Cornhill Castle Hotel

For some people, a good day out involves bagging a Munro; running a 10K or bungee-jumping from a bridge.

For those of us who are not insane, the thought of a country drive with afternoon tea holds rather more appeal.

Get your genteel groove on with today’s Big Deal on afternoon tea for two from Cornhill House Hotel by Biggar.

Situated in ten acres of beautiful countryside and overlooking the River Clyde, Cornhill House Hotel is the perfect venue for a refined afternoon tea.

French Renaissance chateau

Styled after a French Renaissance period chateau, this elegant mansion house has been given a sensitive, tasteful restoration and conversion into a hotel.

Close to the historic town of Biggar, Lanarkshire, it is easily accessed from Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Afternoon tea

Available seven days a week, from 2.30pm to 5pm, today’s Big Deal is for two people to have afternoon tea at Cornhill House Hotel. Option two allows visitors to add a glass of bubbly to your afternoon tea.

Guests will be served a delicious selection of sandwiches and wraps with fillings such as sweet chilli chicken; smoked salmon and cream cheese and roast beef and horseradish.

Naturally, there will be scones served with clotted cream and jam along with an assortment of tempting cakes.

A typical selection might include like chocolate fudge brownies, millionaire shortcakes, banoffee tarts and lemon possets.

Your choice of tea or coffee will accompany the edible treats and, as we mentioned, there is the option to add a glass of bubbly to your afternoon.

Happy visitors

At the time of writing, Cornhill House Hotel has 188 reviews on TripAdvisor and 172 of them rate the hotel as Excellent or Very Good. Taken from longer reviews, these comments show what recent visitors thought of the hotel and its food:

‘Afternoon tea. Lovely afternoon spent at Cornhill House, lovely spread of sandwiches, cakes and scones. Washed down with a glass of bubbly. Many thanks to all the staff, who were very professional, pleasant and helpful.’

‘Stunning building and food. What a find! It’s a stunning building and very impressive as you head up the driveway… charm, amazing service, location and some pretty damn good food.’

‘The hotel is excellent. Service was so good they couldn’t do enough for us. The meal in the bistro was stunning, best meal had for a while.’

If the thought of yomping up a mountain or dangling from a bungee rope holds no appeal, today’s Big Deal on afternoon tea may be more your cup of Rosie Lea.

Book in with today’s Big Deal and let the staff at Cornhill House Hotel look after your party.