10 HOTELS ON THE WAY UP
Adam Raphael of the Good Food Guide
picks the UK's top newcomers
In a valley that leads to the Quantocks, this revamped 17th-century tannery still has its waterwheel. Artwork and pottery aboud
and there's beautiful handmade furniture in the excellent restaurant.
01278 741382
www.combehouse.co.uk
18 rooms. doubles from £115 B&B
Combe House Hotel and Restaurant, Holford
....'Good quality carpets. furniture, art work and pottery abound'.....'lovely handmade furniture in the restaurant. Food was a highlight: beautifully cooked, well presented'.....'very nice table settings, spring flowers, lovely home-made bread'.
'Amble down through the woods from the heights of the lush Quantocks (as fine a walking area as Exmoor), stroll through the village and up again to the hotel - its arms open to a scene of bucolic bliss...'
...'An ideal retreat for walking the Quantock Hills'...
...'Our inspector loved this little corner of heaven: ''I did not want to leave''. '
Combe House Hotel Holford, Somerset