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DISCOVER one of the smallest Channel Islands with a new boutique hotel opening on Alderney this autumn. The Blonde Hedgehog in St Anne will have nine rooms and suites as well as a luxury three-bedroom cottage.

Based in two buildings, a former 18th century pub and Georgian townhouse that once housed the island’s aristocracy, plus the cottage dating back to 1740, there’ll also be a restaurant serving locally sourced ingredients.

The northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands, Alderney is only three miles long and one and a half miles wide.

You can fly direct from Southampton as well as from Bristol, East Midlands, Gatwick, Stansted, Leeds Bradford and Manchester via Guernsey. There are also ferry services from Guernsey.

Rooms at the hotel cost from £230 per night. blondehedgehog. com