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This 139-room hotel is housed in a former prep school in rural Sussex. Fully air-conditioned, it features a lobby, bar and restaurant. Conference facilities are available and there are 17 meeting rooms which can hold up to 550 people. For an additional fee, room and laundry services are offered, and guests arriving by vehicle can make use of the on-site car park (fees apply).

Guests are sure to feel at home in the comfortable rooms, which feature an easy chair and a 25-inch flat-screen TV. There is a wide range of traditional and modern rooms, all of which have been decorated in rich, warm tones. Business guests will appreciate being able to catch up on some work at the desk, and some rooms offer high-speed Internet access (fees may apply). The en suite bathrooms have been fitted with a shower, bathtub and hairdryer, and further in-room amenities include a direct dial telephone, ironing set and tea and coffee making facilities. Some of the rooms have partial views of the hotel gardens.

The traditionally English Cedar Restaurant is decorated in plums and creams, with the names of head boys at this former school displayed on wooden panels. Guests will enjoy dining on the chef's smoked duck or baked sea bass in this split-level restaurant overlooking the putting green. Lunch is only served on Sundays.

Guests can stay in shape in the hotel's indoor and outdoor swimming pools, or visit the LivingWell Health Club for a relaxing sauna or steam room. Furthermore, there are tennis courts and a croquet lawn on the hotel grounds, and fans of the fairway can enjoy a game of golf at the on-site 18-hole golf club (fees may apply).

By car: from Gatwick Airport - take the ring road north, then the M23 signposted to Crawley and Brighton. Exit the M23 at Junction 11 and go onto the A23. At the roundabout take the exit to the A272 (Cowfold Road) and continue into the A272 (Station Road), taking the left turn to A24 (Worthing). Exit at the roundabout at the A280 (Long Furlong). Take the 2nd exit at the roundabout then 3rd exit off the next roundabout onto the A27 (Arundel Road). Turn left into Yapton Lane to find the hotel.