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Best hotels with fishing in Midlands
Featured Hotels with Special Offers
The Cavendish
Baslow, Derbyshire
Christmas at Chatsworth Special Offer
With the Chatsworth estate on the doorstep, Lord and Lady Burlington's Peak District hotel has had a ravishing makeover to complement the superb food in its restaurants.
Hambleton Hall
Oakham, Rutland
'Winter Break' Special Offer
The epitome of country-house luxury with gourmet dining, Tim and Stefa Hart's hotel stands on a peninsula, overlooking beautiful gardens and the shining expanse of Rutland Water.
Pen-y-Dyffryn
Oswestry, Shropshire
November/December 25% Discount Dinner B&B Special Offer
Ideal for a tranquil hour or two with rod and line, and just two minutes' walk from the Hunter family's hotel, is a private pool stocked with rainbow, brown and blue trout. Residents can fish for free. Bring your own tackle. You can keep one trout; please throw the rest back.
The Nevill Arms
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Festive 2025 Special Offer
A brook runs by the terrace of this smartly refurbished gastropub with rooms, where you can eat locally sourced, imaginative dishes in the restaurant or alfresco, or simply enjoy a pint with the locals.
The Beech House and Olive Branch
Clipsham, Rutland
Special 25th Anniversary Midweek Two Night Break Special Offer
'People come here for the food, and for good reason,' says a Guide insider of this buzzy pub with rooms, which is 'very much ye olde village inn, with rustic furniture and roaring fires under the beams'.
More Best hotels with fishing in Midlands
Brockencote Hall
Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire
If you're looking for affordable luxury, this Victorian mansion in parkland, remodelled in the style of a French château, has spacious bedrooms, opulent suites, and a choice of small-plates dining or a tasting menu.
Fischer's at Baslow Hall
Baslow, Derbyshire
An Edwardian homage to 17th-century style, this beautiful manor house with rich Jacobean-inspired interiors is run as a luxury hotel with fine-dining restaurant where you can enjoy a 'truly memorable meal'.
The Old Manor House
Shipston On Stour, Warwickshire
With beams, cottage-style bedrooms and beautiful gardens running down to the River Stour, this 16th-century Cotswold manor house in pretty South Warwickshire countryside not far from Stratford-upon-Avon makes a charming B&B.
The Grange
Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
Sarah and Jonathan Stamp's Georgian farmhouse B&B offers three lovely bedrooms for adults only, a first-rate breakfast, walking trails, a trout stream for fishing, and bucolic bliss.
Lower Farm
Oundle, Northamptonshire
On the edge of a tranquil village, yet only 10 minutes from historic Oundle, the Marriott family offers comfortable B&B rooms in converted buildings on their traditional arable farm.
The Riverside at Aymestrey
Leominster, Herefordshire
Behind the Tudor black-and-white facade of this old coaching inn lies a gastropub big on sustainability, with some quirky options for an overnight stay.
The Barnsdale
Oakham, Rutland
Part of the Signet Collection, this hotel has an easy-going vibe, smart, affordable bedrooms, relaxed brasserie dining, an outdoor spa and a rolling programme of activities, from yoga to wine tastings and murder-mystery dinners.
The Peacock at Barlow
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
With onsite brewery, boutique-style bedrooms in the main building and a converted barn, and a menu of superior pub grub, this 300-year-old village inn amid rolling Derbyshire countryside has been sensitively updated for the 21st century.
The Clive Arms
Ludlow, Shropshire
This red-brick Georgian coaching inn on the Oakly Park estate, 10 minutes from foodie-central Ludlow, has been smartly updated, with country-chic bedrooms, and field-to-fork menus in the breezy open-plan bar and restaurant, using produce from the walled garden.
The Feathers
Ludlow, Shropshire
A fabulously photogenic, Grade I listed Jacobean building in the heart of this foodie town is home to a dog-friendly hotel where modern bedrooms with rainfall showers sit happily with original features, while guests can dine casually from a lounge menu, or more formally in the restaurant.
The Blind Bull
Buxton, Derbyshire
This old pub in a tiny rural village had stood empty and rotting for years when it was rescued and revived. It now has smart bedrooms in a converted piggery, and exceptionally good food.
The Olive Branch
Broadway, Worcestershire
An affordable, friendly alternative to Broadway's historic hotels, this bow-windowed 16th-century honeyed-stone B&B has cottage-style bedrooms, a cosy sitting room with log burner, a sunny rear garden where you might sit with a drink from the honesty bar, and a flagstone-floored parlour where you can breakfast on home-baked breads and smoothies.
