Thorpe Market, Norfolk
The G of places to stay with good food. Go before you die. It sits in a thousand-acre deer park, hung with art the Tate would envy and decorated by the late Robert Kime. In the Elk Room, venison from the park is cooked over the open fire. Its own league.
Walberswick, Suffolk11. The AnchorMark and Sophie Dorber’s seaside pub: beer and food matched with the zeal of true believers, the beach a short stroll away.B
Brisley, Norfolk12. The Brisley BellA Georgian pub on the edge of England’s largest common. Fires, flagstones and a kitchen proud of its county.D
Debenham, Suffolk13. The Debenham LionA fifteenth-century brewhouse, closed in 1998 and lived in as a house, now restored to what it was always meant to be. A local family runs…G
Pettistree, Suffolk14. The Greyhound InnA village pub beside the church that cooks like a serious restaurant and still behaves like a local. Go on a Sunday for the roast chicken…P
Chelsworth, Suffolk15. The Peacock InnA fourteenth-century timbered inn in one of Suffolk’s prettiest villages, with a kitchen to match.S
Dedham, Essex16. The Sun InnA fifteenth-century inn in the heart of Constable country, with an Italian-leaning menu and a wine list of real interest.