The AA calls Ivy House Country Hotel in Suffolk a "charming hotel in a peaceful setting" . You can now save up to 64% on a mini break at this rural retreat in the Broads National Park: 2-night stays are now less than £70 per person .

Bed-and-breakfast stays for two at The Mermaid Inn in East Sussex are now £99 -- shaving up to 45% off the usual price. This former smugglers' hideaway is on a "storybook lovely" ( The Daily Telegraph ) street in Rye -- one of The 25 Most Beautiful Small Towns in Europe, according to  Condé Nast Traveler'  -- and is 600 years old in 2020.

The Mill Hotel is a converted water mill on the banks of the River Stour, which flows through a landscape of "pastoral hills" and "comely villages" ( Lonely Planet ) in Sudbury. A bed-and-breakfast break is now less than £30 per person, and saves up to 39% on the usual price.

The Brookfield Hotel occupies a lovely spot just outside the Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . An overnight escape at this peaceful retreat -- including dinner and a bottle of bubbly -- is now less than £45 per person. You can save up to 57% on stays until March, 2021.

Save 20% on all stays from August until January, 2021

Explore the historic sights, soak up the "stylish" (The AA) design and get a bird's-eye view of the changing of the guard ceremony at Castle Hotel Windsor - MGallery Hotel. Overnight stays are now £89 from 4 July until the end of the year, saving up to 44% on the regular rates.

The 4-star seafront hotel is a 10-minute walk from Eastbourne Pier and has "unrivalled views" (The AA)

This "luxurious" (The AA) hotel is part of a 1800-acre National Trust estate in Suffolk

Ghyll Manor Hotel & Restaurant is in the rural Sussex village of Rusper

King Charles II stayed at this grand country house when hunting deer in the New Forest

Boutique bolthole on the waterfront, 10 minutes’ walk from Brighton’s trendy Lanes

It's a "well presented" (The AA) hotel in Windsor, with a spa and a luxury leisure club

The Daily Mail praises the "quirky design features" at this "boutique village pub with rooms"

This Edwardian property has an Italian glass chandelier spanning the length of the building

The hotel's bar and restaurant hold an AA Rosette

The hotel is near The Oracle shopping centre and Reading railway station

This "glitzy home-style" ( The Daily Telegraph ) hotel is a 15-minute walk from Ipswich town centre

The hotel has extensive views of the Thames Estuary & the north Kent coast

This "handsome" (The AA) Victorian property is 5 minutes' walk from Eastbourne seafront

17th-century property set in 94 acres of parkland & secluded gardens

It's set in an elegant Cotswold-stone building, parts of which date back to the 18th century

This stylish modern hotel overlooks the historic Brooklands racing track