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	Amberley Castle - Arundel Imagine being protected by a 60ft Medieval fortified wall, watching the Portcullis being lowered and knowing that you are assured of total privacy - no prying eyes - no interruptions, serene and secure - the perfect place to stay. Many of Amberley Castle's 19 luxurious, individually-designed bedrooms and suites boast four poster beds. The five suites, known collectively as The Bishopric, have been created from two 17th century stone buildings situated within the dry moat. All bedrooms and suites have an en-suite Jacuzzi bathroom, remote control colour television, tea & coffee making facilities, video player, direct dial telephone, radio, trouser press, hair dryer, toiletries and home made biscuits. iscover
	Balbirnie House Hotel - Fife Balbirnie House Hotel in Fife is a quite unique multi-award winning country house hotel which combines understated luxury with superb service and outstanding value. Widely acknowledged as the finest of the privately owned small luxury hotels in Scotland, Balbirnie offers a wonderful experience, whatever the occasion of your visit. The hotel is situated by the village of Markinch, near Glenrothes in the heart of the ancient kingdom of Fife. The location is approximately an half hour equidistant from Edinburgh and St. Andrews, ideally situated to explore central Scotland. This wonderful Georgian mansion (built in 1777) is set within a 416 acre country estate and is recognised one of Scotland's finest Grade A listed historic houses. Each room has been individually designed and furnished, each is unique in character. There are different sizes of rooms according to your requirements - including one bedroom suites, four poster deluxe double rooms, deluxe double/twin rooms, standard double/twin rooms and single rooms. All thirty of our bedrooms have all the amenities required today, including superb ensuite facilties, Molton Brown toiletries to enjoy, bath robes, direct dial telephones and modem lines, TV/radio with satellite channels, bowls of fresh fruit and decanters of sherry. Room service is available 24 hours each day and porterage is on hand to take care of your every need, in addition to same day laundry and dry cleaning services. Laptops and printers available for hire at reception for use in the bedrooms.
	Bindon House - Somerset Steeped in history, the core of Bindon House dates back to the 1600's. Bindon has now been meticulously restored into one of Somerset's finest hotels. The historic, oak panelled Wellington Bar, with its open fireplace, is the place to relax with an after dinner drink with coffee and petits fours or play a game of chess. Amongst the seven acres of stunning formal and woodland gardens are a heated outdoor swimming pool, tennis court, croquet lawn, a rediscovered rose garden and a Victorian Orangery. The 180 acre Langford Heath Nature Reserve is five minutes walk away In the hotel's Wellesley Restaurant, gifted French chef, Patrick Robert, has created an integration of classical French cuisine with imaginative modern British cookery. The restaurant has already won a reputation for excellent food and wines
	Calcot Manor Hotel - Tetbury Deep One of the finest country house hotels in England, Calcot Manor lies 3 miles to the west of Tetbury deep in the Cotswold Hills. With easy access from both the M4 and M5, this elegantly converted farmhouse is set in stunning countryside, amid acres of rolling fields - a perfect environment for a weekend retreat or a focused business meeting. Priding itself in maintaining a happy balance between formality and friendliness is what makes Calcot special; the warm courtesy of our staff providing recognised levels of service and the complete tranquillity of our setting. The 14th Century courtyard, flagstones and English oak remain, but the original cottages and outbuildings have been converted into bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bathroom. All 28 of the rooms are beautifully furnished and each one is different from the next. All are superbly decorated in a country house style, with 9 of the rooms being located in the main house. 10 cottage suites have also been created with the needs of families in mind with the remaining rooms surrounding the courtyard.
	Cotswald House - Chipping Campden The Recipe For A Wonderful Hotel takes: A warm welcome, Sublime comfort, King sized beds, Spacious and luxurious bathrooms, A bedroom you can plan so it suits your needs, and Excellent food served with imagination and flair. Mix it all together and you have Cotswold House. Our aim has always been to blend the fine details of this Regency building, and its famous spiral staircase, with the best traditions of comfort, hospitality and superb food that only an intimate, privately run hotel can provide. You will find everything you need to make life as comfortable as possible. Our bedrooms now offer the latest in comfort, design and state-of-the-art technology. Our newly created Garden Cottages provide peace and quiet. Pick Hidcote, with its private garden and hot tub, or The Longborough Suite, with its own sitting room and luxurious family accommodation.
	Cromlix House - Dunblane For pleasure, business, exclusive weddings Cromlix House is the place to stay. Cromlix House is a family run five star hotel in Central Scotland, near the historic city of Dunblane. The hotel is peacefully secluded in it's own extensive gardens and grounds. With 8 huge suites and 6 bedrooms you'll never be just one of a crowd at Cromlix House. Enjoy dining out in the award winning restaurant in the exclusive surroundings of Cromlix House. Cromlix House offers everything you need for a perfect wedding day. There is even a chapel in the hotel! Cromlix House is an ideal location for business meetings and corporate events.
	French Horn Hotel - Sonning, Berkshire Imagine a tranquil retreat from the cares of the world: a blazing log fire, a quiet drink before a delicious meal in a gracious restaurant overlooking the river Thames. Retire to a luxury room with every compfort and in the morning awake refreshed .This country hotel offers eight lovely riverside cottages set in their own grounds, each with peaceful views of the Thames. There are also 12 well-appointed suites and double rooms with en-suite bathroom and colour television.
	Glenmorangie House - Cardboll It is hard to put into words just what is so magical about Glenmorangie House at Cadboll. Drive up to it from the easily missed turning off the main road and, at first sight, it appears to be an austere, traditional Highland mansion. But step over the threshold and the atmosphere immediately changes. It's as if you've entered someone's home, which is precisely the feeling that the staff work so hard to create. There's no reception to check-in. There's no key to your room. There are no televisions to break the spell of calm that soon envelops you. The truth is that GGlenmorangie's Highland Home is an embodiment of all that is wonderful about the whisky. The mood is welcoming, the quality is superb and, as you watch the log fire crackle in the grate, it is nigh on impossible not to put your feet up and relax.
	Goring Hotel - London For four generations the Goring family have harmonised traditional standards of hotelkeeping with progressive management. They are proud to operate one of the very best privately-owned luxury hotels in London. A warm welcome and dignified atmosphere, excellent service and outstanding facilities await you in Belgravia.
	Homewood Park - Bath A warm welcome awaits you at this unassuming, yet stylish Georgian house where traditions of the past meet with conveniences of today. Homewood Park offers comfort and luxury as well as views of the award winning gardens and parkland. Nationally acclaimed restaurant. Famous Roman Baths nearby.
	Isle of Eriska - Fort William Welcome to the Isle of Eriska, the perfect place to escape the hustle and bustle and take a relaxing holiday. Located on its own private island on the west coast of Scotland, its air of privacy and seclusion belies the fact that it is only a two hour drive from either Glasgow or Edinburgh. So come for a burst of fresh Argyll air or stay a little longer and explore the beautiful coastline and history of western Scotland. The hotel has 17 guest rooms in total, all individually decorated with every guest amenity – and all with spectacular garden views. Rooms also have luxurious, fully tiled and well-lit bathrooms. The decor is refined yet the emphasis is on comfort.
	Knockinaam Lodge - SouthWest Scotland Churchill retreated to the quiet seclusion of Knockinaam Lodge to plan the Allied campaigns of the closing stages of the Second World War. The room where he slept retains its charming period furniture and the adjoining bathroom, with its immense bath tub, offers enchanting sea views. The hotel, built in the second half of the 19th century as a hunting lodge, is in 30 acres of gardens and woodland on the shores of the Irish Sea. During the summer, you can sunbathe on the Lodge`s private beach or enjoy tea and shortbread by the boathouse. During the winter, you can watch the setting sun from the dining room while enjoying roast fillet of Aberdeen Angus.
	Maison Talbooth - Colchester, Ipswich A luxury hotel in the Vale of Dedham, Constable countryside, and the half timbered Talbooth is on the banks of the River Stour. A glorious location and fine food unrivalled in East Anglia. Tranquility is the essence of this Victorian country house, which enjoys a superb position on a bluff overlooking the Stour river valley, stretching away to the Mediaeval church at Stratford St Mary. The ten spacious bedrooms are truly luxurious - each one individually decorated with a sure sense of colour and their bathrooms are sure to give a special sense of relaxation.
	Northcote Manor Country House Hotel - North Devon Northcote provides a level of unsurpassed luxury in North Devon, yet it offers short breaks, last minute breaks and weekend breaks. There are eleven luxury bedrooms and suites. All accommodation is very individual in size and décor. The hotel is within easy reach of Exmoor and the North Devon coast. The 18th century manor, and the grounds located high above the Taw River Valley, combine to offer an atmosphere of timeless tranquillity. North Devon is one of the few UK regions to be officially described as 'tranquil', Northcote Manor offers an opportunity for complete relaxation and refreshment. Exmoor and Dartmoor are close by; so too is RHS Rosemoor and several National Trust properties. A challenging 18-hole golf course is almost next door. Outstanding fishing from the Taw at the bottom of the kilometre-long drive can be arranged with the Gillie. The area also hosts some of the best shoots in the country. A tennis court and croquet lawn are available for your enjoyment.

	The Pear Tree Hotel at Purton - Swindon This hotel sits in over 7 acres of tranquil grounds on the fringe of the Saxon village of Purton, close to Swindon. Purton is famed for its unique twin towered Parish Church and the ancient hill fort of Ringsbury Camp. The hotel is surrounded on all sides by Wiltshire farmland with dozens of interesting country walks across fields, over streams and through woodlands. A perfect base from which to tour the surrounding, colourful Cotswold villages or for visiting historic Blenheim Palace, Bowood House and Sudeley Castle. The Pear Tree offers luxury accommodation. Each of the eighteen individually decorated rooms and suites is named after a character associated with the village of Purton. For example Anne Hyde, the mother of Queen Mary and Queen Anne, James Kibblewhite the runner, Nevil Maskelyne the astronomer royal and E H Budd the cricketer. All are fitted to a high standard and have satellite television, hairdryer, trouser press and a host of other luxuries.
	Plumber Sturminster Newton Built by Charles Brune in the early 17th century and has remained a family home for the Prideaux-Brunes. The Divelish stream, a tributary of the River Stour runs through the peaceful and secluded grounds. Plumber is a very much family home far from madding crowd where guests can enjoy genuine hospitality from a bygone era. In the main house there are six very comfortable bedrooms all with private bathrooms facing south and west, they are approached from a charming gallery hung with family portraits. In 1982 a natural stone barn lying within the grounds was converted and a courtyard created adding a further six very large bedrooms all with windows seats overlooking the stream and garden. In 1990 the courtyard was completed giving four more spacious, individually furnished bedrooms. The main bar and the dining rooms all have open fires in the winter and the two family labradors provide a warm welcome for all our guests.

	Stafford Hotel - Central London The Stafford Hotel has the ambience of a stately home, award-winning personal service and is an oasis of calm amid the bustle of Central London. Tucked behind Green Park, the hotel is located at walking distance from Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus, New Bond St. All 81 guest rooms are individually furnished.
	Ston Easton Park Hotel - Ston Easton, Bath A superb Palladian mansion set in one of the West Country's most romantic estates. There is little that can compare with the well preserved classicism of Ston Easton Park. Grade I listed building of 1740, within a classical landscape created by the great 18th Century landscape gardener, Humphry Repton, Ston Easton Park exudes elegance, warmth and comfort. Log fires burn, comfortable antique furniture beckons evoking memories of a more leisured age and providing a welcome you might associate with a magnificent private country house. Ston Easton Park's bedrooms are gloriously grand but never intimidating. Many have genuine four poster beds, others coronet beds. All have antique furniture, fine paintings and of course enticing views of either the formal or informal side of the landscaped gardens and the parkland beyond.
	Studley Priory - Oxford Nestled in 13 acres of wooded grounds and mature lawns Studley Priory is one of the finest country house hotels in Oxford and only a short drive from the picturesque Cotswolds. Originally a Benedictine nunnery founded in the twelfth century, Studley Priory has been stunningly converted to provide the ultimate in luxury. All eighteen bedrooms are ensuite, (most with Jacuzzi), with all the extras expected by today's modern traveller. Studley Priory Hotel is the ideal location for your business meetings, conferences, weddings and private dinners where you can enjoy 3 Rosette award winning cuisine and fine wines.
	Thornbury Castle - Gloucestershire A magnificent 500-year-old Tudor castle-palace set in historic gardens and parkland, Thornbury Castle promises memories - memories of its royal past and also memories of the future, of the truly special time you will have when you experience the history of this remarkable hotel. Today, Thornbury Castle still resonates with history. Step behind the heavy oak doors, however, and you'll find a magnificent hotel with roaring fires, delicious modern cuisine and sumptuous bedchambers - a truly special setting for a weekend away or for more formal occasions.