Best hotels for Easter - Good Hotel Guide

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The Cottage in the Wood - 'Five Nights for the Price of Four' Special Offer

Malvern Wells

Feel free and at ease at the Cottage in the Wood Hotel & Restaurant in Malvern. Treat yourself to a bespoke cocktail and soak up sublime views at Easter.

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Ty Mawr - Complimentary Dinner Special Offer

Brechfa

‘A jewel set in glorious Welsh countryside’, on the edge of Brechfa Forest, this 17th-century country house is ‘one of the most outstanding small hotels we have stayed in’, readers write.

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Knockinaam Lodge - July £100 Discount Special Offer

Portpatrick

Where the road ends and the Irish Sea begins, this former Victorian hunting lodge with a private cove is secluded, unapologetically traditional and rich in comforts and good food.

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Pen-y-Dyffryn - 20% Discount Mid-Week Special Offer

Oswestry

Few places could be more tranquil than Pen-y-Dyffryn for an Easter break in the Shropshire countryside.

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Plas Dinas Country House - Early Bird Midweek Two Night D,B&B Special Offer

Caernarfon

With its romantic bedrooms and views across the Menai Strait, the former country residence of the Armstrong-Jones family manages to be luxurious yet relaxed.

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Trigony House - Summer Complimentary Dinner Special Offer

Thornhill

In a ‘beautiful’ setting, Jan and Adam Moore’s dog-friendly country hotel in an 18th-century sporting lodge looks out over the hills and is surrounded by trees.

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Forss House - Dinner B&B Special Offer

Thurso

Under the big skies of Caithness, wrapped in woodland and a curve of the River Forss, this Georgian mansion offers the grandeur of Scottish country house living but with modern-day warmth and comforts.

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The Feathered Nest - 25% Discount Two-Night Special Offer

Chipping Norton

Guests have a bird’s-eye view over the Evenlode valley from Adam Taylor’s gastropub-with-rooms in a hilltop Cotswold village.

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The Eastbury Hotel & Spa - 'Garden Escape' Special Offer

Sherborne

Behind the ‘pretty façade’ of a Georgian town house in an affluent market town, this hotel is a perfect retreat, with small spa, oasis garden and croquet lawn.

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Ees Wyke Country House - Two Night Stay Special Offer

Ambleside

‘This is one of the best country houses we have stayed in,’ writes a reader, of this white-painted Georgian gentleman’s residence with glorious views over Esthwaite Water to the Langdale Pikes.

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Lords of the Manor - 'Taste of the Cotswolds' Special Offer

Upper Slaughter

Get the family together for Easter with traditional Sunday lunch at the hotel's highly acclaimed restaurant in the Cotswolds. It's a treat they are well known for!

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Cuckoo Brow Inn - Three Night 15% Discount Special Offer

Ambleside

This jolly country inn, between Lake Windermere and Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top home, welcomes walkers, dogs and children with smiles, robust food and toasty log-burners.

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More hotels for Easter

Rosleague Manor, Letterfrack

There are wonderful views from this pink-washed manor house in gardens edged by Ballinakill Bay, with interiors full of antiques and curios, imaginative menus and personable third-generation owners.

Jesmond Dene House, Newcastle upon Tyne

In a historic rural park, just ten minutes’ drive from the city centre, this Arts and Crafts mansion impresses with its grand interiors, bold design features and first-rate modern British cooking.

Beechwood Hotel, North Walsham

Agatha Christie memorabilia, murder-mystery weekends and Art Deco touches set the tone at this creeper-clad hotel, former home of doctor friends of Christie, in a bustling market town.

Old Parsonage Hotel, Oxford

‘A stone’s throw from everything Oxford has to offer’, Jeremy Mogford’s second hotel (see the Old Bank) impressed our inspectors with its ‘peaceful, classy vibe’.

Driftwood Hotel, Porthscatho

‘This hotel is all about position – on the cliffs above the beach and beautiful gardens,’ a reader writes.

Star Castle, St Mary's

You can sit on the ramparts and watch for puffins, seals and invading armadas over a cream tea at this Elizabethan artillery castle and family-run hotel within star-shaped walls.

Strattons, Swaffham

There is ‘an air of a chic curiosity shop’ about this singular hotel with café/deli, centred on a Palladian-style villa, up a narrow lane, where resident cats sun themselves on the front lawn. As the Guide went to press, Stratton’s announced it was being sold.

The Castle at Taunton, Taunton

A riot of wisteria in spring, the Chapman family’s well-loved, stone-fronted, crenellated hotel has a choice of bedrooms, some contemporary, some retro-chic, some single, some interconnecting, while all tastes and appetites are catered for in Brazz brasserie.

Teffont House, Salisbury

A loyal following of guests returns time and again to this 17th-century house, with stone-mullioned windows in 'a lovely quiet location, with nice gardens'.

The House at Temple Sowerby, Penrith

Welcoming owners ensure guests’ dogs feel at home at their country house B&B, an elegant retreat in the Eden valley, with well-appointed bedrooms in the main house and coach house, and first-class breakfasts.

Charlotte Street Hotel, London

A Bloomsbury Group theme runs through this lively hotel with pavement café tables, thoughtfully equipped bedrooms, lounge, library, heated terrace and all-day dining.

Budock Vean, Falmouth

With golf, tennis, kayaking and powerboating, indoor pool and outdoor hot tub, this spa hotel in 65 acres of garden and woodland on the Helford river is a holiday resort in its own right.

Talbooth House & Spa, DEDHAM

The Milsom family’s Victorian country house hotel in Dedham Vale, in the heart of Constable country, has been subtly rebranded with the addition of a spa by the pool house.

The Greenbank, Falmouth

Life on the water’s edge doesn’t come much closer than at this large hotel, the oldest in the maritime town.

The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne

A great white wedding cake of a hotel, this Victorian extravaganza invites you to take a step back in time, to take tea or cocktails to the sound of the Palm Court Strings, dine in style and retire to a deluxe bedroom at prices that won’t break the bank.

Haymarket Hotel, London

Beyond a pristine, Greek Revival-style John Nash exterior, this family-friendly hotel, bursting with colour, has a glamorous basement pool, library, gym, treatment rooms and all-day bistro.

The Ollerod, Beaminster

Eclectic menus and stellar cooking are a big attraction at this 14th-century clergy house, now a restaurant-led hotel with recently renovated bedrooms that combine pale paint finishes with designer wallpaper.

Hodgkinson’s Hotel, Matlock

Filled with historic interest, Zoe and Chris Hipwell’s small townhouse hotel overlooks a bend of the River Derwent.

Old Bank Hotel, Oxford

Jeremy Mogford’s conversion of the old Barclays Bank gets credit from a Guide insider for its 'brilliant location, right in the city centre'.

Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry

Set on a 300-acre working farm, this legendary Irish country-house hotel has grown from being a restaurant with rooms that is passionate about locally sourced food into a thriving business, with cookery school, café and arts venue.

The Regency Hotel, DOUGLAS

Take the stairs or ride a tiny lift to traditional rooms and suites at this late-Georgian hotel on the promenade; descend to relax in the panelled lounge or to dine on brasserie classics in L’Experience restaurant.

Brockencote Hall, Chaddesley Corbett

As you drive through landscaped parkland to find this country-house hotel overlooking a lake and 16th-century dovecote, you might wonder if you have arrived in the Loire valley.

Lake Country House Hotel & Spa, Llangammarch Wells

A Victorian mock-Tudor fishing lodge in wooded grounds on the River Irfon is today a spa hotel and foodie destination with a country house ambience and views to the Cambrian mountains.

Llangoed Hall, Brecon

A tree-lined drive leads to this 17th-century Wye Valley mansion, remodelled in 1912, replete with country-house comforts, important artworks, and a well-regarded fine-dining restaurant.

Hotel Portmeirion, Portmeirion

Bedrooms are spread between properties in Clough Williams-Ellis’s extraordinary Italianate resort village, but this hotel centres on a Victorian mansion with Art Deco bar and fine-dining restaurant.

The Bell at Skenfrith, Skenfrith

Huddled below wooded hills, beside a stone bridge over the River Monnow, this whitewashed former 17th-century coaching inn is delightfully at ease in the landscape.

Culdearn House, Grantown-on-Spey

Perfectly placed to enjoy a distillery tour or to follow the whisky trail, Sonia Marshall’s Victorian house in the heart of Speyside stands in mature grounds on the edge of a swathe of the ancient Scots pine woodland that surrounds Grantown.

Kilcamb Lodge, Strontian

Wildlife spotters are in their element at this 18th-century lodge in ‘a beautiful setting’ on the shores of Loch Sunart.

Lindeth Fell, Bowness-on-Windermere

A new era begins for this Edwardian country house above Lake Windermere, in gardens that melt into the glorious landscape.

Woolley Grange, Bradford-on-Avon

All the bases are covered for a fun, relaxing family escape at this Jacobean manor house, which has a crèche, cinema, spa, pools, comfortable country house-style bedrooms, and formal and informal dining.

Farlam Hall, Brampton

There is a relaxed, timeless ambience at this grown-up 19th-century country house (Relais & Château), but things have moved on apace, with fine dining now at the very heart of the operation.

Tyddyn Llan, Corwen

Four nights a week, Bryan Webb cooks exciting menus of local produce at this restaurant-with-rooms, with elegant, traditional bedrooms in the Georgian house, where he and wife Susan have been welcoming guests for more than four decades.

Corse Lawn House, Corse Lawn

Ducks glide on a pond and guests take tea in front of this beautifully proportioned Queen Anne-style mansion in a hamlet between the Cotswolds and the Mendip hills.

Fowey Hall, Fowey

Avowedly family-friendly and fun yet stylish, this hotel with spa occupies a Baroque Victorian mansion in five acres above the Fowey estuary.

The Headland Hotel, Newquay

A landmark Victorian building above Fistral Bay, this hotel is a mix of the grand and contemporary, with pools and spa treatments, a golf course, surf school, bedrooms in coastal colours, refined and informal dining.

Summer Lodge, Evershot

'It's ‘fiercely expensive’, but this Relais & Châteaux hotel in a chocolate-box village doesn’t stint on the traditional country house luxuries, drapes, stripes, sofas and chandeliers, florals, antiques, paintings.

The Pier at Harwich, Harwich

Cranes, container ships, Holland-bound ferries … The views from this quayside Victorian hotel, with its striking iron-lace balcony overlooking the Stour and Orwell estuaries, are ocean-going, stirring, never dull.

The Angel Inn, Skipton

Michael and Johanna Wignall have reimagined a 15th-century Dales inn, creating classy, contemporary bedrooms, most in annexes with views over Rylstone Fell, and intimate dining spaces in which to sample Michael’s Michelin-starred cooking.

Langar Hall, Langar

Everything is peachy at this apricot-hued Georgian country house in the Vale of Belvoir, at the end of a long avenue of lime trees, transformed from a family home into a delightful, idiosyncratic and much-loved hotel.

Lastingham Grange, Lastingham

The road peters out just past this country house hotel in ‘a wonderful location’, in a historic village on the edge of Spaunton Moor, owned and run by the Wood family for almost 70 years.

Hotels not in the Guide that you may want to consider

The Castle Hotel

Lincoln

On the site of the Roman Forum, this Bailgate area hotel is well located between cathedral and castle. Comfortable, compact bedrooms in the main building, decorated in earthy hues, overlook the castle walls or have views of the medieval cathedral. Courtyard rooms are in the peaceful 250-year-old coach house, all conveniently on the ground floor, with parking just outside. Contemporary dishes are served for lunch and dinner in Reform restaurant (Wednesday to Saturday), and at lunchtime on Sundays.

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Number One South Beach

Blackpool

Steps from the promenade, this friendly small hotel is close to many of the town’s attractions. Colourful bedrooms are individually decorated with flair, and have smart technological touches such as remote-controlled lighting, a waterproof TV by the spa bath, and a walk-in power shower. The best have a balcony to take in the sea views. Tram and bus stops are close by.

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Chatton Park House

Alnwick

A ‘most welcoming’ place, this peaceful Georgian house stands in neat gardens that stretch towards Northumberland countryside.

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Atholl Hotel

Aberdeen

The spires of this Victorian Gothic Revival building make this traditional hotel in a quiet location an easy-to-spot beacon.

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Toravaig House

SLEAT

Ten minutes’ drive from the ferry, Anne Gracie and Ken Gunn’s whitewashed hotel has ‘fine views’ across the Sound of Sleat.

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Southampton Harbour Hotel

Southampton

Jutting out over a private marina, this ocean liner-like hotel is ship-shape inside, with porthole-shaped mirrors, vintage glass fish floats and nautical bits and pieces. Bedrooms and suites, several with a Juliet balcony, are cheerily decorated with some retro touches, and supplied with decanters of gin and sherry. The buzzy sixth-floor bar has harbour views. Jetty restaurant pairs locally caught seafood with seasonal produce, eaten on the terrace in welcoming weather.

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Featured hotels with Special Offers

Hotels for Easter break

The Cottage in the Wood - 'Five Nights for the Price of Four' Special Offer

Malvern Wells

Ty Mawr - Complimentary Dinner Special Offer

Brechfa

Knockinaam Lodge - July £100 Discount Special Offer

Portpatrick

Pen-y-Dyffryn - 20% Discount Mid-Week Special Offer

Oswestry

Plas Dinas Country House - Early Bird Midweek Two Night D,B&B Special Offer

Caernarfon

Trigony House - Summer Complimentary Dinner Special Offer

Thornhill

Forss House - Dinner B&B Special Offer

Thurso

The Feathered Nest - 25% Discount Two-Night Special Offer

Chipping Norton

The Eastbury Hotel & Spa - 'Garden Escape' Special Offer

Sherborne

Ees Wyke Country House - Two Night Stay Special Offer

Ambleside

Lords of the Manor - 'Taste of the Cotswolds' Special Offer

Upper Slaughter

Cuckoo Brow Inn - Three Night 15% Discount Special Offer

Ambleside

More hotels for Easter

Hotels for Easter break

Hotels not in the Guide that you may want to consider

Hotels for Easter break

The Castle Hotel

Lincoln

Number One South Beach

Blackpool

Chatton Park House

Alnwick

Atholl Hotel

Aberdeen

Toravaig House

SLEAT

Southampton Harbour Hotel

Southampton

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