The Pheasant

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A centuries-old coaching inn on the edge of the North Wessex Downs racing country, with fourteen comfortable rooms and a kitchen turning out classic, seasonal British plates like game pie and steak tartare. Handy for the M4 but firmly rural. Pair a stay with a walk along the chalk streams of the River Lambourn nearby, or the snowdrops of Welford Park to the east in season.

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