Longueville Manor★★★★★

Just outside St Helier, this 14th-century manor house features a 3 AA-Rosette restaurant, an outdoor pool with al fresco dining and a casual cocktail bar. Longueville Manor is in 18 acres of private woodland with its own tennis court, croquet lawn and jogging trails, just a mile from St Helier Beach.

Individually decorated, the rooms have a flat-screen TV/DVD player, free Wi-Fi access, an iPod dock and Blu-ray player. Rooms also feature fresh fruit and flowers and mineral water, and the bathrooms have bespoke luxury toiletries, scented candles, robes and slippers.