The coffee machine clicks off behind me. Outside, a gull cuts across the horizon and the air smells faintly of seaweed and someone else’s...

Need a hot weather escape? From rooftop pools in London to barefoot stays by the beach, here are 15 hotels across the UK offering swim-worthy style for a last-minute long weekend.

Like a lady, Lympstone Manor country house hotel, sits aside its stately mount with an eye-widening view of the Exe Estuary.