Ideally located close to Lincoln Cathedral and the Castle, this Grade II listed building is believed to be the only hotel built on the site of Lincoln's Roman Forum, and so you can delight in the fact that you'll be spending time in a 150-year-old building, and sleeping in beamed lodge rooms that are around 250-years-old.

The privately-owned and run hotel offers modern facilities in a lovely traditional environment, and each thoughtfully equipped bedroom has its own character and is individually furnished.

The Knights restaurant takes its style from the surrounding ethos and is unashamedly medieval. Happily this does not apply to the menu, which is traditional and full of interesting choices from the surrounding countryside. Expect to see game dishes such as homemade soup with toasted parmesan croutons, excellent local seafood like seared collops of monkfish stacked on a cream and chive pool, and roasted venison served pink on a bed of wild mushrooms, in a juniper berry and port sauce.

For sheer indulgence sample the baked apple and sultana crumble with vanilla custard.