(B&B) The Crown Inn

Just off the A4 and easily accessible from the M4, Playhatch and the surrounding area is well worth straying off the main roads for – and visitors will very quickly feel like they're a million miles away from the rat race. But if they need an ‘urban fix’, Reading is just two miles down the road and Henley is only a 15-minute drive away. Close to the Chiltern Hills, the establishment is the perfect place to come for lunch or dinner after a walk or cycle through the most beautiful countryside. Guests may also wish to soak up the atmosphere of the life of landed gentry from times gone by and visit Greys Court near Henley. It’s a picture-perfect 16th-century mansion with walled gardens and has even older features, such as a 12th-century tower and a Tudor donkey wheel.