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Anglesey is a beautiful, tranquil area steeped in history so why not stay in one of our hotels in Anglesey. Local attractions include the Beaumaris Arts Festival, held annually in May and encompassing classical music, jazz, theatre, poetry readings and arts exhibitions. There is also the impressive...

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Our Scottish hotels in Argyll and Bute provide the perfect base from which to explore the beautiful Cowal Peninsula and the Isle of Bute. All hotels provide the exceptional standards of luxury expected from a Signpost premier hotel. The Isle of Bute has much to offer visitors, including Rothesay...

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Principal attraction in Bedfordshire is Woburn Abbey, the still inhabited home of the Dukes of Bedford, which stands in a 3000-acre park and is now part of Europe’s largest drive-through Game Reserve. The 18th century mansion’s 14 state apartments are open to the public and the art...

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Although much of Berkshire serves as commuter-land for London, it has areas of great beauty, notably in the Chiltern Hills and along the Thames Valley.Burnham Beeches are the remains of an ancient forest and now covers 600 acres. Windsor Great Park was a royal hunting forest and still offers great...

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Cardiff, Wales’ capital, is essentially a young city, even though its history dates back many centuries. The development of its docks during the Industrial Revolution for the export of Welsh iron and coal was the basis of its prosperity. Cardiff Castle is part Roman fort, part medieval castle...

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The stark industrial towns of Runcorn and Warrington contrast sharply with the charms of the old walled city of Chester and the picturesque villages that dot Cheshire’s countryside. Iron age forts, Roman ruins, medieval churches, Tudor cottages and elegant Georgian and Victorian stately homes...

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Our Hotels in Conwy provide a great basis for you to explore this most northern county in mainland Wales. The county of Conwy encompasses Llandudno, Conwy and Colwyn Bay. These are traditional resort towns, each with different characteristics. Llandudno has a wide promenade, pier and two beaches...

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Visit one of our hotels in Cornwall and you will find plenty to see and do during your stay. The Scilly Isles form Britain’s south-westerly bulwark against the potential invader and indeed the island’s waters are littered with World War and earlier wrecks. Puffin and seal viewing trips...

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Durham’s Norman cathedral,once a prison, soars above the plain and was the Bishops Palace from 1072 to 1837. Fine small University and Oriental Museum, housing a unique collection of Chinese, Indian & Egyptian Art.

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Our hotels in Cumbria provide a luxurious base from which to explore an area rich in stunning natural beauty. The Lake District is loved by many who return time and again to its brilliant blue lakes and craggy mountain tops. In whichever Signpost hotel in Cumbria you choose to stay, there are a...

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Rhyl and Prestatyn on the county’s North coast are Victorian resorts which catered for the holidaymakers of Liverpool and Manchester. Today there are funfairs, marinas, a sea life centre and botanical gardens. Offas Dyke Path starts just South of Prestatyn and runs nearly 200 miles the length...

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Our hotels in Derbyshire are well situated to enable exploration of the county of Derbyshire, and, as with all Signpost hotels they provide the exceptional standards of luxury expected from a premier hotel. Derbyshire, home of the UK’s first National Park, the Peak District, has been...

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Devon is England’s most visited county, largely due to improved road, rail and air connections. Plymouth, its largest city, is a happy blend of holiday resort, historic centre and modern city. The famous Hoe has its associations with Francis Drake and the Barbican with the Pilgrim Fathers...

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Thomas Hardy’s county, with the ancient cities of Dorchester (Hardy’s Casterbridge) with its Roman remains and hill top Shaftesbury (Hardy’s Shaston). In Cerne Abbas the infamous 180ft high Chalk Giant looks down on the village. There are other prehistoric earthworks and chalk...

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Dumfries & Galloway is ideal touring country with its quiet roads and a host of fascinating byways to explore. For the walker there is the network of hill roads, shore roads, forest and farm trails. For the sportsman of all kinds, there is fishing, sailing, pony trekking and many fine golf...

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The jewel in Scotland’s crown, Edinburgh is two cities. One the Old Town with the spectacular Castle (site of the Military Tattoo at the time of the Edinburgh Festival in August), and Holyroodhouse, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland and former home of Mary, Queen of Scots and many Scottish...

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The Cotswolds, with its landscapes of rolling hills and stone villages, is one of the most visited parts of the UK. Many of its villages have twinned names like Lower & Upper Slaughter, Little & Great Rissington, Temple Guiting and Guiting Power. The magnificent churches at Fairford...

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Manchester’s prosperity can be traced back to the 14th century when Flemish weavers arrived to transform a market town into a thriving boom city at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. It is now known as The Capital of the North and is a great centre of learning and culture as well as...

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Guernsey is a veritable haven for the holiday maker with a modern airport, excellent harbour and a wide range of available accommodation. Street names are displayed in both English and French.. Now and again you catch a snatch of conversation between islanders in patois - a halfway dialect. The...

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Gwynedd is the home of Snowdon - England & Wales' highest mountain at 3560 ft. The summit is reached via various walks or by the Snowdon Mountain Railway from Llanberis. On clear days, there are spectacular views from its summit to the Wicklow mountains of Ireland and the Lake District. The...

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Three great cities dominate Hampshire – Winchester, Saxon and Norman capital of England, Southampton, once a Norman seaport and still a busy maritime centre, and Portsmouth, home of the Royal Navy. In Winchester the Great Hall of the castle remains, reputed to be King Arthur’s Camelot...

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Herefordshire’s ruined castles in the border country and Iron Age and Roman hill-forts recall a turbulent battle-scarred past. Offa’s Dyke, constructed by King Offa of Mercia in the 8th century marks to this day the border with Wales. Today the landscape is peaceful, with comfortable...

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Hertfordshire too has its fair share of stately homes, with Hatfield House, built from 1707 by Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury, leading the way. Nearby Knebworth House is the venue for several summer concerts and events. Roman walls, mosaic floors and part of an amphitheatre are still visible...

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Our Highlands hotels are well placed for your exploration of the beautiful Highlands in Scotland. From unspoilt beaches and coastlines, and vast peatlands that remain untouched, to breathtaking mountains and stunning glens, the Highlands of Scotland have many points of beauty and interest to please...

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The Skye Road Bridge (free-of-charge after some controversy) and the new EU-sponsored road from Broadford to Ilseornsay, have brought Skye within a couple of hours of Inverness Airport and opened up its many wonders. But allow one hour from crossing the bridge to get to Portree, as the road snakes...

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The Isle of Wight is England’s second smallest county and its high cliffs, sandy beaches and above-average sunlight hours, make it a popular family holiday destination. The Victorians built forts in the Solent to deter foreign invaders. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert made the island their...

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Jersey is the largest and most southerly of the Channel Islands, 100 miles south of England, yet only 14 miles from the French coast. Measuring just 45 square miles, it’s an island big enough to lose yourself in, yet small enough to feel at home. Leave the car behind and make tracks on foot...

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Our hotels in Kent provide the perfect base for your exploration of this beautiful county. Kent is known as the garden of England, and this is born out by the lush countryside, reaching from the rolling North Downs, to the miles of distinctive historical coastline, and the mystery of Romney Marsh...

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A wonderful area of the country to escape to, Lanarkshire offers an abundance of charm.  Staying at a Premier Hotel in Lanarkshire, you’re afforded the best of both worlds – rest and relaxation when you need it, and plentiful activity if you’re feeling more energetic...

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Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland is an area of outstanding natural beauty with wild crags, superb walks, streams, valleys and fells. Blackpool on the coast has been the playground of the North West for many years and still draws millions of holiday makers every year, attracted to its seven miles...

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Leicestershire’s uplands are home to some of the country’s best known hunts and her pastures also fuel one of the county’s main exports: Stilton Cheese. Leicester itself is a cathedral city with a 2000-year history, now host to a modern university and light industry. Belvoir Castle...

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The county is said to provide one-eighth of all the food that is consumed in Britain today: meat, dairy and cereal. Its vast farms and huge horizons are testament to this. It is also England’s second largest county after Yorkshire. Lincoln city dominates the landscape and the three spires...

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Our hotels in London provide the perfect base for your exploration of the finest capital in Europe and offer the exceptional standards of luxury expected from a Signpost premier hotel. > Hotels in London - Latest special offers London's attractions are well chronicled, incorporating something...

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Formerly Gwent, Monmouthshire is another border county much fought over with castles and ruins the legacy in particular of Llewellyn The Great's resistance to the English, and of the quiet sought here by Cistercian and Augustinian monks.Tintern Abbey, in the Wye Valley, is one of the finest relics...

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Norfolk is not as flat as Noel Coward would have it, as any cyclist will tell you. Nevertheless cycling or walking is a good way to see the county. In the West the county is thickly afforested - Thetford Forest is said to be the oldest in England. In the East it is crisscrossed by waterways and...

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Our hotels in Northamptonshire provide a central location for your exploration of the heart of England, with all hotels providing the exceptional standards of luxury expected from a Signpost premier hotel. Northamptonshire too has its share of stately homes. County Town Northampton is famous for...

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Northumbria is an undiscovered holiday paradise, where the scenery is wild and beautiful, the beaches golden and unspoiled and the natives friendly. The region is edged by the North Sea, four national parks and the vast Border Forest Park. Its Eastern sea boundary makes a stunning coastline...

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Our Nottinghamshire hotels provide an excellent starting point for your exploration of the heart of England, providing the exceptional standards of luxury expected from a Signpost premier hotel. Nottingham’s castle dates from 1674 and its university is reputedly the most sought after in...

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Oxfordshire is a varied county, bordering the Cotswolds to the north-west and the Thames Valley in the south-east. Henley in the south-east is famous for its July regatta. Centre of the county is the City of Oxford, with its ancient university of dreaming spires, echoing quads and cloistered lawns...

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The towering cliffs, sandy coves and thrusting headlands of the Pembroke Coast have an unsurpassed beauty and are of special interest to naturalists. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path dips and turns for some 200 miles from near Cardigan in the North to Amroth, east of Saundersfoot in the southeast.

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Our hotels in Perthshire provide a wonderful starting point for your exploration of Perthshire and the glens and lochs in the heart of Scotland. There is plenty to do and see, with local attractions including Loch Tay, where a variety of watersports are available; the Crannog Centre is of particular...

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Our Powys hotels are well situated to enable exploration of the county of Powys, and, as with all Signpost hotels they provide the exceptional standards of luxury expected from a premier hotel. Powys is a sparsely populated county in Mid/East Wales. The most famous of its attractions is the Brecon...

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With places of historical interest, natural beauty and other great attractions, Rhondda Cynon Taff offers ideal surroundings for a relaxing break. Whether you’re travelling with a partner, family or friends, you’ll find plenty of activities to appeal to all ages. And by...

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England's smallest county, at 165 square miles, Rutland recently celebrated its secession from Leicestershire, to which it was attached administratively in 1974. Now Oakham is again the County Town and the county can celebrate its very separate identity. The town's County Museum gives an interesting...

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Shropshire is another March county that saw much conflict between English and Welsh, hostilities between warring tribes and invading Romans. The Wrekin and Stretton Hills were created by volcanoes and in the south the Long Mynd rises to 1700 ft and has panoramic views of much of the Severn plain...

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Somerset is a county of contrasts, with rocky Exmoor to the west, together with the gentler Quantocks, Brendon and Blackdown Hills and the limestone Mendip Hills and Cheddar Gorge to the North-East. In between are the wetlands around Glastonbury, ideal for apple growing, the resorts of Burnham and...

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Staffordshire, squeezed between the Black Country to the south and Manchester to the north is home to the Potteries, a union of six towns made famous by Wedgwood, Spode and other ceramic designers. Lichfield has a magnificent three-spired 13th century cathedral and was birthplace of Samuel Johnson.

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Suffolk is famous for its winding lanes and pastel painted thatched cottages. This is a rich county, from the time when wool was the money crop of Middle England. See the great churches of Lavenham, Sudbury and Long Melford. Suffolk’s coast, with its inlets and estuaries is popular with...

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Our hotels in Surrey all provide the exceptional standards of luxury expected from a Signpost premier hotel. Situated just south of London, Surrey is surprisingly rural, with something of interest for everyone. For historians, the town of Kingston is where at least seven Saxon kings were crowned...

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Our hotels in Sussex are well placed for your exploration of the south east of England. Bodlam Castle lies in East Sussex, surrounded by a moat and never breached by an enemy. Ashdowne Forest, now more heath than forest, covers some 6000 acres and is home to badgers, deer and other local wildlife...

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Principal town Middlesbrough was once a leading iron and steel making centre. Today the Cleveland Crafts Centre houses contemporary ceramics and an art gallery showcasing contemporary British art. Nearby Redcar is a popular resort with a racecourse and a museum holding Zetland, the worlds’s...

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Warwickshire’s most visited town is Stratford-upon-Avon, the bard’s birthplace, with three theatres playing Shakespeare and other dramatists’ work. It is also a well preserved Tudor town on the banks of the Avon. The city of Warwick is dominated by its 14th century castle...

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Wiltshire – some would say the first proper countryside West of London. Wiltshire’s climate and proximity to the coast was even attractive to early man and evidence of this long occupation – Stonehenge, Woodhenge, Avebury, Silbury, Old Sarum and many more makes Wiltshire the...

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Worcestershire borders the West Midlands complex and serves as a dormitory area for many Birmingham workers. Worcester too has a famous cathedral, cricket ground, and 15th century Commandery, now a Civil war museum. Great Malvern, still a Spa town, is famous as the birthplace of Sir Edward Elgar...

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So rich in history, North Yorkshire boasts some of the country’s most splendid scenery. The North Yorks Moors National Park has 500 square miles of hills, dales, forests and open moorland, neatly edged by a spectacular coastline. Walking, cycling and pony trekking are ideal ways to savour the...

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