The trouble with a beautiful garden is that it gives you almost no excuse to be useful. Add a picnic, and the situation becomes hopeless.

Available Sunday to Thursday until 31 August 2026, from £350 to £525 per night, this stay includes two adult tickets to Hidcote Gardens, where the paths are better at planning your day than you are.

A Cotswold picnic hamper can be opened among the garden rooms and quiet borders, or later back at Hyll when the afternoon has gone soft and ambition feels unnecessary. After that, there is luxury accommodation, a comfortable bed, and a full Cotswold English breakfast in the morning.