The Feversham Arms Hotel and Verbena Spa

It's a perk of my job as a feature writer for Britain magazine that I get to visit and stay in some of the loveliest places in the North of England. I tend to cover Yorkshire, where I was born and now live, and Northumberland where I previously lived and worked as a feature writer on the Evening Chronicle.

So, a couple of weeks ago, on the back of a feature I have just written on Yorkshire for Britain magazine, I was invited to do a press review of the Feversham Arms Hotel and Verbena Spa in Helmsley http://www.fevershamarmshotel.com/. This beautiful hotel is picking up awards from all over the place and our stay there proved that it really deserves these accolades. The 'Fev' is situated in the heart of Helmsley, a town well worth spending time pottering round. The decor inside is very much country chic with comfy sofas, plump cushions and plenty of reading matter to get stuck into round log fires. Its hidden gem, only revealed once inside the hotel, is the pool and terrace at its heart. Its clear water looked so inviting that even on a cold November day I was tempted to take a dip (I actually took advantage of a luxury facial in the spa instead) and can only imagine what this place looks like in the summer. Even in winter it looked so pretty lit up by tiny fairy lights entwined round trees on the patio.

You can see the review on Britain magazine's website http://www.britain-magazine.com/articles/feversham-arms-review