For those seeking a romantic escape, the UK offers a diverse range of accommodations from luxury shepherds' huts in Somerset to a fairytale chateau in Anglesey. The Shepherds Hut Retreat in south Somerset features six vintage-style huts spaced around a lake, each with modern kitchens, bathrooms, private hot tubs, and extras like telescopes, gin bars, pizza ovens, and fire pits. The newest hut, 1898, is the grandest, inspired by the Pig hotels, and guests can walk a mile to the thatched 17th-century Lord Poulett Arms pub.
Boys Hall, a Jacobean manor house near Ashford, is now a restaurant with rooms offering a pub area with a wood burner, lounges with inglenook fireplaces, and over two-and-a-half acres of grounds including a rose garden. The restaurant serves a weekly changing set menu of Kentish produce for £30 for three courses. The nine rooms feature original stone mullion windows, oak panels, rolltop baths, and four-poster beds.
Wishbone is a 16th-century cottage on an ancient fruit farm, with a vaulted ceiling, open-plan living space, and a king-size bedroom with en suite shower room. Original wattle and daub panels, brick floors, and beams add charm, while barn doors open onto a patio. The Sun Inn in Felmersham is a recently refurbished 17th-century thatched pub with open fires, guest ales, and food from its own farm. Its two rooms include a two-storey suite with a freestanding copper bath.
Lilylaw, a single-storey lodge on the Minto Estate, is largely open-plan with a clawfoot bath in the bedroom and a garden with a walled terrace. Guests can request a key to explore Fatlips Castle, a 16th-century tower. Three off-grid cabins at Denton Reserve near Ilkley offer stargazing opportunities and views of local owls, powered by solar batteries. Finally, Chateau Rhianfa on Anglesey, a Grade II-listed property built in the mid-19th century, features a restaurant, wine cave, and 27 bedrooms with views over the Menai Strait to Snowdonia.
