The best new hotels that opened in the UK this autumn

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Forty-Seven, Manchester open image in gallery You’ll find feasts of crispy palak chaat, creamy paneer makhani and pomegranate cocktails at Indian restaurant Asha’s Kro Hospitality – behind the sultry Velvet Hotel on Canal Street – has just opened up Forty-Seven inside a former shipping warehouse on Manchester’s Peter Street. Ruby Zoe, Notting Hill, London open image in gallery At Ruby Zoe’s cafe bar, there’s kooky suspended trumpet chandeliers and tutti frutti furniture Another new west London stay, 173-room Ruby Zoe, has a brilliant location on Notting Hill Gate, not far from Portobello Road’s indie shops and secondhand stores. Cowley Manor Experimental, Cheltenham open image in gallery Jackson Boxer’s menu blesses the grand wood-panelled restaurant with plates of courgette slivers and elderflower champagne For its first UK property outside London, mixology maestro Experimental Group has transformed the much-loved Cotswolds hotel Cowley Manor. The Bell at Charlbury, Chipping Norton open image in gallery Inky blue accents, bloom-patterned pelmets and four-poster beds adorn The Bell’s bedrooms Bringing more of Daylesford’s signature Scandi-meets-British countryside allure to the Cotswolds, joining the likes of The Wild Rabbit and The Fox at Oddington in the newly launched Daylesford Stays collection, is The Bell at Charlbury, a characterful 17th-century pub sporting a fresh new look.