Mercure Maidstone Great Danes

The 126 guest rooms all have comfortable beds, a work desk, a flatscreen television, ironing facilities (including a trouser press), tea and coffee making facilities and en suite bathroom facilities. The hotel’s privilege rooms have a few extra amenities such as a pod coffee machine, a bathrobe and slippers and a nicer view.

The Bar & Brasserie offers a relaxed dining experience with a menu comprising British and internationally-inspired dishes.

Other amenities include a fitness centre, sauna and swimming pool plus an on-site spa offering beauty treatments.

The hotel is set on 10.5ha (26 acres) of grounds adjoining the Leeds Castle estate and you can walk to the castle in just 15 minutes.

It is 7.5km (4½ miles) from the centre of Maidstone and you can drive into the town centre in 12–18 minutes. You can also get into Maidstone town centre in 18 minutes using bus route 10X, which runs hourly, stopping outside the hotel en route between Maidstone and Ashford.

The hotel is around a 10-minute walk to Hollingbourne village, where you can find a couple of charming pubs and Hollingbourne railway station, which has hourly trains to Ashford International and to London Victoria via Maidstone East, is a 15-minute walk from the hotel.