Britain on the Cheap

Three northern hotels within the Classic Lodges group have dropped rates for July – a night’s dinner, bed and breakfast is now £49.50/$80 per person, plus your choice of a free room upgrade, afternoon tea or bottle of prosecco. Based on two people sharing a standard room, the saving average £43/$71 each on normal rates. [...]

The Old Swan Hotel in the Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate, famous for its association with Agatha Christie, has a special deal through June. A double room for two with dinner and breakfast is now £119/$195 per night, saving almost £100/$163. Guests also receive a welcome bottle of wine. Crime novelist Agatha Christie fled to [...]

Are you a fan of TV’s “Last of the Summer Wine” and the glorious West Yorkshire countryside? Now you can stay at a classic hotel in the area and save $113 per person now through March. Bagden Hall is a Victorian mill owner’s country house in Denby Dale near Huddersfield. A two-night stay with dinner [...]

Who isn’t excited about the 12 Oscar nominations for “The King’s Speech”! And of course, rooting for our boy Colin Firth to win Best Actor. So you’ll want to know where to find all those luscious locations next time you’re in the UK. The Duke and Duchess’s 145 Piccadilly House, which was destroyed in a [...]

Best Western Mosborough Hall Hotel in the Yorkshire village of Mosborough is offering rooms at £50.40/$79 per night. The hotel is near the Peak District and Sheffield. Like to risk a run-in with a resident ghost in this 16th-century manor house? Ask for one of the two original rooms.

With an eye toward National Stress Awareness Day Nov. 3, The Black Swan in Helmsley, Yorkshire, is offering a Time Out package for fall. The two-night leisurely break starts at £174.50/$277 per person based on two sharing a room, and includes: 2 nights’ lodging in a Classic Room, a six-course tasting menu in the 2 [...]

Love it or loathe it, World Cup mania is on. The Feversham Arms & Verbena Spa, AA Hotel of the Year, England 2009/2010, has Football Fever and Football Fatigue packages good from June 11-July 11 at the North Yorkshire country hotel. Football Fever starts at $166/£115 pp per night, including a World Cup cocktail, a [...]

Golf may be the last thing on your mind if you’re stranded in the UK with volcano ash, but yourgolftravel.com is negotiating special rates for golf clients. One night and two rounds of golf at the Marriott Hollins Hall in Yorkshire, including breakfast and dinner, starts at $119/£79 per person. On the English Riviera at [...]

Feel like escaping from the world for a few days? The Old Swan in Harrogate understands the feeling—this is where crime novelist Agatha Christie retreated during her mysterious 10-day “disappearance” in 1926. She dropped out of sight after her husband’s affair was revealed, sparking one of the biggest manhunts of its time. Now you can [...]

Save $155 with the Sunday night package at Judges Country House Hotel near Yarm, on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors. The package, $172/£105 per person sharing, includes a special five-course ‘Table for Two’ dinner, with canapés and glass of champagne before and a glass of port or brandy with coffee after dinner. Plus [...]