The best hotels in the Cotswolds
Smart but mellow, progressive without being arrogant, the Cotswolds are kicking a new kind of welly, waking up afresh. Nowhere does stylish country pubs, grand manor houses and hip boutique hotels quite like this part of the world. Whether for a weekend break or a longer stay, these are our top picks for the best hotels in the Cotswolds (in no particular order).
How we choose the best hotels in Cotswolds
Every hotel on this list has been selected independently by our editors and written by a Condé Nast Traveller journalist who knows the destination and has stayed at that property. When choosing hotels, our editors consider both luxury properties and boutique and lesser-known boltholes that offer an authentic and insider experience of a destination. We’re always looking for beautiful design, a great location and warm service – as well as serious sustainability credentials. We update this list regularly as new hotels open and existing ones evolve.
For more recommendations, see our guide to the best family-friendly hotels in the Cotswolds, and the best Airbnbs in the Cotswolds.
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The Bull Charlbury
In the pretty little village of Charlbury, where honey-hued homes radiate a level of quaintness only the Cotswolds can achieve, sits The Bull. Phil Winser and James Gummer, the pair behind The Pelican in Notting Hill, oversaw the restoration here. The result is an impeccable interior ambience; fires are roaring, candles are burning, and plush leather chairs are ready to envelop you for a cosy afternoon. The team have kept things minimalistic and focused on bringing the history of British pubs to life with wooden-beamed ceilings, winding staircases, and perfectly preserved stone floors flowing into the bedrooms, where subtle textures and colours create a cossetting vibe. Room 6 was our home for the weekend. It's a show-stopper. A canopy bed frame with a sloped ceiling gives way to my favourite feature, the freestanding bathtub, which comes equipped with a log fire and a view of Charlbury High Street. If by some miracle you can pull yourself away from your room, I’d recommend heading downstairs for what is destined to be a delicious meal conjured up by head chef George Williams. Take the server’s advice, as everything is local, seasonal and a celebration of British produce. Top off your evening with a tipple by the fireplace for the perfect night cap to your day and weekend getaway. Amber Port
Address: Sheep St, Charlbury, Chipping Norton OX7 3RR
Prices: From around £140 per night - Mr. Tripperhotel
Cowley Manor Experimental, near Cheltenham
2023 has been a big year for the Cotswolds. New wellness centres, Notting Hill’s favourite pub extending its nest, swish members clubs, and now, a fun-loving opening from France’s favourite good-time friends. The Experimental Group – the hospitality brand that started out by excelling at exceptional cocktail-making in London and Paris – have given the former Cowley Manor more than just a fresh lick of paint. They brought in designer friend Dorothée Meilichzon to do up the entirety of the manor house – from the lobby to the lounges and lofts. And those signature smack-dab-pow styles of the brand are everywhere – glossy lava stone in cherry reds, paisley blues and stony browns, stripy tubs to soak in for days, low slinging seventies sofas, swirly-curly chairs and bobble lambs. It’s fun, and not just for the kids who you’ll find claiming the games room, frolicking about in its Alice in Wonderland grounds or splashing about in the pool, the outdoor and indoor. The team have even got Jackson Boxer, the slick city chef behind Brunswick House and Orasay to consult on the menu, and it’s a garden delight. Fresh-cut vegetables with creamy stracciatella, old spot sausage croquettes, caviar with crisps and sour cream (an out-of-this-world combination), flatbreads for lunch and roast chicken for dinner. Yum all around. Katharine Sohn
Address: Cowley, Cheltenham GL53 9NL
Prices: From around £287 per night - Mark Anthony Foxhotel
Estelle Manor, Oxfordshire
Everything is celebratory of the good life at this Jacobethan hall-set outpost of Ennismore’s Maison Estelle in Mayfair. The 108 rooms and suites unfold across the house and in the new stable-inspired and walled kitchen garden blocks. Rich interiors, elaborate food and personal service conspire to create a fun, clubbable atmosphere. Roman & Williams, Olivia Weström and Ennismore Design Studio have created as much layered sophistication as the countryside can handle in a riot of paintings and sculptures from the likes of Billy Childish and Erin Lawlor, antiques sourced from the Mediterranean to Morocco, and Wilkinson’s of London candelabra. The South Terrace, with a 25-metre pool, is the locus of summer socialising. Breakfasts and informal suppers unfold in the Brasserie and its orangery (the evening menu includes a raw section of caviar, crabs and oysters, as well as juicy steaks served with the marrow). The Billiard Room is best for evening razzle-dazzle with serpent-shaped banquettes and malachite-topped tables. The Chinese menu by ex-Hakkasan Ah Tat Ip centres on dim sum, bao and roasted meats. The Clubhouse is a one-stop shop for work and life, with a hair salon, a workspace, kids' club, Pilates studio and high-tech gym. Roman-style baths are set to open soon. Lydia Bell
Address: Estelle Manor, Eynsham, North Leigh, Park OX29 6PN
Prices: From £450 per night 
hotelThe Fish Hotel, Broadway
Cleverly pitched at grown-up couples just as much as at families with young children, The Fish is the biggest – and most affordable – of the Farncombe Estate’s trio of lovely hotels. Over in the main farmhouse, the Scandi design scheme translates into cosy fires to snuggle up next to, sheepskin rugs and rooms done up in head-cooling palettes of greys and cream. The restaurant serves up a winning mix of comfort food at lunchtime and fine dining in the evening, and there’s no need to bring wellies; pick up a walking map of the estate from the fully-stocked boot room and head out for a blast of country air around the nearby Vale of Evesham. The team works hard to make everyone feel at home: wake up to the Sunday papers on your doorstep; help yourself to milk from the kitchen fridge for tea. Cheery staff are on hand to help with anything from mapping out hiking trails to ferrying guests around the estate in Land Rovers.
Address: The Fish Hotel, Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7LH
Prices: From £250 per night
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The Stump, Cirencester
This is the first countryside project from childhood friends Baz and Fred (aka Harry Henriques and Fred Hicks), who’ve been making pizzas together since 2012. Following their flagship restaurant, Baz & Fred Pizzeria, in London's Flat Iron Square, they opened this cosy roadside-inn-turned-pizza-shack just six miles from Cirencester in the spring of 2019. And it’s quickly become a favourite in the foodie-pub-rich Cotswolds. The Stump, which also has 10 comfortable bedrooms, elevates the pub menu with rustic pizzas, delicious independent beer on tap (the owners are friends with local microbrewery DEYA) and a very chill playlist to boot. Come with friends as portions are big – we recommend kicking off with small plates of crispy jamón croquettes or creamy burrata for the table followed by the chorizo and 'nduja pizza drizzled with rosemary honey. Staff are friendly and energetic, so check with them for the specials as the handmade pastas are also worth considering. It’s cool, buzzing and genuinely affordable for an overnight stay – a proper place to know in the area. Katharine Sohn
Address: The Stump, Foscross Lane, Cirencester, GL54 4NN
Prices: From £99 per night - Rachel Smithhotel
Thyme, Southrop
With its tangle of honey-dipped farmhouses and tithe barns, gravel paths edged with blousy lavender and olive trees and couples playing pétanque on the immaculate lawns, Thyme – in the chocolate-box pretty, chichi Cotswolds village of Southrop – smacks of Provence. When owners Caryn and Jerry Hibbert moved to Southrop from London over two decades ago, their original plan had been to open a small cookery school with a clutch of rooms. But bit by bit, as the risk of local redevelopment loomed, they snapped up more and more buildings in the village. Today, Thyme is not just a hotel but a perfect little Cotswolds hamlet, with sustainability, a deep-seated love of the land and the idea of nature as one of life’s greatest healers right at its heart.
Thyme’s 31 bedrooms are dotted around the estate, with none more than a five-minute walk away from the hotel’s main hub. Individually styled by Caryn, each one is joyously different from the next. In high summer, Thyme’s black slate spring-water swimming pool is a lovely spot to while away an afternoon. Tucked away in the gardens behind the main farmhouse, Thyme’s sage-shuttered, green-and-white-tiled Meadow Spa has been a firm fixture and major draw for some time. Lately the thing everyone’s talking about is the brand-new Botanical Bothy, an exclusive-use, deeply luxurious Hamman-like standalone space, a few footsteps away from the seven main treatment rooms. There’s also a tennis court and yoga studio, and the land around here cries out to be explored: pack your wellies and carve out time for an amble through the kitchen garden or the picturesque Cotswolds countryside. Teddy Wolstenholme
Address: Thyme, Southrop, Lechlade GL7 3NX
Prices: From £380 per night - WeTheFoodSnobshotel
Double Red Duke, Clanfield
A wisteria-clad, 17th-century former coaching inn – this is part of Sam and Georgie Pearlman’s stable of rustic-luxe rural hideaways, Country Creatures. Known for taking pubs, throwing off the chintz and the flock and giving them a metropolitan sheen, it is packed with modern art, plush velvet ruby-hued fabrics and cosy reading nooks. The pretty village of Clanfield is a gateway to the Cotswolds where local experiences include gin distillery visits to Wood Brothers, fly fishing, bike tours or shooting. Outside, candy stripe red and white umbrellas are reminiscent of the Soho House school of design and rooms are full of retro stylings such as turquoise Bakelite telephones and Marshall radios with classical music playing on arrival. Bathrooms are jauntily decked in geometric red and white tiling – and the spa is now open and offers treatments using 100 Acres products. The waiter outfits are niche for a country pub – sort of 1950s bowling jackets – and new chef Henrik Ritzen, lured from London's Aquavit, has brought with him some finesse. The menu marries light and fresh fodder alongside more decadent fare – start with woodfired aubergine and miso dip, chargrilled Calcot with Romanesco or Danish shrimp mayonnaise with dill. Save room for pannacotta with poached rhubarb or their famous sticky toffee pudding. Jemima Sissons
Address: Bourton Rd, Clanfield, Bampton OX18 2RB
Prices: From £185 per night - Jo Rodgershotel
The Lygon Arms, Broadway
One of the most affordable options in the Cotswolds, The Lygon Arms Hotel is located in a 16th-century coaching inn in the middle of Broadway Village. The interiors are of the traditional countryside kind and the four courtyard rooms are particularly spacious. Guests will split into two camps; those who fall in love with the rickety staircases, high ceilings and antique quirks of rooms in the main house, and those seeking a more modern approach in the courtyard suites, which have little terrace gardens. Both share an aesthetic that’s classic and comfortable (lots of tweed, tartan and woollen checks), but far from twee. The restaurant has a good reputation and serves traditional English fare – the lamb and beef is produced on the family's own farm and the vegetables are sourced from the local area. Francesca Babb
Address: High St, Broadway WR12 7DU
Prices: From £215 per night
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hotelSoho Farmhouse, Chipping Norton
The Cotswolds outpost of the phenomenally popular Soho House group, Soho Farmhouse is a next-generation hideaway that's a cross between a members’ club, a hotel and an American ranch. The rough-around-the-edges look is wholly in keeping with the wholesome, Little House on the Prairie feel of the place; but there’s more than enough to cosset even the most urban of visitors, including a shop selling lovely homewares, a Cowshed spa and even a Josh Wood hair salon. Rooms are spread between the main farmhouse and a string of cosy cabins with wood-burning stoves and steel baths on their verandahs. There’s a bicycle for every guest, an indoor-outdoor swimming pool that juts out over the lake, a cinema with velvet armchairs showing the latest releases and even a fleet of milk floats that rock up at each cabin at 6pm to mix a mean Martini. The entry rules are famously strict, but if you can get in, this hotel is a game-changer like no other. Susan d'Arcy
Address: Great Tew, Chipping Norton OX7 4JS
Prices: From £310 per night
hotelLucknam Park, Chippenham
With its delightfully classic – albeit chintzy – interiors swathed in marble, silk and florals, a hushed Michelin-starred restaurant and brilliant ESPA spa, Lucknam Park is a hotel steeped in proper old-school glitz. This is a vast, grand Cotswolds estate; the Georgian manor house sits at the end of an avenue of beech trees, and the peaceful grounds are a delight to explore. Some of the best bedrooms have four-posters, mahogany writing desks and crackling fireplaces, while a standalone cottage tucked away in the grounds is perfect for families wanting to get away from it all. When it comes to dining, the choice is between two very different (and differently priced) options: the light-wood-heavy and laid-back Brasserie, located in the newer spa building; or the Michelin-star Restaurant Hywel Jones, where proceedings begin with a cocktail in the hushed lounge and there’s not a patch of ripped denim or a T-shirt to be seen. If you get itchy feet, Bath is only a few miles away, but this is somewhere to come for total, uninterrupted peace and quiet. IVS
Address: Lucknam Park, Chippenham SN14 8AZ
Prices: From £424 per night
hotelDaylesford, Kingham
The brainchild of Carole Bamford, the Daylesford farm shop opened in 2002 on the site they had been farming organically for 40-odd years. The couple’s massive resident Georgian pile is just over the next hill – look out for the helicopters zooming in and out. The cottages here are the extension of the original Daylesford farm shop set up by Carole Bamford on the family’s 2,000-acre farm in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. There’s also a restaurant, café and bar showcasing farm goodies, with the same light, natural and minimal vibe as the popular London Daylesford farm shops in Notting Hill, Marylebone, Pimlico and Knightsbridge, and a spa and barn stocked with Bamford natural beauty products and cashmere leisure wear. But it is still a working farm, and on open days you can go and meet the resident pigs and cows and stroll in the 20-acre market garden where all the produce is grown. Sonya Barber
Address: Daylesford near Kingham, Gloucestershire, GL56 0YG
Prices: From £294 per night- hotel
The New Inn, Cirencester
Another opening from Baz and Fred, the young duo behind pizza-slinging The Stump, is a refurbished pub in Coln St Aldwyns. The 500-year-old ivy-clad building is a focal point of village life and already buzzing both with locals and weekenders catching on to a good thing. With fires on the go and a bright neon sign in the bar, this spot is a clever mix of pretty Cotswolds charm with a playful touch. While The Stump focuses on sourdough pizza, The New Inn is all about burgers, which the charismatic staff genuinely rave about. The Lamb-urgini for example with feta and tzatziki, or the Red Leicester and pancetta-piled Big Shack. While the main courses stick to a tight theme, the small plates are deft: pan con tomate is topped with fat anchovies, and buttermilk chicken is seriously tender, just watch out for the super spicy death sauce. Upstairs, things are a step up from the average pub with rooms. We love the elegant four-poster and bedside roll-top bath in room 10, but the cosier eaved-ceiling in 14 is also a winner. Just down the road from the incredibly pretty, but tourist-filled Bibury, Coln St Aldwyns is much quieter – a relative Cotswolds secret. KS
Address: Main Street, Coln St Aldwyns, Cirencester GL7 5AN
Prices: From £99 per night
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No. 38 The Park, Cheltenham
Over in the leafier, more residential end of Cheltenham, No. 38 The Park feels halfway between a smart B&B and an achingly hip boutique hotel. This is the type of place where you can rock up to breakfast at midday (and help yourself to a Berocca with your eggs), put your feet up in the sitting room with a pile of Sunday papers and mix yourself a drink from the well-stocked honesty bar in the hall. The 13 gorgeous rooms have funky wallpaper, huge cloud-like beds, clawfoot bathtubs and his and hers showers, while the ones at the front have lovely views over Pitville Park. No 38 The Park is part of The Lucky Onion group, a collection of design-led Cotswolds hotels, restaurants and country pubs, including local favourite The Tavern, just a short walk away, which serves first-class seasonal European dishes in a rustic-chic setting. For pre- or post-supper drinks, head straight to Gin & Juice, a fabulously opulent gin bar at the hotel’s nearby sister spot No 131, pouring more than 350 types of mother’s ruin from around the world. Hazel Lubbock
Address: 38 Evesham Rd, Cheltenham GL52 2AH
Prices: From £120 per night - hotel
Dormy House, Broadway
Dormy House has all the components you’d expect from the perfect boutique country-house hotel: dreamy bathrooms done up by an exciting London designer, a fine-dining restaurant (plus two others, serving fuss-free British food) and a knockout spa. Set on the Farncombe Estate, just outside the chocolate-box village of Broadway, it’s in a Cotswolds sweet spot – neighbours include The Fish Hotel and Foxhill Manor, also owned by the Denmark’s Philip-Sørensen family. Behind the charming 17th-century farmhouse exterior, Scandi-chic furnishings jostle with pretty rose-print wallpaper and deeply spoiling bathrooms. Daisy Finer
Address: Willersey Hill, Broadway WR12 7LF
Prices: From £180 per night - Martin Morrellhotel
The Wild Rabbit, Kingham
Owned by Carole Bamford (of Daylesford fame), this pub-with-rooms in quiet Kingham is also one of the the best restaurants in the Cotswolds; starters of plump scallop and crab tortellini are as fresh and light as anything you’d find in Italy, while hunks of steak are seared perfectly in a Josper grill and served with jenga-block chips. There are 15 bedrooms with original wooden beams, pale fabrics, duck-egg throws, blanched-oak furniture and little pots of flowers – all nods to Lady Bamford’s pitch-perfect artisanal aesthetic. Her Daylesford Organic HQ is only a five-minute drive away: a Cotswolds mecca with a spa, farm shop, cookery school and restaurant. You’re also just a hop away from must-visit market towns Chipping Norton and Stow-on-the-Wold.
Address: Church St, Kingham, Chipping Norton OX7 6YA
Prices: From £216 per night - Jake Easthamhotel
The Kingham Plough, Kingham
UK villages don’t get much more picture-perfect than Kingham – home to a train station within commuter distance from London (just). This sophisticated boozer sits opposite the village green in Cotswold-stone splendour, with window frames painted in the area’s muted green. Inside there are six bedrooms – with large baths, comfy beds and pretty wallpaper – and they’re all stacked with Penguin classics and vintage Dickens hardbacks, with a note to say that if you’re enjoying a book, you can take it home with you. The pub restaurant is simple in terms of interior design – stone walls and wooden beams – and always rammed with locals and regular weekenders who clearly know the friendly staff, as well as people who have come from much further afield to explore. Breakfast is a real treat, starting with drop scones coated in sugar served with butter and jam, followed by a spread of granolas and mini pastries as well as boiled eggs and soldiers at the ready from the kitchen.
Address: The Grn, Kingham, Chipping Norton OX7 6YD
Prices: From £110 per night
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Barnsley House
This is one of the romantic hotels in the UK, with stunning golden-syrup architecture and exquisite Rosemary Verey gardens. Soak up the natural, wild beauty of it all while sitting on a swing bench among the flowers and stone archways. Ever since the owners of Calcot Manor swooped in and saved it from glitterball kitsch, Barnsley has blossomed. The interiors have been beautifully renovated (stone fireplaces, wooden floors, lots of mirrors) and home-grown vegetables are served in the newly revamped Potager Restaurant on tables decorated with pretty pots of rosemary.
Address: Barnsley House, Barnsley, Cirencester GL7 5EE
Prices: From £525 per night - hotel
Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham
Snake your way up the long drive here at dusk, and you would be forgiven for thinking that you had stumbled across a discreetly floodlit secret world, an immaculate, impenetrable private house that might conceal a modern-day version of The Prisoner. Millions of pounds have been spent transforming the 19th-century home of the Earl of Ellenborough, bristling with turrets, arches and towers, into a 62-room, scrubbed-up Cotswold-stone hideaway just outside Cheltenham, with a stylish brasserie, smarter restaurant and intimate spa. And if the exterior feels strange, Nina Campbell's interiors are the opposite, and hit the mark exactly: classically English but never dull. Avert your eyes from the corporate name badges on the staff's lapels, and instead enjoy the anonymity of a big hotel with a touch of Wonderland. Becky Lucas
Address: Southam Ln, Cheltenham GL52 3NJ
Prices: From £226 per night - hotel
Foxhill Manor, Broadway
If you want to feel like you’re staying with the most fabulous, glamorous friends for the weekend, book into Foxhill Manor. This boutique property on the Farncombe Estate doesn’t feel remotely hotel-like; there’s no reception desk, just eight bedrooms and a help- yourself-to-anything-anytime attitude. Guests can wander into the kitchen and ask the chef to rustle up anything from beans on toast to lobster thermidor; pour a G&T from the sideboard in the sitting room; snuggle up with a film in the cinema; or ask the staff for a lift over to sister hotel Dormy House for a soak in the spa. Each of the bedrooms is unique; the best one has a four-poster and a pair of clawfoot bathtubs angled towards the valley views, while another has a rock-star-style curtain around the bed. The whole Grade II-listed house is available for exclusive use too, so it’s a brilliant place to know about if you’re in the market for a fully staffed private party.
Address: Farncombe House, Farncombe, Broadway WR12 7LJ
Prices: From £350 per night - Jake Easthamhotel
The Lamb Inn, Shipton-under-Wychwood
The second Cotswold spot from friendly duo Peter Creed and Tom Noest (the first is the peerless Bell in Langford), this is how all country inns should be – a locals’ pub, with cosy rooms and deeply comforting food. It is located in the beating heart of the ultra-fashionable part of the Cotswolds, but it’s not all west London accents and Porsche Cayennes. This is a proper village pub, where bar food such as devilled kidneys on toast or rarebit and soldiers can be ordered to furnish pints of Hooky. Shooting parties prop up the bar (you can arrange shooting days through the team here too) and the local junior football team pile in for limeade.
Higgedly-piggeldy beams, roaring fires, stags’ heads and beautifully hand-painted signage on walls bidding patrons ‘Caution Steep Stairs’ (and do, after a few drams of homemade sloe gin) make it old-world cosy. Yet walls filled with friends’ art and photography and smart ivy green panelling lend it a contemporary edge. The ten rooms celebrate the building’s history and bones, with wide wooden floorboards, the odd antique mahogany table and elegant sash windows, but made soft and modern with kilim cushions, pretty red and white striped curtains and metro-tiled bathrooms with elegant Burlington fittings and sweet-scented Austin Austin Palmarosa and vetiver toiletries. Jemima Sissons
Address: High Street, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, OX7 6DQ
Prices: From £90 per night
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hotelCalcot Manor, Tetbury
Calcot answers that all-important dilemma: where to go with small, riotous children without going insane. Bundle up the whole gang and stay in a special split-level family suite (with black-out blinds and a clever-clogs monitor that connects to reception), hit the swimming pool with floats galore (and views of oak trees), explore the pirate ship in the garden, and breeze through meadows on bicycles. Or drop the little ones off at the professionally run crèche and hotfoot it to one of the best spas in the UK: life beyond motherhood. There's an outdoor hot tub next to a blazing fire and – so exciting – fix-it treatments from US buzz brand Rodial. Teddy Wolstenholme
Address: Calcot Manor, Gloucestershire, Tetbury GL8 8YJ
Prices: From £350 per night- Jake Easthamhotel
The Rectory Hotel, Cirencester
A very ambitious hotel not far from Cirencester with 12 bedrooms, The Rectory is an oasis of calm and soft colours. The beds are made with fine Egyptian bed linen, the baths are deep and the power showers effective. The bathroom products come courtesy of Arran Aromatics, and all rooms have views over the Victorian gardens. The restaurant is also gaining quite a reputation with a cockle-warming menu that is on first-name terms with dukkah, seaweed butter and tonka beans while embracing an old-fashioned heartiness. It's a place to throw caution to the wind and order the chateaubriand. Breakfast (waffles, full English, sourdough-and-avocado) is served in the airy bubble of the Glasshouse, with its pretty herringbone brick floor.
Address: The Rectory Hotel, Crudwell, Malmesbury SN16 9EP
Prices: From £160 per night - hotel
The Painswick, Stroud
The Painswick may be the little sibling of big-guns Cotswolds stalwarts Barnsley House and Calcot & Spa, but its much more affordable price point goes a long way to broaden its appeal to a younger, cooler crowd. The Arts and Crafts style Palladian building was once the home of the local vicar; now, the former chapel is the setting for the stained-glass-windowed bar, while the interiors are a jumble of faded antiques and industrial fittings. Among the 16 bedrooms, the best of the bunch come with four-poster beds, roll-top baths and log-burners, while the ex-head chef at Mayfair’s Wild Honey cooks up elevated British fare in the restaurant. This is prime walking territory – with neat rows of wellies lined up by the door, it’s a perfect position for blustery walks through the rolling Painswick Valley. Grainne McBride.
Address: Painswick Hotel, Kemps Ln, Painswick, Stroud GL6 6YB
Prices: From £199 per night