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A Suffolk hotel with angelic food at The Angel Inn Stoke-by-Nayland

by Sarah Bridge
added January 26, 2023

You don't get to be included in the Sunday Times' list of Best Places to Stay 2023 without good reason, and I was intrigued to find out what The Angel Inn Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk had to make it stand out from other great British hotels. Following...

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A Shepherds Hut stay at the Merry Harriers pub, Surrey [2022]

by Sarah Bridge
added July 14, 2022

A stay at The Merry Harriers pub The Merry Harriers pub in the pretty Surrey village of Hambledon is a quintessentially British pub. It's beautiful from the outside, with trailing plants and outdoor seating, while inside has all you need from a ...

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A cosy Cotswolds stay at The Kings Head Inn Bledington

by Sarah Bridge
added March 10, 2022

Exploring the Cotswolds on a sunny day is one of most delightful things you can do but when the rain clouds gather overhead, the best thing to do is to find a cosy pub with an open fire and stay put for the afternoon. That's exactly what I did one co...

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A castle, a canal and a cosy pub stay at Bel & The Dragon Odiham, Hampshire

by Sarah Bridge
added November 2, 2021

There are few more delightful ways to spend a night away than in a historic coaching inn with bedrooms and good food, and Bel & The Dragon Odiham was the perfect choice for a relaxing overnight stay. Not only was it located in the lovely villa...

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Summer drinks and a Sculpture Park at Bel and the Dragon Churt

by Sarah Bridge
added June 17, 2021

Proof that you don't have to travel far to enter a whole new world came with my recent stay at the Bel and the Dragon Churt in Surrey. A quick drive around the M25 and along some pretty country lanes and before long I was sitting in a vast beer garde...

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Exploring the Cotswolds with a stay at The Bear of Rodborough, Stroud

by Sarah Bridge
added September 18, 2020

Exploring the Cotswolds near Stroud with a stay at The Bear of Rodborough hotel near Stroud, Gloucestershire is just the thing to blow away the cobwebs. A stay at The Bear of Rodborough This 17th-century Cotswolds coaching inn, part of the exce...

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The Crown and Castle Orford – it’s a Suffolk spot of food heaven

by Sarah Bridge
added May 1, 2019

The Crown and Castle Orford is tucked away in the pretty Suffolk village of Orford but the food served at its acclaimed restaurant would stand up to competition from any city venue. Orford itself is tiny but it packs in pretty much everything you'd e...

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Good taste in every sense at Adnams excellent pub The Swan Southwold

by Sarah Bridge
added April 17, 2019

It does great food and excellent cocktails, it's got beautiful bedrooms, friendly staff and even has a brewery and distillery on site (it's owned by 147-year-old Suffolk brewer Adnams). Added to that, it's right in the heart of Southwold, one of Brit...

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The Bull at Sonning: a perfect example of a great British pub

by Sarah Bridge
added April 10, 2018

If you were to try and describe a classically British pub, then you’d probably come up with something like Fuller's pub The Bull Inn, Sonning, in Berkshire. It’s got roaring fires and low beams, it is more than 600 years old, does great food and drin...

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The Bell Inn: a cosy New Forest coaching inn perfect for country walks

by Sarah Bridge
added December 13, 2017

There's a warm glow which comes when reading a newspaper article called 'Cosiest pubs to stay in this winter' and realising you are heading off to stay in one of those featured that very day. This happened to me recently when about to head off to Th...

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A night at 600-year old coaching inn Bel and The Dragon Cookham

by Sarah Bridge
added June 26, 2017

Exactly 600 years ago, the Bel and The Dragon coaching inn was built in the pretty Berkshire town of Cookham and six centuries later, I took a friend with me to stay at the pub and see what it was actually like. Well, you don't want to rush these thi...

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A stay at The Old Swan and Minster Mill, a classic Cotswolds country pub

by Sarah Bridge
added January 3, 2017

A trip to the Cotswolds is always a treat and if you're in need of some bracing countryside walks, a hearty pub meal and then a nightcap in front of a roaring fire, then The Old Swan and Minster Mill in the pretty Cotswolds village of Minster Lovell ...

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