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Milo Boyd

UK’s best 50 luxury and boutique hotels revealed - see the full list

A boutique hotel country house set deep in a beautiful forest has been named the best in the country.

Lime Wood truly has jumped 18 places to top the list of the finest boutique hotels in the country, according to Taylors of Harrogate.

Based in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, the New Forest hotel offers both a little luxury and adventure, as well as excellent walks through wildlife filled woodland.

"We’re seeing meadows, grasslands, gnarly trees and pure unadulterated nature, which is what you’d expect from any trip to the New Forest," Taylors reviewer wrote of Lime Wood.

"Each of the hotel’s rooms are relaxing and plush, with calming and comfortable interiors just waiting for you to enjoy.

"Most of the rooms offer views of the dramatic landscapes surrounding Lime Wood Hotel, while they all have quirky surprises waiting to titillate and entertain their guests, be it a freestanding bath in a bay window or a comforting wood-burning stove in the bedroom. There’s plenty to make even the keenest hotel-goer gobsmacked."

Second on the list is The Newt in Bruton, Somerset, which has built a reputation for itself for offering luxury lodgings on a working estate.

The Newt is surrounded by resplendent gardens, enchanting woodland and traditional cider orchards, which are the perfect place to sit and relax with a gin and tonic on a summer's evening.

The limestone building is an alluring burnt honey colour and has been the seat of the Hobhouse family for more than two centuries.

In third place is Heckfield Place in Hook, Hampshire, a Georgian manor which sits in the middle of an estate made up of ancient heather, woodlands and meadows.

"The grandeur of the house will quickly give way to become an intimate and familiar friend to all who stay; its rooms and spaces reimagined to be contemporary, but also sympathetic to Heckfield’s deep history," the reviewer writes.

Here is the full top 50 list:

1. Lime Wood Hotel, Lyndhurst, Hampshire

2. The Newt in Somerset, Bruton, Somerset

3. Heckfield Place, Hook, Hampshire

4. The Pig - at Bridge Place, Canterbury, Kent

5. Lympstone Manor, Exmouth, Devon

6. Grantley Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire

7. Artist Residence London, Pimlico, London

8. The Idle Rocks, St Mawes, Cornwall

9. Thyme, Southrop, Cotswolds

10. Padstow Townhouse, Padstow, Cornwall

11. Yorebridge House, Bainbridge, North Yorkshire

12. Hambleton Hall, Oakham, Rutland

13. Beaverbrook, Leatherhead, Surrey

14. Gilpin Hotel & Lake House, Windermere, Cumbria

15. The Fife Arms, Braemar, Scotland

16. The Queensberry Hotel, Bath, Somerset

17. Foyers Lodge, Loch Ness, Scotland

18. Another Place, Penrith, Cumbria

19. The Mandrake, London

20. Moor Hall, Ormskirk, West Lancashire

21. Scarlet Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall

22. Hotel Tresanton, St Mawes, Cornwall

23. Titchwell Manor Hotel, Brancaster, Norfolk

24. Watergate Bay, Watergate Bay, Cornwall

25. Wild Thyme & Honey, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

26. L’oscar London, London

27. Middleton Lodge, Richmond, North Yorkshire

28. Rothay Manor Hotel, Ambleside, Cumbria

29. The Gallivant, Rye, East Sussex

30. The Tawny, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

31. The Wild Rabbit, Kingham, Oxfordshire

32. Calcot Manor Hotel, Tetbury, Gloucestershire

33. Grays Court Hotel & Restaurant, York, Yorkshire

34. Number One Bruton, Bruton, Somerset

35. Hampton Manor, Solihull, Warwickshire

36. The Rectory Hotel, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

37. The Zetter Townhouse Clerkenwell, Clerkenwell, London

38. Hipping Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire

39. Cliveden House, Maidenhead, Berkshire

40. Links House at Royal Dornoch, Dornoch, Sutherland

41. Great Fosters, Egham, Surrey

42. Dormy House, Broadway, Worcestershire

43. Henrietta Hotel, Covent Garden. London

44. Gravetye Manor, West Hoathly, Sussex

45. House of Gods, Edinburgh, Scotland

46. The Samling, Windermere, Cumbria

47. Seaham Hall, Seaham, Durham

48. Linthwaite House, Windermere, Cumbria

49. Grove of Narberth, Narberth, Pembrookshire

50. Number 38 Clifton, Bristol, Somerset

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