If it’s true Britishness you’re after, look no further than this recently redesigned and re-outfitted favourite in the city of perspiring dreams. With a regency-styled exterior from John Simpson and interiors by acclaimed Martin Brudnizki, the University Arms has 192 guest rooms and suites flecked with electric reds and yellows. The property is bolstered by the Tristan Welch-helmed Parker’s Tavern eatery – accentuating the Englishness via suitably regional and idiosyncratic ingredients – along with a cosy timber-walled library and the grand ballroom.

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