Fairwater Head Hotel

Four miles outside Axminster, the hotel stands on the Jurassic Coast, England's first ever designated World Heritage Site. In a stripped-wood ambience, the creatively spelt Greenfields Brazzerie does what it says on the tin, offering un-mucked about classic dishes presented efficiently and with flair. Vulscombe goats' cheese terrine with apple and nut salad utilises one of modern Devon's premier dairy products, while mains go in for braised daube of beef with horseradish mash in red wine jus, or simple grilled plaice in chive butter. The generous dessert choice runs from Eton Mess with winter berries to apple and sultana crumble with ice cream and custard.