Hygge, the Scandinavian way of life that’s implicit of all things good, wholesome, life affirming, and, in cold dark months, cosy as well, is the latest Scandi phenomena to fascinate the wider world just in time for Christmas, and we know a hotel or two that epitomise all of those things. So here are ten of the Good Hotel Guide’s cosy hotels in the U.K and Ireland, or hotels for hygge!
Top cosy hotels in the UK
The Rose & Crown
Barnard Castle
An 18th century coaching inn, The Rose and Crown was one of the 2020 Good Hotel Guide Editor’s choice pubs with rooms.
Montagu Arms
Beaulieu
Fine food, a pleasing pub, welcoming staff and spacious bedrooms are among the benefits at this handsome wisteria-covered Victorian building, in a picturesque village by the Beaulieu river on the edge of the New Forest.
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.
The Star Inn at Harome
Helmsley
Rising phoenix-like from the ashes of a conflagration, Andrew Pern’s thatched village gastropub retains its joyful eccentricity, with quirky, rustic bedrooms in converted farm buildings, while Mr Pern’s modern Yorkshire cooking has lost none of its spark.
Lewtrenchard Manor
Okehampton
A luxury manor house hotel in Devon, don’t let the grandeur of Lewtrenchard Manor fool you; this place is very much a cosy hideaway.
The Old Railway Station
Petworth
Stay in a Pullman Carriage at The Old Railway Station in Petworth, in the heart of The South Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Inn at Whitewell
Clitheroe
Conjuring a sense of idiosyncratic aristocracy and home comforts, The Inn at Whitewell sits on the banks of the River Hodder and is brimming with blazing fires, antiques, paintings and eccentricity inside.
Bank House
King's Lynn
A Grade II Georgian town house hotel, set on the quayside, in the heart of the historic King’s Lynn, Bank House.
Borrowdale Gates
Keswick
A luxury, four star hotel nestled into the Borrowdale Valley. This award-winning hotel has a gentility about it that beckons you to tuck into afternoon tea.
From £65 per night
Chapel House
Penzance
White, with splashes of contemporary colour characterise this historic boutique hotel in Penzance, where each of the six light and spacious bedrooms has a handmade oak bed and views over Penzance harbour.