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British Travel Journal | Autumn/Winter 2023

There’s so much variety throughout this issue, bursting with breathtaking travel destinations, new hotels and extraordinary one-of-a-kind experiences. We cycle around Rutland’s 23-mile perimeter on a gourmet foodie trail, sleep under the stars in a wigwam surrounded by leopards at Port Lympne Safari Park in Kent, join an early morning meadowland wildlife walk and meet the resident bees of Calcot Manor in the Cotswolds, and spend a day enjoying magnificent gardens and cyder-making at The Newt in Somerset. Our journalists uncover the hottest new hotels while partaking in a nature-inspired pottery session at the Birch Selsdon and enjoying flower arranging at Cromlix with tennis star Andy Murray's wife Kim. My own travel highlights include walking across the Rhossili Downs, visiting the exquisite region of the Gower Peninsula and taking a dip in Tinker Bunny’s Bathing Pool during a luxury stay at Atlanta Trevone in North Cornwall. With so much to both see and do, it's time to get creative with our travel trips!

There’s so much variety throughout this issue, bursting with breathtaking travel destinations, new hotels and extraordinary one-of-a-kind experiences.
We cycle around Rutland’s 23-mile perimeter on a gourmet foodie trail, sleep under the stars in a wigwam surrounded by leopards at Port Lympne Safari Park in Kent, join an early morning meadowland wildlife walk and meet the resident bees of Calcot Manor in the Cotswolds, and spend a day enjoying magnificent gardens and cyder-making at The Newt in Somerset. Our journalists uncover the hottest new hotels while partaking in a nature-inspired pottery session at the Birch Selsdon and enjoying flower arranging at Cromlix with tennis star Andy Murray's wife Kim. My own travel highlights include walking across the Rhossili Downs, visiting the exquisite region of the Gower Peninsula and taking a dip in Tinker Bunny’s Bathing Pool during a luxury stay at Atlanta Trevone in North Cornwall. With so much to both see and do, it's time to get creative with our travel trips!

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LONDON<br />

No 1 Mayfair<br />

With more than 1,300 plants, this hotel has a good claim to be<br />

London’s greenest. It also features a living wall façade, a checkin<br />

desk hewn from a 200-year-old felled oak, and room sensors<br />

that turn lights and air conditioning off… plus a hefty price tag.<br />

Rooms from £700; 1hotels.com<br />

KENT<br />

One to watch<br />

Margate House<br />

Joining a wave of new hotels, art galleries,<br />

restaurants and independent shops in Margate,<br />

this nine-bedroom guesthouse references the<br />

bohemian seaside resort and its arty reputation<br />

at every turn. An ever-changing gallery of<br />

emerging artists is on show in the drawing<br />

room; vintage posters also grace the walls.<br />

The biggest rooms have bay windows with sea<br />

views. Decorated in warm pinks, terracotta and<br />

burgundy, they come with wavy headboards on<br />

the beds and scalloped lampshades, while the<br />

contemporary bathrooms feature toiletries using<br />

seaweed handpicked in Margate. Breakfast<br />

hampers are delivered to the rooms. ◆<br />

Rooms from £155, with breakfast;<br />

margatehouse.co.uk<br />

LONDON<br />

Broadwick Soho<br />

They’re promising to channel both the grit and the glamour<br />

of Soho into this 57-room hotel when it opens in November.<br />

We can’t see any evidence of the former but the flamboyant<br />

Martin Brudnizki interiors do feel extremely glamorous.<br />

The hotel has a rooftop cocktail bar with wraparound<br />

terrace, as well as an Italian restaurant and a residents’<br />

lounge, with fireplace and record player. ◆<br />

Rooms from £595, with breakfast; broadwicksoho.com<br />

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