Nice hotel / gastro food, walks within 2.5 hours of Herts!

[Yell_M3]

Need a place this weekend. Done most of norfolk coast, Brighton and coast around there. And really drawing a blank on ideas so...

2.5 hours from herts, nice hotel (or place to stay), good food, nice walks, scenery.

Help!!

J

[Mark.]

New Forest?

[Pabl0]

Mark. said:

New Forest?

+1

has all you are asking for

[Justman]

There are a few good options in the New Forest.

The Pig is very good in Brockenhurst.
Limewood is it's bigger brother in Lyndhurst. Expensive to stay but fantastic and Angela Hartnett has just opened a restaurant there.
An outside bet is Hotel Terravina. Had a very nice lunch there and the sommelier there Gerard Basset won The Best Sommelier In The World Award in 2010.

Edited by Justman on Tuesday 9th July 20:30

[anonymous-user]

Aldeburgh/thorpeness on the Suffolk coast - georgeous round there. Aldeburgh very 'foody'...

[Redarress]

Hambleton Hall on Rutlamd Water. Fantastic food, attentive service and views / walks to die for

You can walk or bike around Rutlsnd water breaking the journey at one of the many pubs around it

[LuS1fer]

Clarkson recommends Pitlochry.

[ClaphamGT3]

The Ickworth Hotel just outside Bury St Edmunds