‘No one could resist an invitation to Cliveden; from Churchill to Chaplin, Lawrence to Lennon. Fortunes have been made, plots hatched. History changed...’
Cliveden is unique... One of the world’s finest luxury hotels, this grand stately home is set in the heart of the Berkshire countryside, surrounded by 376 acres of magnificent National Trust managed Grade I listed formal gardens and parkland. Cliveden has wonderful panoramic views over the River Thames and is one of the finest luxury hotels near London and Heathrow Airport.

 
‘Guests are encouraged to explore the 55 acres of woodland gardens, with the family Labradors acting as guides. Bees and orchards supply the castle with honey and apple juice’
After inheriting this 17th century castle positioned on the Cornish bank of the River Tamar in 2007, the Coryton family put all their energies into renovating and modernising this historic property to create a multi award-winning B&B and wedding venue.

 
‘It is the personal attention that each guest receives from genuinely friendly and attentive hosts that continually lifts this multi award winning country
house towards excellence’
After years of experience across the travel and tourism industry, in 2008, Sharon and Nigel Reed opened Pendragon Country House. It was their mission to create high quality and truly guest centric accommodation in relaxed yet sumptuous surroundings.

 
Many of the world’s finest chefs are working their magic in England today.
 
England’s emergence as a world-class culinary innovator has its roots deep in the country’s green and pleasant land, meaning you’ll find superb cooking all over the country.

 
From great wines to great tea, from experimental dishes to traditional cuisine, you’ll find it all here.
 
England’s seafood is as fresh as you can get anywhere in the world. In the delightful Cornish village of Padstow, Rick Stein owns and runs four fish restaurants. At The Seafood Restaurant, a simple space with white walls and pale-wood floors, you can tuck into fish brought straight from the boat to the kitchen door.    

 
Interview
Provenance and afternoon tea..
 
Critically acclaimed Chef Skye Gyngell has worked in some of the best restaurants in the world, including The Dorchester. After achieving and then, in true rock’n’roll style, rebelling against the Michelin star awarded to Petersham Nurseries Café when she was head chef, she moved on to become the culinary director of Heckfield Place, a luxury country house hotel nestled in the Hampshire countryside.
 
What is the best thing about the English food scene?

 
‘today, the house is regarded as one of England’s finest wine producers’
 
In 1988, Nyetimber planted its first vines and today, the house is regarded as one of England’s finest wine producers. Owner and Chief Executive Eric Heerema and Winemaker Cherie Spriggs are committed to producing wines of a Grande Marque Standard.

 
‘born of two hundred years of London heritage, Sipsmith gin is the marriage of a traditional recipe and a truly handcrafted process that delivers impeccable quality and a classic example of the London Dry style’
 
There is nothing more quintessentially English than gin.
Sophisticated, effortlessly elegant and refined, apparently straightforward but with so much hidden complexity it’s the drink that encapsulates the very essence of what it means to be English. This is what inspired the birth of Sipsmith.

 
Waiting to welcome you are some of the most fascinating houses in the world.
 
England has more than its fair share of stately homes and great houses, from the Elizabethan Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire to majestic Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. And what really sets them apart, according to Simon Howard, owner of Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, “is the diversity of the architecture and the presence of the contents of our houses.”

 
Take your pick of contemporary architecture or a house steeped in centuries of history.
 
In Derbyshire, Swiss Cottage is the prettiest house you can rent on the Chatsworth Estate. Overlooking its own lake, it was designed around 1840 as an ‘eye-catcher’, something for Chatsworth’s visitors to admire as they passed by in their carriages. Staying here means unique access to Chatsworth Fishery’s four miles of River Derwent where you can fish for brown and rainbow trout – the Fishery is only open to a select few and there’s a waiting list of several years to join.