Best hotels for New Years Eve in West Country

The New Year is a great time for a hotel break, whether you want a quiet celebration, and perhaps a walk in the countryside, or a gala dinner with champagne. Here you’ll find our tips for the best New Year’s Eve hotels in West Country

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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.

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Lewtrenchard Manor - Winter Warmer 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’.

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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.’

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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.

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The Eastbury Hotel - Valentine's Celebration 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.

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Woolley Grange - Winter 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’.

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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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Dart Marina - January 30% Discount Special Offer

Dartmouth

‘Yet again, everything was of the highest standard.’ Regular visitors once more praise Richard Seton’s spa hotel overlooking the River Dart (come by boat, by all means).

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The Green House - £50 Per Room Per Night Special Offer

Bournemouth

Ethical hospitality is a priority at this hotel in a handsome Victorian villa close to the seafront.

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The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, Bath

Here is an exemplary hotel, according to a discerning Guide Reader, ‘elegant and comfortable’, it has ‘an air of confidence’ that sets guests at ease.

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The Ollerod, Beaminster

Since Chris Staines and Silvana Bandini bought The Ollerod 18 months ago, its transformation into a ‘restaurant-led’ establishment has continued apace.

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Summer Lodge, Evershot

‘We will stay there again soon – if I can afford it,’ wrote a reader after a first visit to this country house hotel (Relais & Châteaux) last year. Things must be going well – he’s been back, to find everything ‘pretty faultless’.

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Whatley Manor, Easton Grey

‘As soon as you pull up, a besuited employee emerges, bags are lifted, car keys handed over for valet parking.’ Inspectors were impressed by a stay at this luxury hotel and ‘superb’ spa.

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The Carpenters Arms, Pensford

Flower decked without, welcoming within, this ‘excellent’ village pub, contrived from three former miners’ cottages, is liked by readers flying out of nearby Bristol Airport.

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Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea

Built into a hillside on a tidal island, this sleek, white, concrete hotel has a seagoing aspect. Built in 1929 for a wealthy industrialist, it hosted the likes of Nancy Cunard, Noël Coward and Josephine Baker.

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Howard’s House, Salisbury

'Such a romantic spot.’ Deep in the Nadder valley, amid narrow country lanes that are ‘a pleasure to get lost in’, this 17th-century house is owned by Grahame and Prue Senior and Simon and Charlotte Greenwood.

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Hotel Riviera, Sidmouth

Elizabeth Barrett (not yet Browning) would have known this ‘charming, traditional' white stucco seafront hotel when she moved to Sidmouth in 1832 for the balmy climate.

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Moonfleet Manor, Fleet

There is much to fire the young imagination at this 17th-century manor house above Chesil beach, the setting for John Meade Falkner’s 1898 tale of smuggling, Moonfleet.

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Fowey Hall, Fowey

‘An eligible, self-contained gentleman’s residence, very unique. . . with every modern convenience. . .’ So Kenneth Graham describes Toad Hall, which he modelled on this Victorian mansion, a baroque extravaganza with sumptuous interiors, overlooking the Fowey estuary.

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Mullion Cove Hotel, Helston

‘Perched high on the Lizard cliffs with views out to sea and the sound of waves at night, the setting could not be more romantic.’

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Plantation House, Plymouth

There are ‘no airs and graces’ at this Georgian rectory-cum-hotel in the gentle South Hams countryside between Dartmoor and the South Devon coast.

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La Fleur de Lys, Shaftesbury

Personal attention from the owners won high praise from readers this year, after a stay at this restaurant-with-rooms overlooking Blackmore Vale.

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Ilsington Country House, Ilsington

‘This place has a lot going for it.' A trusted reader commends this country house hotel and spa, ‘beautifully located’, on the edge of Dartmoor national park.

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The Acorn Inn, Evershot

Guide regulars were drawn to this former 16th-century coaching inn ‘partly for its excellent location; partly because of the Thomas Hardy connection’.

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The Seaside Boarding House, Burton Bradstock

In ‘a wonderful cliff-top location’, this ‘large white edifice above Chesil Beach’ is run as a restaurant-with-rooms by Mary-Lou Sturridge and Tony Mackintosh, late of London’s Groucho Club.

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Chapel House, Penzance

‘Forget overcrowded St Ives – there’s a real treat of a stay in Penzance.’ Quirky character fills the ‘beautifully restored’ brick-and-granite former 18th-century former admiral’s house, but ‘this inviting boutique hotel is all about the hostess, Susan Stuart’.

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No.15 Great Pulteney, Bath

It promises ‘luxury for the curious’, and this independent boutique hotel on a grand neoclassical street does not disappoint.

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Polurrian on the Lizard, Mullion

Bird’s-eye views of the Lizard peninsula, little luxuries and a relaxed air turn this cliff-top hotel into a stress-busting retreat.

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The Headland Hotel, Newquay

Surf’s up! Above Fistral Beach, the Armstrong family’s child- and dog-friendly hotel overlooks one of Cornwall’s surfing hotspots.

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Budock Vean, Falmouth

In ‘glorious’ grounds’ Martin Barlow’s hotel, golf resort and spa on the Helford river returns to a full entry this year thanks to a trusted reader and frequent guest who loves ‘the personalised hospitality and the attention of good staff’.

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The Arundell Arms, Lifton

People get hooked on Adam Fox-Edwards’s country sports hotel close to Dartmoor, with its tackle shop in an original cock-fighting pit, ghillies for hire, and 20 miles of fishing on the Tamar and tributaries.

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Talland Bay Hotel, Talland-by-Looe

‘One of our favourite hotels,’ enthuses a reader about Teresa and Kevin O’Sullivan’s quirky and luxurious cliff-top hideaway in this south Cornish seaside hamlet.

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The Idle Rocks, St Mawes

‘We found seats on the attractive terrace’ with ‘views across St Mawes harbour to Falmouth Bay’ reports a lunchtime visitor to Caroline and David Richards’s ‘superb’ hotel.

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Hotels for New Years Eve in West Country

Featured hotels with Special Offers

Hotels for New Years Eve in West Country

The Horn of Plenty - Two Night Signature Tasting Menu Getaway Special Offer

Tavistock

Lewtrenchard Manor - Winter Warmer Special Offer

Okehampton

The Nare - Traditional Four Day Breaks Special Offer

Veryan-in-Roseland

Bedruthan Hotel and Spa - Complimentary Lunch Special Offer

Mawgan Porth

The Eastbury Hotel - Valentine's Celebration Special Offer

Sherborne

Woolley Grange - Winter Break Special Offer

Bradford-on-Avon

Prince Hall - 2nd Night Free January Special Offer

Dartmoor

Dart Marina - January 30% Discount Special Offer

Dartmouth

The Green House - £50 Per Room Per Night Special Offer

Bournemouth

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