Enjoy a weekend away at a top country hotel or inn with Great Inns of Britain

While modern chains like Wetherspoons have started coming in and beginning to take the charm and individuality out of UK inns, there are still pubs around that have resisted the change. These are mainly traditional classic inns, but even these have recently undergone something of a transformation. While many are still real ale paradises for old men in flat caps arguing over the cricket, others have combined the English heritage that they are renowned for with gourmet cooking influenced by the Continent, and have been turned into hotels-cum-pubs. These historic hotels make fantastic weekend getaways – although they're obviously fiercely individual, the majority of them are easy to get to, have varied sites of historical and cultural interest nearby and offer the very best in food and drink.

UK inns deserve to be promoted, and that's what this institution and its website aims to do. Its roster of inns is relatively small but is of a consistently high quality. It currently includes inns such as the Hundred House Hotel in Shropshire, the Pheasant in Cumbria, the Bell Inn in Essex and the Shibden Mill Inn in West Yorkshire. It allows users to narrow down the inns based on their interests, such as walking or shopping, or by any events they might wish to hold there, such as conferences or civil partnership ceremonies. On each inn's individual page is a description of its heritage, general atmosphere and the services it offers along with prices that are as up-to-date as possible. The website also includes news related to the inns it features, as well as events coming up, such as botanical drawing, masterchef classes and numerous parties for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, that might be of interest to anyone planning on visiting the inns in the future. If you're the landlord of an inn and you think that you're a suitable candidate for membership into the website, you canrncontact the website and request membership, although new members are usually recommended by an existing member.

rnThese historic hotels , which have their roots in the hospitality shown by inns that might have housed Shakespeare and Marlowe during the Elizabethan era, might have been forced to move with the times but their principles of friendliness, comfort and general high quality remain the same. Browse through this company website to find the perfect inn for your country holiday or special event – the quality of the accommodation will make it a weekend to remember!