England's oldest hotel isn't living in the past. At The Old Bell in Malmesbury, more than 800 years of history meet bold interiors, two AA Rosette dining, garden-led British cooking and one of the Cotswolds' most characterful escapes. We explore why this historic hotel deserves a place on every food lover's travel list.

A 17th-century pub on the Oxfordshire-Northamptonshire border might not sound like a quiet revolution, but The White Horse in King’s Sutton is exactly that. Blending serious, seasonal cooking with the ease of a true village local, this is a place where wood-fired pizzas sit comfortably alongside AA Rosette dining, and where the modern British pub finds its most confident, compelling form.