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Best places to stay in England
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Best places to stay in England

There's no getting around it - England isn't cheap. When it comes to accommodation, you can save money by staying in B&Bs instead of hotels, or hostels instead of B&Bs. London in particular can lighten your wallet, but you can balance this out with a stint in a countryside inn. Here, Lonely Planet authors highlight their top picks.

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Wheatlands Lodge Bed & Breakfast

Between Bowness and Windermere, this detached house looks venerably Victorian, but inside you'll find eight elegant, contemporary rooms with either power shower or sit-down jacuzzi...

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The Bell Hotel

Today the haunt of celebrity golfers, the Bell Hotel has been sitting on the town's quay since Tudor times, though much of the remaining building is from the 19th century...

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Velvet Hotel

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Castle House

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Quebecs

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Haymarket Hotel

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The Rookery Hotel

This absolute charmer is a warren of 33 rooms that has been built within a row of 18th-century Georgian houses and fitted out with antique furniture (including a museum-piece collection of Victorian baths, showers and toilets), original wood panelli...

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Middlethorpe Hall And Spa

York's top spot is this breathtaking 17th-century country house set in 20 acres of parkland that was once the home of diarist Lady Mary Wortley Montagu...

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A Bode Canterbury

The only boutique hotel in town, the 72 rooms at this supercentral option are graded from 'comfortable' to 'fabulous' and, for the most part, live up to their names...

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Lavenham Priory

A rare treat, this sumptuously restored 15th-century B&B steals your heart as soon as you walk in the door...

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Scarlet

For out-and-out luxury, there's no topping Cornwall's newest eco-chic hotel...

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St Briavels Castle Yha

Live like a king for a night at this unique hostel set in an imposing moated castle once used as King John’s hunting lodge...

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Hotel Helaina

Location, location, location – you'd be hard pushed to find a place with a better sea view than this elegant guest house perched on the clifftop overlooking North Beach...

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Ashcroft

In the world of British B&Bs, things don't get better than this. Picture a large, elegant Edwardian vicarage surrounded by two acres of beautifully manicured, layered lawns and gardens from which there are stunning views...

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Really Green

The epitome of 'glamping' (glamorous camping), the five-person, fully furnished yurts on this tree-shaded site feature four-poster beds, futons, wood-burning stoves and time-worn antiques...

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