| featuring black-and-white photographic murals, the 12 warm rooms come with flat-screen tvs and tea and coffeemaking facilities. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. there's an informal restaurant with a bar. in a landmark building dating from the 1960s, this casual hotel in a residential area is less than a mile from a427 road, 2 miles from the king's wood nature reserve and 5 miles from the 17th-century kirby hall house
Heathrow Airport 1 hr 49
Wicksteed Park (19 min)
Fun park with around 30 rides, large playgrounds, lakeside walks and a narrow-gauge railway. National Trust - Lyveden (17 min)
Enigmatic Elizabethan lodge, now National Trust, in a moated, terraced garden, with nature walks. Rushton Triangular Lodge (12 min)
Historic building designed by the father of a gunpowder plotter, with a gift shop and gardens. Deene Park (12 min)
Family-owned country manor & estate offering tours, formal gardens & an elegant tea room. Stanwick Lakes (27 min)
This 750-acre site offers children's activities, nature education services & crafts courses. Rutland Water (35 min)
Man-made lake providing a serene retreat for boating, fishing, hiking/biking & birdwatching. Adrenaline Alley (7 min)
Massive indoor sports centre with professional riding areas for BMX bikes, skateboards and scooters. Boughton House (16 min)
French-style stately home with fine art & baroque state rooms, surrounded by formal gardens. East Carlton country Park (8 min) West Lodge Rural Centre (15 min) Rockingham Castle (8 min)
Royal bastion with Tudor sitting rooms and grand halls, plus frequent events and private hire. Fermyn Woods Country Park (10 min)
Walking, wildlife spotting and fishing in a diverse landscape of meadows, marshes, forest and ponds. Fineshade Wood (17 min)
Family-friendly walking paths, plus a forest horse-riding trail, kids' playgrounds & an art gallery. Eye Brook Reservoir (17 min)
This 201-hectare reservoir surrounded by trees & farmland features birds & a footpath on the shore. Kirby Hall (10 min)
17th-century English Heritage country house with tours of elaborate state rooms and formal gardens. | 
