Winter Warmers and Cosy Fireside Breaks  

I don't know about you, but i'm chilly, I don't like these blustery winds and the onset of SAD is well… sad. A list of places you can escape to is essential for the coming months – so alas we've created one. From Skeabost on Skye to Flitwick Manor in Woburn we'll welcome you with a whisky, roaring log fires and at Stonefield Castle the resident Labrador Fudge will pop in and keep you company too. Recline with a cup of tea and finally read that book that's been gathering dust on your bedside table. 

Crescent Turner, Whitstable

The newly opened Crescent Turner boasts sea views over Whitstable's famed oyster beds.  With an open-fireplace and unlimited native oysters and champagne, it's a wonder we're not all taking up residence. Recline with your favourite magazine or take a stroll through the Kentish countryside – and maybe pop to the hotel's beach hut to watch the storms roll in and the seas swash out. (Classic Double B&B from £99 per night for two, bespokehotels.com, 0843 178 7143)   

The Lugger, Portloe Cornwall   The ultimate hideaway and more comforting and romantic than a Richard Curtis film, The Lugger is located on the Roseland Peninsula, a stones throw from St Mawes. If you bravely venture from your bolthole, the hotel provide smacs, brollies and wellies for watching dark skies and dramatic waves crashing on beaches. Return for a hot toddy and buttered crumpets in front of the open fire back at the hotel. Books, board games and the bar, are followed by sinking into a deep, cosy bed - the epitome of The Lugger life (Classic Double B&B from £109 per night for 2 (bespokehotels.com, 0843 178 7155)   

Welcombe Hotel, Straford-upon-Avon 

At the northern tip of The Cotswolds in the beautiful rural Warwickshire countryside, the Welcombe is the ultimate four star country house retreat. Surrounded by 150 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens, the hotel boasts magnificent four-poster suites, an award-winning restaurant overlooking Italian inspired gardens and water features, a luxury spa and 18 hole, 70-par championship golf course. (Classic Double from £126 p/p per night menzieshotels.co.uk, 01789 295252)   

Flitwick Manor, Woburn 
Flitwick Manor Hotel in Woburn is 5 nestled in acres of peaceful gardens and wooded parkland in Bedfordshire, the hotel is a true classic Georgian country house hotel. With 18 bedrooms, it is a picturesque and relaxing spot where you can enjoy a delicious traditional afternoon tea in front of the roaring log fire in the lounge or take a stroll of Womburn Abbey and its deer park (Classic Double from £119 for B&B, menzieshotels.co.uk, 01525 712242)   

Skeabost Country House Hotel & Spa   Built as a hunting lodge by the MacDonald's in 1817, it is steeped in history, as is its home of the Isle of Skye. This beautiful island is the epitome of quiet and with it's famed craggy rocks and extensive outdoor sports, it makes for a wonderful bolt-hole getaway. (Classic Double £99 for 2 nights for 2 people, bespokehotels.com 01470 532202)   

Stonefield Castle, Tarbert   Once the home of the Campbell family and now a popular retreat, this Baronial castle is on the shores of Loch Fyne a stones throw from Tarbert. Ponder by the loch as it laps at the fishing boats, and recline in highland luxury beside a roaring fire. Escape and recharge with a whisky from the local distillery in hand. (Classic Doubles from £99 per night for 2 DB&B,bespokehotels.com, 0843 178 7141)   

To review properties in the Bespoke Hotels (www.bepokehotels.com) portfolio please contact: Gabby Brunton Gabby@streetand.co 020 3701 7510/07538 87 76 85 or Emma Moffat Emma@streetand.co 07973 316 818