crisp mornings & cosy evenings
Winter at THE PIGs
made for slowing down
Made for slowing down
There's a particular kind of good that comes from being cold outside and warm inside on the same day, and from November through to February our houses are arranged around exactly that. Crisp morning walks that end with pink cheeks and a hot drink, Christmas markets in the towns and villages near us, and evenings that call for a fire, a full plate and no plans to go anywhere else.
Whatever brings you to us this winter - a quiet December escape, a proper Christmas Day feast, or seeing in the New Year with a bang - there's a fire already going.
From plot to plate this season
The garden in winter
As the beds rest for the season, they don't go quiet entirely. Roots, brassicas and the last of the season's stores keep coming, and our gardeners are just as busy putting things by, tending what's left and planning for spring - even in the quieter months, the garden is still very much at work.
What's on the plate
Winter is proper cold-weather eating - roots and brassicas from the garden, game as it comes into season, slow braises and the kind of dishes that need a whole afternoon and reward the wait. Our chefs let whatever's been grown, stored or foraged shape the menu, whether that's a Sunday roast, a long dinner by candlelight, or something hot to come back to after a walk.
Find your winter patch
Blustery beach walks, a forest you can see straight through, or a Georgian city with the summer crowds long gone.
Whatever's brought you looking - escaping the house, catching up with people you've been meaning to see, or doing very little with someone you like - there's a PIG with the fire already going.
golden stone under frost
THE PIG-in the Cotswolds
Barnsley Village at its prettiest, Cirencester's Advent Market in the Market Place, and the Fieldhouse Spa when you've had enough of the cold.
long nights, clear skies
THE PIG-in the South Downs
The vines cut back and sleeping, Arundel lit up through December, and the darkest skies in the South East on a clear night.
the coast with nobody on it
THE PIG-on the beach
Studland and the Jurassic Coast returned to the locals, Old Harry Rocks in the wind, and a Dorset microclimate that's milder than most of the country.
a valley that empties out
THE PIG-at Combe
3,500 acres of Devon with the mist sitting in it, the Otter Valley at its most beautiful, and Exeter Cathedral Green glowing away half an hour off.
Atlantic weather, watched from indoors
THE PIG-at Harlyn Bay
Big swell, empty sand, and the north Cornish coast doing something spectacular while you watch it from somewhere warm with a drink.
the Georgian city, minus the queue
THE PIG-near Bath
Frost over the Mendips, Bath Christmas Market winding through the streets below the Abbey, and the countryside back to its old quiet self.
Kent in its quiet months
THE PIG-at Bridge Place
Orchards bare and beautiful, Canterbury lit up for the season, and a house that was built for exactly this sort of evening.
the forest you can see through
THE PIG
Bare oaks, open heath and ponies who have no intention of going anywhere, plus one of Europe's best Christmas markets twenty miles up the road in Winchester.
Winter, well spent
You don't need to wait for the 25th. From the middle of November the markets start up in the towns near us, and between them they cover most of a season's shopping - Winchester in the cathedral close from the 20th, Bath winding through the Georgian streets from the 26th, Exeter on Cathedral Green from the 13th, and Cirencester running markets right the way through Advent. Go on a weekday morning if you'd like to move around, and come back to ours when your feet have had enough.
Plan your winter getaway at THE PIG
Eat, sleep and be merry
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The quiet end of winter
why should december get all the attention?
December gets all the attention, but January and February are when our houses are at their best - the markets packed away, the lanes empty, the fires lit by three in the afternoon and nobody in any particular hurry. It's the time of year when a two-night stay feels like four, when the walking is at its most bracing and the eating at its most restorative, and when you can have the kitchen garden, the Potting Shed and the entire coast path more or less to yourself.
Which is why we save Bed, Breakfast & a Bottle of Red for exactly these months. Book a Sunday to Thursday night between 3rd January and 25th February and you'll get a room for two, a proper breakfast the next morning, and a bottle of our Cut Red to take home at checkout.
And if it's the big day you're after
Christmas Day at ours is a whole other thing - stockings by the fire, a walk to work up an appetite, and a three-course lunch that starts with Piggy Bits and finishes somewhere around the mince pies. New Year's Eve too, piper and all.
