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The fact that The Retreat at Elcot Park is just 40 minutes by train from Paddington might be one of the reasons why well-heeled urban dwellers hot-foot it to this countryside bolthole, but it certainly doesn’t account for all of them.

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Insider tip: If you’re planning to visit Hampton Court Palace, make sure to collect free tickets (no time slot needed) from the front desk, included as part of your stay.Īddress: The Mitre Hampton Court, Hampton Ct Rd, Molesey, East Molesey KT8 9BN Price: from £150 However, lower down, the Palace room, one of The Mitre’s more understated rooms, is simply charming, featuring a bed so vast it requires a little jump to hoist yourself onto and floor-to-ceiling shelves stacked with well-thumbed literary masterpieces. Room to book: As you might expect, the King Henry suite at the top of the building – tucked into the right-hand side of the hotel and thus enjoying vistas across both the palace and the river (from the freestanding copper bath) – is the grandest option available, complete with a sumptuous, separate living space and dressing area.

Rooms all thoughtfully benefit from a burlap sack of cookies on the doorknob and a bottle of the hotel’s homemade liqueur on the side, as well as an eccentric smorgasbord of chaise lounges, gauche side table – complete with tassels – topped by brightly-lacquered lamps and cottagecore antiques (all thanks to a 2020 revamp by interior designer Nicola Harding).īest for: History buffs with an appreciation of all that is kooky Then there's Coppernose Bar (the nickname given to Henry VIII when funds ran low at the end of his reign and he was forced to issue cheap copper-coated coinage) and The Boathouse, a stylish bar complete with giant balthazar bottles of Whispering Angel and Bollinger on entry. 1665, named after the year that the original Mitre was built, offers an upmarket brasserie experience that spills out onto a marquee-covered, decorative terrace. However, the ‘higgledy piggledy’ boutique hotel still manages to retain a feeling of olde worlde charm and a pervading sense of history, entwined with whimsical interiors, a library – complete with honesty bar – and three dining spaces edging the famous river that runs, somewhat lazily at this point, by the distinctive curved windows. Initially built in 1665, during King Henry VIII’s reign, to house the ‘overspill’ of esteemed visitors invited to Hampton Court Palace (that sits, quite literally, just across the road), The Mitre has undergone significant renovation since then.