The Dales Country House Hotel

The Dales provides stunning Country House Hotel accommodation in a Grade II-listed former Victorian rectory, with refined original features including original oak-panelled interiors, mullioned windows and stained glass.

Rooms offer beautiful fabrics and specially commissioned furniture, and the deluxe accommodation offers additional luxuries such as four-poster beds. Many rooms boast commanding views of the coast or the sheltered grounds, which include tennis courts and croquet lawns. Modern touches include Wi-Fi, TVs and DVD players and iPod docking stations.

A menu of contemporary English cuisine utilising local game, fish and other produce boasts a two star rosette award for fine dining. Traditional afternoon teas are also highly recommended.

The Dales lies adjacent to the woodland gardens, rhododendron-lined walks and fabulous views of the National Trust’s Sheringham Park, while Upper Sheringham is an attractive village of pebble cottages clustered around the distinctive reservoir.

The nearby traditional resort town of Sheringham boasts a Blue Flag-winning sandy beach, a links golf course and the nostalgic ‘Poppy Line’ Steam Railway running through to the handsome Georgian market town of Holt.

The North Norfolk Heritage Coast, a designated area of outstanding beauty, is easily accessible and blessed with unspoilt beaches, nature reserves and picturesque villages. The fine cathedral city of Norwich is a forty-minute drive.