UK hotels

• New countryside inns and hotels for foodies

  

  Fancy heading out of London for a short break in the countryside? Here's our pick of the new openings with interesting food offerings, that you should consider. 

• Test Driving Nest Farmhouse - a London restaurant group works wonders in the countryside

  

  The team behind Nest and Restaurant St Barts have opened their first out-of-London space - we travelled to Norfolk to check out Nest Farmhouse. 

• Travel notes: Lainston House serves up the perfect weekend for foodie Londoners

  

  A ten minute drive from Hampshire you'll find this comfortable estate complete with hotel, two restaurants and even a cookery school. We checked into Lainston House for the full foodie experience.

• Seaside hotels near London where the food is great

  

  Planning a trip to the coast, now that the British summer is finally here? Here’s our shortlist of places to stay by the seaside where the food is as good as the sea views.

• The UK's best new hotels, inns and restaurants with rooms for 2024

  

  Making plans for a staycation this year? Here's our pick of the UK's newest hotels, inns and restaurants with rooms where you can be sure the food is going to be great.

• Birch Cheshunt and Birch Selsdon close and go up for sale

  

  Updated 4/12/23 with additional details

  News has broken of a pretty big closure. Chef Robin Gill announced on Instagram that he and his team were told to "down tools with immediate effect" at his Zebra Riding Club restaurant at Birch hotel in Cheshunt

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• The UK's best countryside hotels and inns for foodies

  

  If the lure of the English countryside beckons but you also want to eat well when you're out of town, use our guide to find the best places to stay where the food is a real draw.

• Travel notes: The Bull at Charlbury sees The Pelican crew return to their country roots

  

  It sounds like a movie pitch for an indie British movie - returning to your childhood home to buy up the pub there. But that's the actual story behind The Bull at Charlbury where the team behind Notting Hill's The Pelican are now running the show. 

• Travel notes: Is Estelle Manor England's most gorgeous country hotel?

  

  The arrival of Estelle Manor has really shaken up the Cotswolds hotel scene. Hot Dinners checked in to check out the English countryside's most gorgeous new hotel.

• Estelle Manor is the latest Cotswolds opening to entice Londoners out of the city

  

  A few weeks back we brought you news of Aynho Park, a frankly epic undertaking opening in the Cotswolds with five new restaurants. Now we're back with details of a new place to entice Londoners out of the city, Estelle Manor. Twenty miles away from Aynho you'll find this seriously swanky new

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• Travel notes: The Suffolk in Aldeburgh brings glamour to the seaside

  

  The Suffolk and its restaurant Sur Mer bring a touch of London glamour to the seaside town of Aldeburgh. We took a trip to Suffolk for a staycation to check it out.  

• Test Driving Woven by Adam Smith in a trip to Coworth Park

   

  Adam Smith has taken his restaurant in Ascot's Coworth Park to a whole new level. We take a look at the plush surroundings before checking out the brand-new Woven. 

• Checking into The Rose in Deal for a Kentish seaside break

  

  This stylish seaside spot boasts the top chef Nuno Mendes' involvement in its menus. We booked ourselves in for a south coast staycation. 

• Test Driving The Vineyard at Stockcross - a wine-soaked retreat, both inside and out

  

  We take a trip out of town to Newbury to try both the inside and alfresco restaurants at The Vineyard in Stockcross - and try a fair few of their Californian wines too... 

• Andrew Clarke takes over the menu at Hertford House (in Hertford)

  

  News reaches us of big changes to a hotel/restaurant that's within very easy distance of Londoners fancying a day-trip or night away. And most importantly, it sees chef Andrew Clarke, formerly of St Leonards and who's recently been at Tramshed, in charge of the main restaurant menu there. And there's much more to the hotel that's worth checking out. 

  First up is the main

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