Best Boutique Hotels in West Sussex - UK
This guide to the best luxury, boutique, and design-forward hotels in West Sussex - UK is manually curated by our editorial team based on first-hand research, verified guest reviews, location analysis, and overall service quality. Each hotel is selected to meet high standards of comfort, authenticity, and guest experience.
This elegant hotel sits within the 12,000 acre Goodwood Estate, at the gateway to the South Downs. Guests have 2 golf courses, a health club and restaurants serving ingredients from the estate. The 4-star Goodwood Hotel’s rooms each feature satellite TV and a work area. Wi-Fi internet access and 24-hour room service is available, and some rooms also boast a private patio. Guests have a choice of traditional British, informal brasserie and stylish fine dining restaurants at the hotel. The Aero Club Cafe serves home-cooked food on the airfield, less than a mile away. Extensive leisure facilities include an indoor pool and spa bath, a steam room, sauna and modern gym. Guests at the Goodwood Hotel also have free use of the dance studio and outdoor tennis courts. Chichester is less than 10 minutes’ drive away, while the South Coast is within 10 miles.
Guest Reviews:
- "A beautifully appointed hotel and an outstanding delicious breakfast." - "Amazing room, lots of parking, superb food, friendly helpful staff, loved the planned walks, great spa" - "The hotel is in a pretty setting, lovely decor, and very peaceful" - "All of our stay was excellent" - "Everything was above and beyond, this hotel I got for myself for my 21st birthday present to go along with a racing experience i got from my parents and the staff, building and food was amazing and couldn't of asked for a better experience. if i could afford it id do it again"
Very Good
1276 reviews
Set in the South Downs National Park, in acres of rolling Sussex countryside, The White Horse is a country pub offering British cuisine, luxurious bedrooms and free Wi-Fi. Guests can enjoy a gastropub experience of award-winning British cuisine, home-made bar snacks, fresh game, fish and locally sourced produce. To accompany the food, an extensive wine list and some regional ale are available. The rooms at The White Horse are chic and there is a choice of rain shower or bath, some of which are roll-top copper baths, some of which are spa baths. Features include a 50-inch TV. Goodwood Estate, featuring a golf course designed in 1914, motor racing, horse racing and flying club is just 10 minutes’ drive from The White Horse, as well as the Chichester Festival Theater and Weald & Downland Open Air Museum. There is free parking at the property.
Guest Reviews:
- "food was great, rooms clean and comfy" - "Really nice and clean. It had everything I needed." - "Beautiful room, breakfast and service. Stunning location." - "A Very charming pub, the rooms were perfect , and the breakfast delicious with wonderful staff. I was very pleased with my choice to stay here." - "Superb traditional Inn in a great location.Rooms were spacious,modern and comfortable.Dinner was good, nice beer although they only had one ale on tap and the breakfast was excellent."
Fabulous
539 reviews
Featuring a restaurant, the award-winning Gravetye Manor is set on 1000 acres of grounds and gardens in East Grinstead. This Elizabethan manor house offers free WiFi throughout and free onsite parking. Boasting garden views, each room includes a flat-screen TV, a mini-bar and tea and coffee making facilities. The en-suite bath or shower rooms have a bathrobe and a hairdryer. The restaurant provides uninterrupted views of the gardens with floor to ceiling glass walls. The ingredients has either been grown in the Kitchen Garden, or been sourced from a trusted, local supplier. Guests at Gravetye Manor can explore the extensive grounds and gardens, which also feature a 3-acre lake. Local activities include golfing and walking. The Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club is just 20 minutes’ drive away.
Guest Reviews:
- "Gravetye is a 16th Century gem of a house, nestled down in the majestic Sussex countryside. A jewel indeed & what a setting." - "Everything, from the dining to the garden. Everything was perfect." - "Every thing. Lovely dining room, excellent food ,comfortable and well equipped bedroom. The gardens and woodland were pleasant for walking . Flowers beautiful in the gardens and in the hotel. Helpful staff. Thoroughly enjoyed our short stay."
Exceptional
50 reviews
