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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Self-Catering<br />
WILTSHIRE<br />
Hesdin Estate<br />
Talk about cool pools – Hayho House, the latest<br />
addition to this little hamlet of properties, has<br />
an underground swimming pool, surrounded by<br />
grey walls. The other four houses all have a pool<br />
too, one a magnificent affair in its own spa hall<br />
(pictured), another in a walled garden, where<br />
you can swim as you watch the outdoors cinema.<br />
Expect cocktail dens and bunk rooms within. All<br />
the houses have games rooms, hot tubs, kitchens<br />
to cater for groups, and access to the estate, with<br />
its alpacas, goats, and a pig called Zoomie. ◆<br />
A week for 14 at Hayho from £4,050;<br />
hesdin.co.uk<br />
SUFFOLK<br />
Wilderness Reserve<br />
Get complimentary use of an electric BMW when you stay on this<br />
8,000-acre Suffolk estate with its collection of restored properties.<br />
Use the cars to explore the surrounding woodland, lakes and rolling<br />
pastures, or venture further afield before returning to sleep in anything<br />
from a thatched cottage for two to a restored 15th-century barn. ◆<br />
One night in a four-bed house from £823; wildernessreserve.com<br />
SUSSEX<br />
Stargazing Cabins<br />
Stargazing windows are set above the beds in this trio of ecolodges,<br />
so you can lie back and view the dark night sky. Each cabin has<br />
subtle nods to the nearby site of the Battle of Hastings, with stainedglass<br />
bathroom windows and Gothic doorways. We especially love<br />
Matilda, named after William the Conqueror’s wife. ◆<br />
From £170 a night; starcroftfarm.co.uk<br />
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