Festive Afternoon Tea at Boringdon Hall Hotel

Boringdon Hall Hotel is running its Festive Afternoon Tea daily from 1pm to 4pm, starting 13 November 2026 and running through to 4 January 2027. It's held in the Great Hall, which they've dressed for Christmas with a fire and fairy lights overhead. The hotel itself is a five-star 16th-century manor house on the edge of Dartmoor, about 20 minutes from Plymouth.

The menu mixes savoury finger sandwiches, like creamy brie and cranberry and cucumber and ham, with a gruyère and rosemary scone and a spiced onion and camembert tartlet. There's a traditional cream tea of scones with clotted cream and homemade Boringdon Hall preserves, and a dessert trolley of festive patisserie to pick from. It's set up for the whole family, so it works as a treat for a few of you or a larger group.

Boringdon Hall is more than just the tea room. The hotel has 55 rooms and suites, the award-winning Gaia Spa, and the MICHELIN-starred restaurant Àclèaf, so if you're coming from further afield, there's plenty to build a full day or weekend around. The tea is in the Great Hall, and the whole place is on the edge of Dartmoor, so it's a good spot if you fancy a bit of the countryside without heading too far from the city.

It's £35 per person, rising to £50 on Christmas Eve, with sittings at 12.30pm, 1pm and 1.30pm that day. You can upgrade to a glass of Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée Brut for £21.50 per person or Cuvée Rosé for £26. It runs every day from 13 November to 4 January, so you've got plenty of dates to choose from across the whole festive period.