Region guide

Country Hotels in and Around Greater London

Greater London is not, strictly, sporting country — but it is where sporting weekends often start and finish. A good London hotel sits within an hour of the great Home Counties shoots in Sussex, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, with rooms quiet enough for an early breakfast, parking that takes a Land Rover and a doorman who does not blink at gun cases and dogs. For visitors flying into Heathrow or Gatwick before driving on to the country, a single night in town often makes the trip work.

The right London base for a shooting party understands an early start, takes the boot room of the trip in its stride, and is close enough to the M25 to be on the shoot for elevenses. A proper supper to come back to seals the booking.