Surrey may not be on everyone’s radar for a short break, but there’s no shortage of boutique gems, with everything from 16th-century hunting lodges and luxury country house hotels to designer-led bolt holes in stunningly beautiful countryside. From llama trekking and motor-racing to Michelin-star dining and safari-themed hotels, Surrey staycationers are spoilt for choice.
These are the best hotels in Surrey:
- Best for design lovers: The Mitre, Booking.com
- Best for unashamed luxury: Beaverbrook Main House, Beaverbrook.co.uk
- Best for motor racing fans: Brooklands Hotel, Booking.com
- Best for activities: Foxhills Country Club & Resort, Booking.com
- Best for a romantic hideaway: Langshott Manor, Booking.com
- Best for spa aficionados: Pennyhill Park, Booking.com
- Best for animal encounters: Chessington Safari Hotel, Booking.com
- Best for llama trekking: Merry Harriers, Merryharriers.com
- Best for riverside family fun: The Runnymede on Thames Hotel, Booking.com
- Best for gourmets: Great Fosters, Booking.com
The Mitre’s stylish bedrooms look out over Hampton Court Palace
(The Mitre)
Neighbourhood: Hampton Court
Classic combines with cool at this stylish boutique hotel, which opened in 2020 in a 17th-century building opposite Hampton Court Palace. Stunning hand-painted de Gournay wallpaper, elegant tapestries and beautiful antiques adorn the public areas while designer Nicola Harding has put her stamp on each of the individually designed bedrooms with patterned wallpaper and painted panelling. Retro rears its head in the form of a funky jukebox in the intimate library – just the place for a nightcap from the decanters – and quirky artwork. Check out the Gwen Burns-illustrated map of the area in reception while sipping a glass of chilled bubbly as you check in.
Price: From £184, B&B
Beaverbrook’s garden restaurant looks out over the surrounding natural landscape
(Beaverbrook Main House)
Neighbourhood: Leatherhead
The greats of high society have graced the neo-classical home of newspaper magnet Lord Beaverbrook, now a luxury country house hotel, where sumptuous suites, rare artworks and collectables offer grandeur and splendour. A huge Gerhard Richter tapestry greets your arrival in the glass-domed lobby. Suites designed by Susie Atkinson are elegantly furnished, with some named after past guests, including James Bond author Ian Fleming and Winston Churchill. The roll top bath in the Elizabeth Taylor suite was once owned by ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev. The…
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