Imagine the Cotswold village of your dreams – medieval butterscotch-brick houses, shops that tinkle when you enter, and more sugar-coated loveliness than a Richard Curtis movie, and it’s odds on you’ve just imagined a stay at the Lygon Arms in Broadway.

This fabulous 4-star getaway in the heart of the Worcestershire Cotswolds sits majestically on the ‘broad way’ (that’s the high street to you and me) and has its own fabulous spa with a 13 metre, heated indoor pool and sauna and steam room. Perfect for kicking off the stilettos and being truly pampered with one of the many treatments as you sip on a glass of champagne.

This hotel is a byword for laid back luxury and quintessential Cotswold style. A Tudor stunner of a hotel you can’t help but fall in love instantly with its historic charm (Oliver Cromwell stayed here the night before the Battle of Worcester in 1651 no less).

The hotel offers three acres of perfectly manicured grounds out the back, along wi 86 bedrooms of various shapes and sizes. Refurbed just three years ago it’s now owned by Iconic Hotels and is without doubt one of many people’s bucket-list hotel stays when they visit the Cotswolds.

The pooch posse are taken seriously here too – there are various dog friendly rooms with dog bed, treats and dog bowls for food and water, a ‘wash down’ station in the courtyard to clean your dog after walkies, and even a pamper parlour service with collection and return to the hotel.

With a stand-out, seasonal menu in its Bar & Grill and deep sofas ad crackling fires to retire to with your Espresso Martini it’s a