William Wolfe’s 100 best British hotels
The best hotels in The North
The 9 hotels in The North that made Mr Wolfe’s hundred: privately owned where possible, historic, beautifully placed and properly run.
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YorkGrays CourtNestled in the heart of one of England’s most picturesque cities, this historic townhouse hotel combines grandeur with comfort. The best…M
YorkMiddlethorpe HallA William III house of perfect proportions on the edge of York, now owned by the National Trust. Middlethorpe is serene, beautifully…S
Masham, North YorkshireSwinton EstateA castle in 20,000 acres of the Yorkshire Dales, owned by the Cunliffe-Lister family for generations. There is fishing, falconry, a cookery…D
Bolton Abbey, YorkshireThe Devonshire ArmsA coaching inn on the Duke of Devonshire’s Bolton Abbey estate, furnished with pictures from Chatsworth and set in some of the finest…C
Baslow, DerbyshireThe CavendishOn the edge of the Chatsworth estate, with views across the park that could have been painted by Constable. The Duchess of Devonshire…G
Windermere, CumbriaGilpin Hotel & Lake HouseA family-run Lake District hotel with garden suites that have their own hot tubs, which is a very good way to look at a fell in the rain.…L
Windermere, CumbriaLinthwaite HouseAn Edwardian house above Windermere with possibly the finest view in the Lake District. The restaurant, Henrock, is excellent and the bar…A
Penrith, CumbriaAskham HallThe ancestral home of the Lowther family on the edge of the Lake District, a Grade I listed hall with a kitchen garden, a swimming pool and…N
Langho, LancashireNorthcoteA Victorian manor in the Ribble Valley that has been one of the gastronomic powerhouses of the North for decades. One goes for the food and…
YorkGrays CourtNestled in the heart of one of England’s most picturesque cities, this historic townhouse hotel combines grandeur with comfort. The best…M
YorkMiddlethorpe HallA William III house of perfect proportions on the edge of York, now owned by the National Trust. Middlethorpe is serene, beautifully…S
Masham, North YorkshireSwinton EstateA castle in 20,000 acres of the Yorkshire Dales, owned by the Cunliffe-Lister family for generations. There is fishing, falconry, a cookery…D
Bolton Abbey, YorkshireThe Devonshire ArmsA coaching inn on the Duke of Devonshire’s Bolton Abbey estate, furnished with pictures from Chatsworth and set in some of the finest…C
Baslow, DerbyshireThe CavendishOn the edge of the Chatsworth estate, with views across the park that could have been painted by Constable. The Duchess of Devonshire…G
Windermere, CumbriaGilpin Hotel & Lake HouseA family-run Lake District hotel with garden suites that have their own hot tubs, which is a very good way to look at a fell in the rain.…L
Windermere, CumbriaLinthwaite HouseAn Edwardian house above Windermere with possibly the finest view in the Lake District. The restaurant, Henrock, is excellent and the bar…A
Penrith, CumbriaAskham HallThe ancestral home of the Lowther family on the edge of the Lake District, a Grade I listed hall with a kitchen garden, a swimming pool and…N
Langho, LancashireNorthcoteA Victorian manor in the Ribble Valley that has been one of the gastronomic powerhouses of the North for decades. One goes for the food and…