The Best Places to Drink and Stay in Aylesbury
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The best places to drink and stay in Aylesbury, according to the experts: the Top 50 Gastropubs and the Forbes Travel Guide have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. The Five Elms comes out on top.
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Rank 1. The Five Elms
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A thatched, two-room country pub on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, with log fires, a dog-friendly bar pouring local ales, and a garden with a play park across the road. The kitchen, run by a Masterchef: the Professionals semi-finalist with time in serious European restaurants, sends out cooking that is considerably more ambitious than the setting suggests. Walkers in muddy boots and families share the room without either group seeming to mind.
The awards
- Top 50 Gastropubs Top 50 Gastropubs: 2026 · #79 · Top 50 Gastropubs
- Top 50 Gastropubs 2026 · #79 · Top 50 Gastropubs
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A 16th-century Buckinghamshire mansion where Louis XVIII spent five years in exile, Hartwell House is a country-house hotel about 40 miles from London. The 46 rooms are individually decorated, which sounds like a small thing until you're standing beneath an ornate plasterwork ceiling surrounded by antiques. A Jacobean-statue-lined staircase that's been here 400 years anchors it all. There's a spa with an indoor pool when the parkland strolls lose their appeal.
The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Recommended
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Recommended