The best UK hotels for country pursuits

The world of elevenses (a shooters’ morning tea break) and the Glorious Twelfth (of August: the start of grouse season) is an enigmatic one that typically requires either an invitation or a stately home address at birth. If neither of these apply, and a pigeon-emoji’d Whatsapp group has failed to materialise, rest assured, toff pursuits can be accessed via a string of country hotel stays. The posh set even indulge at the same retreats.