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My husband and I absolutely fell in love with this hotel. It was booked last minute for the last day of our trip in London before leaving, and happed to come up when I looked at hotels near Gatwick. We took about a 30 minute car ride to reach the property and were blown away when we got there. The scenery was so beautiful, and the hotel was in a good location. A lot of motorcycles do frequent the area, but we weren’t bothered by them. We dropped off our luggage since we got in so early, took a quick walk to Raykas for a delicious breakfast sandwich and then went on a hike up Box Hill, which was absolutely gorgeous. After we got back to the hotel and into our room (with air conditioning!) and freshened up before heading to the hotel bar for a couple drinks, then another short walk around Mole River before dinner at the hotel restaurant. They had a standard menu but also offered an Indian food menu, which we ordered from and enjoyed everything. We ordered wine from the bar and took it back to our room and soaked up the beautiful weather and the rest of our evening from the patio outside our room. We truly couldn’t believe our luck in finding this lovely hotel and later found out it’s existed here in some form since the 1200s, which the history buff in me found so exciting. We are going to plan a trip back JUST to stay in this hotel!

The ‘mandatory’ online check in and codes for bedroom doors were a bit of a faff but the hotel has been significantly upgraded and the decor is very tasteful.

This is a lovely and peaceful hotel - the room was cleaned to a high standard, the food was really tasty, with a good menu and well presented food. I especially enjoyed the sea bass and there was a huge selection for breakfast. The staff are very polite and obliging - nothing is too much trouble. The grounds will look lovely in summer, but even in the winter they are still nice. I really recommend a stay here.