Capital Escapes

For much of the last year, we haven’t been able to travel in the way we used to, but the longing to stay somewhere new, to escape the everyday for a day or more, hasn’t abated. We’ve compiled a wishlist of special places to stay once restrictions are eased, all set in tranquil countryside within an hour of the capital. Which would you choose? For a country-house hotel with history, Cliveden reigns supreme. There’s been a house on this site since the 17th century, playing host to every monarch from George I onwards, and home to three Dukes, an Earl and Frederick Prince of Wales. The hotel prides itself on its historic pedigree, and the interiors are