Best hotels or B&B’s in the UK

We always used alistair sawday books and now website for recommendations both here and in Europe. If he say it’s good, then it’s good !

Linthwaite House in Windermere is beautiful
The rooms are exceptional, as is the food. The people who look after you could not do more
It has been taken over and for obvious reasons, we haven't stayed there recently.
I do hope they haven't changed too much. We have an afternoon tea booked. I am beyond excited

Am just off to look that one up Ellan I get twitchy if I don’t have a short break in the Lake District every year or so.

The Duke's Head in Richmond, Surrey - comfortable pub B&B, run by a lovely couple; also has a friendly bar serving delicious lunches and dinners.

The Blackwell Grange Hotel on the outskirts of Darlington was superb, couldn't fault anything. We had a long weekend there two years ago and I'm seeking an opportunity to go back.

Oh, and I agree with Kate about the Wetherspoons Portland Hotel in Chesterfield. OH was a big fan of the JDW chain and we stayed in many of their hotels but Chesterfield has always been my favourite, stayed there several times.

We’ve stayed at Walwick Hall near Hexham, it’s not cheap but is a lovely place and the staff are so friendly. We love Hexham and the surrounding area so much that we’re contemplating retiring up there.

We have now had several wonderful holidays - free! We are doing home swaps - at first we were quite scared of having strangers living in our home, but we've found that the knowledge that we are in their home and they are in ours is a strong incentive (if you need one) to look after their home when you stay there. Some people we've swapped with have done 30 or 40 swaps and say that the worst which has happened was a broken mug! The site we use is this www.guardianhomeexchange.co.uk/
You get a whole house and garden - sometimes you are asked to feed a cat - and we have had wonderful breaks this way. This year we are doing two swaps both in England, but there are swaps available all over the world when there is no pandemic. Its worth thinking about - and you can browse without joining to get an idea of what's possible.

You could try going back to the place you loved and visited with your friend. It just MIGHT help you to recall happy times there with him and let him pass on in
Peace. I don't imagine that he would want you and those others who loved him
To spend the rest of their lives being sad. Go there and celebrate the fun you had together - lucky you and lucky
Him to have had such friends and such fun. Worth a try - for his sake too.

Very interesting Applegran. We sold our Guest House in Plymouth just before the pandemic hit and now live in a lovely coastal area of Wales. I have considered doing house swap so will have a look at that site.

Very interesting post, thank you for so many recommendations, must try some of them for short breaks away.

I always turned my nose up at Holiday Inns, but in recent years Easy jet have put me in the ones at Gatwick and Toulouse airports when there have been 'glitches'. I was amazed. Lovely big rooms, hugely comfy beds and fabulous white cotton bedding. Very nice bathrooms. The staff couldn't have been more helpful and the food and wines surprisingly good and reasonably priced.

The Harbour master at Aberaeron

We've been going to the amazing Empire Hotel in Llandudno for over 30 years. Its 3rd generation family run and has moved with the times. It's a historic landmark in the town & is constantly being updated. Many of the staff have been there since our first visit, the food is superb, everyone is friendly and the rooms are very comfortable. There's a lovely pool and beauty treatments are available. The sea is a couple of minutes walk away. We're counting the days til our next visit.

Concur with you completely. Tactfully put. Lol ???

We enjoy visiting Bodelwyddan Castle in North Wales. It's part of the Warner Leisure group, and we always enjoy visiting.

Food is fantastic, rooms excellent, lots of daytime and evening activities, and staff are friendly and helpful.

I would recommend the Hydro Hotel in Eastbourne. It’s in a good situation for walking and near some lovely English Heritage and National Trust sites such as Battle Abbey. It’s a comfortable traditional hotel with excellent food and reasonable rates.
I’ve also been to the Castle Hotel in Dartmouth which is near the harbour which offers many boat trips. There are 2 excellent NT properties nearby.

Meudon Court in Devon, magnificent gardens and direct access to beach.

Harbour Master Aberaeron

The Wetherspoons Portland Hotel Chesterfield has another vote from me. Lovely room and really friendly pub.

Also another Wetherspoons hotel - The Shrewsbury. Right next to the river Severn. Lovely area with a nice little town.

Llandudno Lynton House B&B. Been here few times. Everything you could want and nice friendly owners.
Big 6ft bed. Great breakfast.

Kate1949

We were sceptical when someone told us that Wetherspoons hotels were great. We've stayed in a few now. The one in Chesterfield in particular is lovely. We stayed on a Sunday night £39 for the room. King sized bed, very large bathroom. You can pop downstairs to the pub for your Wetherspoons breakfast. There was a park opposite and just happened to be a food and music festival going on. We had a great time.

Nice to hear that Wetherspoons get something right, though hell will have to be feeling very chilly before I put any cash into that awful Tim Martin's tills..

Drakes in Brighton. Right in the seafront. Great little bar, lovely staff and roll top baths and separate shower room. Big windows in the first floor overlooking the sea. Restaurant in the basement now independently owned but trying it out in July.

I agree with Premier Inn, especially the one at Slough. So near to Legoland at Windsor and also handy for visiting London

Treveighan Farmhouse B&B , St Teath nr. Bodmin, Cornwall for quiet nights, countryside and garden views and set in a marvellous position to visit places like Port Isaac - 7 miles (where TV’s Doc Martin series is filmed), Padstow harbour - 16 miles and the Eden Project - 19 miles.
Donna & Will are thoughtful resident Hosts, the rooms are very comfortable and it’s a friendly place to stay with great tasty breakfasts.

Forgot to say there are just 6 bedrooms for guests and averages £110 per night Bed with breakfast.

My husband watches four in a bed! We often stay in an hotel which was slated on this programme. It’s Brockley Hall Hotel at Saltburn -by-the-Sea. We stay there whilst visiting relatives, it’s a good place to stay.

We stayed at No. 11 Sea View Terrace, St. Ives last year just before lockdown. It was really lovely and I see that it advertises as a luxury b&b. The staff are very friendly and welcoming and the food is superb. They also have self catering flats as well. This was only booked on the off chance so didn't know what to expect but we were delighted with our stay.