Best things to do in the UK

1Get creative with flower workshops and watercolour painting at Gravetye Manor

Pick up flower-arranging hints Sue Flight, from Chelsea Flower Show winner, who’ll host Flower Workshops in Gravetye Manor in Sussex 8 May, 5 June, 3 July, 11 September. Each class will include a walk around the extensive grounds of the hotel and will use seasonal flowers and twigs to create displays.   The workshop costs #75 pp including tea/coffee and a lunch. Hazel Soan will direct a one-day watercolour painting course on Tuesday 6. The watercolour workshop costs from #150 pp such as two-course lunch tea morning coffee/pastries and cake. Stay overnight from #260 per room (two sharing), including breakfast.

2Broaden your palette with new lobster in Pembrokeshire

Nestling in the Pembrokeshire countryside only 20 minutes’ drive from the area’s golden shore, Grove of Narberth is celebrating its 10^th anniversary this September. Visit throughout the Pembrokeshire Fish Festival (24 June — 2 July), where hundreds of foodie events take place — out of cookery demonstrations to fishing excursions. The hotel marks the occasion with its 5th annual Fish BBQ (Thursday 29 June — #45 pp, 7pm arrival) serving up fresh local lobster and sea bass, Welsh beef, white sangria and tasty desserts all put to the sound of live acoustic musicians. Stay overnight for an additional #190 per room (two sharing), including breakfast.

3Expierence Horses galore in Suffolk

Opened by HRH The Queen in late 2016, Newmarket’s National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art (General Admission #16.50 pp) took 10 years to plan, design and build. The informative museum comprises stables with racehorses, a riding school with dressage and show jumping displays and a palace once occupied by King Charles II (with many incredible pieces of art, a few of which have been loaned by The Tate). Stay only five minutes away in Bedford Lodge Hotel, a four-star hotel set in three acres that was originally built as a hunting lodge for the Duke of Bedford, from #350 per night (two sharing), including breakfast and use of the spa.

4Tackle Scotland’s Munros from the Torridon

The North Coast 500 — billed as the answer to the Route 66 of America of Scotland — has made Scotland’s highlands more accessible than ever before.   Place on a sea loch, complete with a whisky pub that is well-stocked and Rapunzel-like towers, The Torridon is the best base from which to explore this region of wilderness, as well as the North Coast 500 conveniently passes the front door of the hotel. The Munro Adventure Bundle of the Torridon is available from May-October and includes the services of a mountain guide to lead guests within the regional Munro peaks including Beinn Alligin, Beinn Eighe, Slioch and Liathach. An overnight stay costs from #495 per room (two sharing), including mountain counseling services for your day and full Scottish breakfast. Minimum three-night remain.

5Snare a traveler on the Cornish coast this summer

It’s Difficult to beat on the location of this Nare Hotel, which overlooks Carne Beach and Cornwall’s beautiful Roseland Peninsula.   Its outdoor pool, warmed to 30°C, is open to guests from May till October and there is also a hot tub, perfect for more chilly days. Launch this spring, writer Jon Stock has established his latest spy thriller, To Snare A Spy, in and about the resort. Guests participating in Operation Snare this summer will be given a copy of the publication and an espionage package before coming, then after at The Nare, they’ll follow in the footsteps of the plot — a mortal race across sea and land! An overnight stay prices from #365 per night (two sharing), including a full English breakfast and complimentary Cornish cream tea.

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