The coolest new UK hotels

As the tourism industry continues to recover after the effects of Covid, people are once again looking for new and exciting travel experiences.

While the destination is always important, the setting and quality of your hotel plays a crucial part in any successful trip. Often, it can even be the focal point of the holiday.

But forget foreign shores – those looking to travel in style this summer need look no further than the UK, where a brace of new openings means there’s more choice than ever when it comes to prime places to stay.

“Getting back to nature” is the name of the game with the latest hotels to fling wide their doors, from a rewilding project in Gloucestershire, to a collection of cabins on the edge of a loch on the Isle of Skye.

So dig out your walking boots, switch off your laptop, and check-in to one of these stellar pads that combine luxury with making the most of the British countryside.

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Rewild Things at Elmore Court, Gloucestershire

Trends come and go, but rewilding – allowing land to return to its natural, uncultivated state to boost biodiversity – is one that’s hopefully here for the long haul. Upmarket wedding venue Elmore Court, a 13th-century mansion in Gloucestershire, has earmarked a quarter of its 1,000-acre estate for rewilding since 2020, adopting regenerative farming and embracing leave-to-flourish unkempt grassy fields and buttercup-sprinkled meadows.

Just-bloomed are Rewild Things, six high-spec cedarwood-clad treehouses – sleeping two to four – positioned along higgledy-piggledy boardwalks in the Elmore’s woodland. Spoiling is the watchword; bedrooms have fluffy sheepskin rugs, super-king Jamie Fraser wooden spindle beds, and mossy and butterscotch fabrics. Bathing options – using essential-oil rich Commune toiletries – include rainforest showers, or in-balcony bathtubs, which look out to a new wetland scrape where Canada Geese glide.

Self-catering is a breeze, thanks to mod-conned cooking areas (all outdoors but sheltered, bar in Wren, where it’s tucked inside) stocked with blush pink Our Place crockery, a Neff combi-oven, hob, Breville toaster and fridge. But guests can also pre-order prepped gourmet ready meals from the Elmore Court Kitchen for restaurant-quality sweet potato and coconut curry, chargrilled…