The Fish Hotel & Retreat

Character and identity

Spread across 400 acres of the Francombe Estate above Broadway, the Fish is less a single hotel than a scattered Cotswolds hamlet of 66 keys: rooms in outlying buildings, shepherds' huts with outdoor hot tubs, three oak tree-houses trimmed in copper with wooden bathtubs on the terrace, and an exclusive-use farmhouse. The signature restaurant is Hook, leaning into scallops, Dover sole and the rest of the catch, while a private cinema is bookable for the night. The Cotswold Way runs through the grounds. The register is rural-chic and informal rather than grand-country-house.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What you're really booking is the accommodation itself: the tree-houses and shepherds' huts are the reason to come, not the hotel infrastructure around them. Spend up for an oak tree-house if you're travelling with children, or a shepherd's hut with hot tub for two. Build in time to walk the Cotswold Way and book Hook in advance.