An idyllic spot, this Thames-side hotel and spa is ‘so very relaxing’.

Rebuilt and reinvented by Bassam Shlewet, this award-winning boutique hotel brings ‘great service’, chic style and impressive cuisine to a picturesque stretch of the Thames Path.

Famous politicians and luminaries have pow-wowed and partied in this country pile, once the rural retreat of press baron Lord Beaverbrook.

‘Peaceful’ countryside views roll away from this luxurious, ‘very grand’ Victorian mansion in 66 acres of ‘spectacular’ grounds.

Meghan Markle spent the night before her wedding at this ‘magnificent’ Italianate mansion in ‘glorious’ National Trust grounds on a bluff above the Thames.

On the corner of the village green, a ‘lovely’ country inn which has been offering hospitality to pilgrims and travellers for centuries.

A change of both name and feel for Bingham Riverhouse this year, its ‘more traditional, opulent style’ replaced by ‘something more informal and friendly’, say our inspectors.