Forest Side is the UK’s Best Country Hotel
The Forest Side has been named one of the best in the UK by the Good Hotels Guide 2023, winning one of its 12 coveted César awards.
This Lake District gem has scooped the Best Country Hotel of the Year, with the inspectors singling out its “Michelin-starred cuisine, elegant bedrooms and red squirrels in the garden” and acknowledging chef Paul Leonard’s efforts to “source 90 per cent of produce from a ten-mile radius of Forest Side, much from the vast kitchen garden, to create his inventive dishes.”
The 12 Césars (named after Swiss hotelier César Ritz) are given to the hotels, inns and B&Bs considered outstanding in their particular category
The Good Hotels Guide prides itself on its independence and impartiality. Hotels cannot buy their entry into the print edition and neither the editors nor the inspectors accept free hospitality on their anonymous visits to hotels.
Commented General Manager Alasdair Elwick, “We are extremely honoured to have won this prestigious award. It is a great testament to the team here at The Forest Side who have worked so diligently during what have been an unprecedented last few years.”