Britain on the Cheap

The Best Western Orton Hall Hotel in Peterborough is offering a £45/$63 room rate in the 17th-century manor house, once the home of the Marquesses of Huntly. The hotel, set in 20 acres of parkland, has a swimming pool and the Old Ramblewood Inn pub in the former stables. Nene Park, with two 18-hole golf [...]

von Essen’s Hunstrete House is offering an August Bank Holiday deal of £199/$309 per room, with a traditional cream tea on the terrace on arrival, a three-course dinner from the table d’Hote menu, full English breakfast and VAT. Guests are also offered a free upgrade subject to availability. Set in 71 acres of woodland between [...]

von Essen’s Thornbury Castle in Gloucestershire, the only Tudor castle in England to be opened as a hotel, is offering a three-for-two special for the August Bank Holiday. The deal, valid Aug. 27-29, is £560/$870 for three nights in a classic room or £760/$1,180 for a deluxe room, including breakfast. Once a residence of Henry [...]

The Best Western Elton Hotel in the village of Bramley, South Yorkshire, has a summer special for £37.60/$60 per room. The 29-room hotel is near Meadowhall, one of Europe’s largest shopping centres,   Magna Centre, and the new Science Adventure Centre, as well as outdoor fun in the Yorkshire Dales and the Peak District.

Bowood Hotel, set within the 2,000-acre parkland grounds of a stately home in Wiltshire, is offering an August deal. Two adults and up to three children can stay in two rooms with breakfast and receive free entry to the grand 18th-century Bowood House, home of Lord Lansdowne, the children’s adventure playground and the gardens designed [...]

Headed to a UK airport with a wretchedly early flight time? Superbreak has some hot August deals at six airport hotels for the night before departure. HEATHROW AIRPORT- £44pp/$66pp : The Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel is 15 minutes to the airport by Hoppa Bus. All rooms are soundproof and runway view rooms are available on [...]

Save more than 65% when your family shares a room at the Macdonald Berystede Hotel & Spa, near Ascot, Berkshire, or the Macdonald Frimley Hall Hotel & Spa, near Camberley, Surrey. The Summer Sensations offer is £99/$153, down from £293/$452. The package includes full English breakfast for two adults and two children under five; breakfast [...]

Save 25% or more when you book at least five nights at St. Martin’s on the Isle in the Scilly Isles. The hotel, beside the sea on the island of St Martin’s, has reduced the cost of one night with breakfast and dinner to £150/$232, saving £50/$77, while children are £25/$39 per night with breakfast [...]

The Felin Fach Griffin in Powys, Wales, is offering packages for families looking to explore the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains. Prices range from £695/$1,073 for a family of three in a family room for five nights, or from £975/$1,505 for four nights for a family of four in two rooms. Prices include bed [...]

Focus Hotels has launched family value inclusive packages at each of its 10 hotels across the UK. The deal is £160/$233 for two adults and two children for two nights, including full English breakfast each morning, a light lunch or packed lunch to take on days out, and a three-course dinner in the evenings. Adults [...]