Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa, Climping

By Britain's Finest

Bailiffscourt feels like a romantic hotel from the moment you walk through the courtyard. The medieval-style buildings, the rose-clad walkways, and the quiet lawns create a setting that feels both romantic and relaxed. Read More

By Emma Love

Surrounded by 30 acres of parkland that leads to the coast at Climping, the bucolic setting alone makes a stay at this luxury Sussex hotel feel like a proper reset-and-recharge getaway. Read More

By Emma Love

An easy-breezy beach setting is always a winner with families and that’s exactly the case for this luxury hotel, surrounded by 30 acres of parkland leading to the coast at Climping (ask staff about the rules of seaside snakes and ladders). Read More

By Adrian Mourby

On a stretch of almost totally undeveloped beach west of Little Hampton, the roaring English Channel eats away at Climping Beach annually, taking out great mouthfuls of low cliffs in the winter as its munches its way towards the mock medieval village of Bailiffscourt. Read More

By Adrian Mourby

Britain is full of remarkable hotels but very few measure up to Bailiffscourt in Sussex for sheer idiosyncrasy. Waking in a four-poster bed with a hammer beam roof above and mullioned windows that let in a pale mediaeval light feels like slipping back in time. Read More

By Adrian Mourby

At first sight Bailiffscourt does not look like a hotel, rather it resembles a medieval village on the Sussex seashore. Arrive in the spring mist that sometimes rolls down from Eastbourne and you might think you’ve stepped back centuries to the time to Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General. Read More

By Natalie French

This country retreat has 39 bedrooms, a collection of cottages and houses, and is just 10 minutes from the medieval Arundel Castle. Expect crackling log fires, cosy lounges and a beautiful rose-clad courtyard and garden. Read More

By Adrian Mourby

The South Downs National Park only briefly touches the coastline of the English Channel, at Beachy Head and the cliffs known as the Seven Sisters. And this is a pity because the South Downs themselves end at the sea. Read More

By Adrian Mourby

Bailiffscourt is one of the strangest hotels you’ll find in Sussex. It looks like a medieval village by the seashore but is actually a number of historic buildings that were taken apart and reassembled on Climping Beach. Only the thirteenth-century chapel is in its original place. Read More

By Natalie French

With 39 dog-friendly bedrooms to choose from, Baliffscourt Hotel and Spa is a great choice for a charming weekend escape. Situated in stunning West Sussex, the 1920s retreat, with its own Norman Chapel, is set in 30-acres of glorious parkland with free-roaming resident peacocks. Read More

By Adrian Mourby

Bailiffcourt is a 39-bedroom hotel on the West Sussex coastline, made up of a series of mediaeval houses and stone cottages, reassembled on an estate by the sea. As you arrive, the mullioned windows of reception and the dining room are illuminated by candles. Read More