Five of the Best Cosy Places to Stay in the UK
Large, luxury hotels are fantastic if you're after an indulgent spa break or grand restaurant, but for gorgeous, cosy and relaxed places to stay there's nothing better than a night at one of these top choices of the best cosy places to stay in the UK...
The Crown Inn, Amersham The Crown Inn is an Ilse Crawford-designed inn within close proximity of London.
At 40 rooms it's marginally bigger than its sister hotel, The Olde Bell over in Hurley, but the majority of its features are alike.
The food, devised by top-class chef (and former Guardian food writer) Rosie Sykes, is mainly organic, locally produced and completely delicious.
The New Inn, Coln The New Inn in Coln highlights everything that inns in the UK do best.
Situated in impressive rural premises with open beams, uneven floors and roaring fires, these bucolic elements are emphasised by a seriously impressive restaurant.
Despite some of the elegant bedrooms being slightly bijoux (especially those in the main building), they're full of lavish details like roll-top baths and incredibly sumptuous beds.
The Old Swan and Minster Mill, Minster Lovell The gorgeous 15th-century Old Swan and Minster Mill has always had its idyllic Cotswolds location going for it.
Now, under the impeccable design eye of Lana De Savary it's a real contender amongst the top Cotswolds hotels.
The rooms in the expansive mill have been beautifully styled, and the grounds are immaculately maintained.
In the kitchen, chef Darren Salmon is highly acclaimed for his well thought-out traditional British dishes.
The Bath Arms at Longleat With its majestic leafy exterior, the interior of The Bath Arms at Longleat is the perfect example of a UK inn: a tranquil, stress-free atmosphere with a few inviting, homely rooms (many of which are designed with Indian influence).
The food's excellent too.
All produce is grown in the local area, expertly created and perfectly executed.
The Kingham Plough, Kingham Not far from The Old Swan is Kingham - another picturesque Cotswolds village and the location of the gorgeous Kingham Plough.
It is the perfect warm, open country hideaway, while the rooms are extremely attractive, it's the food that really stands the Kingham Plough well above the rest.
An extraordinary and well-deserved two AA rosettes have been awarded for the outstanding restaurant, unsurprising with Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck protégée Emily Watson as head chef.
The Crown Inn, Amersham The Crown Inn is an Ilse Crawford-designed inn within close proximity of London.
At 40 rooms it's marginally bigger than its sister hotel, The Olde Bell over in Hurley, but the majority of its features are alike.
The food, devised by top-class chef (and former Guardian food writer) Rosie Sykes, is mainly organic, locally produced and completely delicious.
The New Inn, Coln The New Inn in Coln highlights everything that inns in the UK do best.
Situated in impressive rural premises with open beams, uneven floors and roaring fires, these bucolic elements are emphasised by a seriously impressive restaurant.
Despite some of the elegant bedrooms being slightly bijoux (especially those in the main building), they're full of lavish details like roll-top baths and incredibly sumptuous beds.
The Old Swan and Minster Mill, Minster Lovell The gorgeous 15th-century Old Swan and Minster Mill has always had its idyllic Cotswolds location going for it.
Now, under the impeccable design eye of Lana De Savary it's a real contender amongst the top Cotswolds hotels.
The rooms in the expansive mill have been beautifully styled, and the grounds are immaculately maintained.
In the kitchen, chef Darren Salmon is highly acclaimed for his well thought-out traditional British dishes.
The Bath Arms at Longleat With its majestic leafy exterior, the interior of The Bath Arms at Longleat is the perfect example of a UK inn: a tranquil, stress-free atmosphere with a few inviting, homely rooms (many of which are designed with Indian influence).
The food's excellent too.
All produce is grown in the local area, expertly created and perfectly executed.
The Kingham Plough, Kingham Not far from The Old Swan is Kingham - another picturesque Cotswolds village and the location of the gorgeous Kingham Plough.
It is the perfect warm, open country hideaway, while the rooms are extremely attractive, it's the food that really stands the Kingham Plough well above the rest.
An extraordinary and well-deserved two AA rosettes have been awarded for the outstanding restaurant, unsurprising with Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck protégée Emily Watson as head chef.
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