Forest.

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Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead

This historic location is what magical Christmases are made of, complete with roaring fires, private dining menus and a talent for superb mince pies.

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The Lamb Inn, Burford

The very model of an olde worlde inn, with its flagstones, beams, blazing fires and jumbled interiors, The Lamb sits on the edge of a picture-perfect Cotswolds wool town, in the aptly named Sheep Street.

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The Gallivant, Camber

Whether it’s a corporate feast or a family dinner, Christmas time at The Gallivant is all afternoon tea, mulled wine and a sophisticated party atmosphere.

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Bingham Riverhouse, Richmond-upon-Thames

Bang on the banks of the Thames between Richmond and Petersham, this former Georgian mansion turned ‘classic English hotel with a modern twist’ sits in a riverside garden and terrace.

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Bay Tree Hotel, Burford

A wisteria-festooned arch frames the entry to this prettily refurbished hotel, forged from a row of 17th-century honey-hued houses.

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The Bell Inn, Lyndhurst

Flagstone floors, old beams and open fires at this 18th-century coaching inn make fine bones for the smart tweeds and bright wall coverings of its updated country interior.

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Southampton Harbour Hotel, Southampton

Taste life at sea at this contemporary, ocean liner-like hotel jutting out over a private marina.

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The Millstream, Chichester

In an ‘adorable’ South Coast village, and just a short walk from Bosham Quay, this family-run hotel stands set back from the road, in pretty gardens bisected by a stream.

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Old Parsonage Hotel, Oxford

Built in the 1600s for a chop-house owner and chef, this gabled stone building has long opened its oak door to paying guests.

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The Master Builder’s, Beaulieu

Views of the Beaulieu river can be enjoyed from this former 18th-century shipbuilder’s house, which has a ‘lovely setting down quiet lanes’ in a New Forest hamlet of Georgian cottages.

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Old Bank Hotel, Oxford

Jeremy Mogford indulges his passion for art and literature at his luxury city-centre hotel, where the walls are hung with works from his collection, with a library for residents to browse.

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The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne

‘Like an ocean liner’, this great, white Victorian edifice gazes over the water from the seafront of the resort town.

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Sands Hotel, Margate

Homemade and locally sourced treats, afternoon tea, a five course festive lunch and plenty of mince pies, all topped off with card games and heartwarming evenings in characterise Christmas at Sands Hotel.

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The Bell at Hampton Poyle, Kidlington

George Dailey’s honey-stone roadside inn, north of Oxford, is a popular village hub where locals come for the ‘excellent’ cooking – and where farther-flung guests settle in for ‘a very nice stay’.

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The Runnymede on Thames Hotel and Spa, Egham

An idyllic spot for messing about in boats, this Thames-side hotel and spa is ‘so very relaxing’.

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Hotels for Christmas in South East

Hartwell House - £125 Per Person Per Night Flexible Special Offer

Aylesbury

Chewton Glen - 3 Nights for the Price of 2 Special Offer

New Milton

Montagu Arms - 'Escape to the Country' Special Offer

Beaulieu

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