You probably haven't considered visiting Norfolk, but you should. It's so easy to get to from London, but people don't know about it and so it's still beautiful.

There are a large number of places to stay and quite a few of them have got together - http://www.itnorfolk.co.uk

See you for a beer in the White Horse, looking across Scolt Head Island.

Jez

Independent Traveller's Norfolk - less than 2 hours from London, yet worlds apart