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

Aylesbury

Visitors this year were ‘very happy with everything’ at this former stately home set in landscaped gardens and parkland on the edge of the Chilterns.

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

New Milton

Readers are ‘unable to fault anything at all’ at this ivy-clad country house hotel on the edge of the New Forest, ‘the ultimate luxurious and indulgent treat’.

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The Feathered Nest - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer

Chipping Norton

An 18th-century malthouse on a hilltop, with spectacular views across the Evenlode valley, is today a village hub, pub and foodie destination.

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The Dog at Wingham - Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Special Offer

Canterbury

Every Dog has its day, and Marc Bridgen’s canine-friendly gastropub-with-rooms has been garnering awards since his family took it on in 2016.

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Montagu Arms - 'Escape to the Country' Special Offer

Beaulieu

Perfectly placed to explore the New Forest, this Victorian Arts and Crafts inn, on the Beaulieu river near Lord Montagu’s home, is a mix of cosy bolt-hole, luxury hotel and fine-dining restaurant, with a pub in a 1920s wing.

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Romney Bay House - Winter Coastal Break Special Offer

New Romney

With a superb sea view amid the elemental landscape of Romney Marsh, haunt of both writers and smugglers, this 1920s mansion was built by Clough Williams-Ellis.

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Drakes - Autumn Getaway Special Offer

Brighton

‘A really memorable experience without stuffiness or formality,’ write our trusted reviewers of this stylish boutique hotel on Brighton’s Marine Parade.

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The Cat Inn - Two Nights for the Price of One Special Offer

West Hoathly

‘This is one of the best, if not the best-run inn we’ve ever stayed at.

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Broadway Barn - RHS Wisley Complimentary Tickets Special Offer

Ripley

In the centre of a historic village, Mindi McLean’s B&B is in a ‘beautifully and tastefully restored’ 200-year-old barn that wins praise from Guide readers – not least for the ‘eggs Benedict made right’.

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Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead

Jeremy and Elizabeth Hosking’s beloved and beautiful Elizabethan manor house stands in glorious gardens, amid 1,000 acres of woodland.

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Jeake’s House, Rye

Creeper-clad and atmospheric, Jenny Hadfield’s B&B stands on the steep, cobbled main street of this medieval hilltop town.

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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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Park House, Hotel & Spa, Midhurst

Now a luxury spa hotel in a ‘magnificent’ setting, this country house was a family home when it first opened its doors to the Cowdray Park set back in 1949.

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The Old Store, Chichester

It may have lost its old store, but a pretty village on Goodwood’s doorstep has an excellent B&B instead.

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The Pig in the Forest, Brockenhurst

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the opening of Robin Hutson’s mother Pig, in a New Forest hunting lodge, and it seems ‘on better form than ever’, writes a trusted reader after an annual visit.

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The Gallivant, Camber

A trusted reviewer had a ‘great stay’ in 2020 at this ‘very welcoming’ restaurant-with-rooms, a skimming stone’s throw from the dunes of Camber Sands.

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The Halfway Bridge, Petworth

In the heart of the South Downs national park, this 18th-century inn is a well-judged mix of friendly local and restaurant-with-rooms.

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Britannia House, Lymington

Trusted readers this year ‘greatly enjoyed’ this ‘small and quirky hotel’ overlooking one of three marinas in a historic New Forest coastal town.

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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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The Crab & Lobster, Sidlesham

Birdwatchers flock to this 17th-century inn turned restaurant-with-rooms overlooking Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve.

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Old Whyly, East Hoathly

‘The house is beautiful, the garden is glorious,’ writes a reader this year, after a return visit to Sarah Burgoyne’s Georgian farmhouse, so handy for Glyndebourne.

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Lime Wood, Lyndhurst

Designed for pure leisure and pleasure, this Georgian New Forest lodge is run as a glamorous yet relaxed country house hotel for today’s savvy guest.

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Belle Tout Lighthouse, Eastbourne

The lantern room at this remote B&B between the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs and Beachy Head commands 360-degree views over the sea and the South Downs.

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The Pig in the Wall, Southampton

The endearing little piglet of Robin Hutson’s Pig collection occupies a crenellated Georgian house set into the medieval city wall.

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The Old Vine, Winchester

As Winchester Cathedral sits atop its massive, round-arched Norman crypt, so this nearby Georgian building that is now run as a pub-with-rooms was built over a 14th-century basement tavern.

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Artist Residence Brighton, Brighton

Right-on Brighton rocks to a bohemian rhythm, encapsulated by Charlotte and Justin Salisbury’s mural-bedaubed hotel on a Regency square with view to the eerie remains of the West Pier.

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The Old Rectory, Hastings

Five minutes’ walk from Hastings Contemporary, this Georgian rectory-turned-B&B provides a showcase for the works of artists from Hastings and St Leonard’s.

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The Mash Inn, Radnage

It is all about earth and fire at Nick Mash’s red brick 18th-century pub, reinvented as a restaurant-with-rooms, amid a rural community of hamlets.

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Artist Residence Oxfordshire, South Leigh

On the outside, it looks like a chocolate box stone thatched pub, but that belies the funky interior of this Cotswold outpost of Justin and Charlotte Salisbury’s portfolio of Artist Residence properties in Brighton and London (see main entries) and Penzance (see Shortlist entry).

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The Greyhound Inn, Wantage

At the centre of a village at the foot of the Berkshire Downs, Martyn Reed and Catriona Galbraith’s 18th-century pub-with-rooms brims with community spirit.

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The Pig at Bridge Place, Canterbury

‘Possibly the best of the litter’, the sixth in Robin Hutson’s Pig smallholding occupies a Grade I listed mansion, built in 1701, almost within the sound of Canterbury bells.

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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 Crown Inn, Chiddingfold

On the corner of the village green, this ‘lovely’ country inn has been extending a hospitable welcome to pilgrims and travellers for centuries.

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Best luxury and boutique hotels in the South East

Featured hotels with Special Offers

Best luxury and boutique hotels in the 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

The Feathered Nest - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer

Chipping Norton

The Dog at Wingham - Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Special Offer

Canterbury

Montagu Arms - 'Escape to the Country' Special Offer

Beaulieu

Romney Bay House - Winter Coastal Break Special Offer

New Romney

Drakes - Autumn Getaway Special Offer

Brighton

The Cat Inn - Two Nights for the Price of One Special Offer

West Hoathly

Broadway Barn - RHS Wisley Complimentary Tickets Special Offer

Ripley

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