The Grove *****

🎢 A 5-star staycation that mixes Downton Abbey–style manor vibes with a full-blown outdoor playground. The Sequoia spa goes full black-pool hypnosis, with top-tier treatments and a 22-metre swim. Outside: a tournament-ready 18-hole course, a heated outdoor pool, tennis, cycling trails, woodland paths and a walled garden where everything’s in its place. And on the food front: the tried-and-tested Glasshouse buffet, The Stables gastropub set in the old stables and Madhu’s Indian plates you really shouldn’t skip.