Forget your usual summer escape, Burberry’s countryside collaboration with The Newt in Somerset offers heritage chic, iconic checks, and sky-high experiences.
Leave it to Burberry to blend city polish with country ease. The British house quietly marked its arrival at Somerset’s beloved estate, The Newt, with a Chelsea Flower Show supper, a fitting prelude to a summer‑long celebration of craft and countryside cool.
From early June, the estate’s 2,000 acres become a playground of bespoke Burberry moments. Guests might cruise the grounds in golf buggies wrapped in a one‑off house check, camel swapped for The Newt’s leaf green, or strike a ball on croquet lawns trimmed with the same grid.
When ground level no longer suffices, the view shifts skyward aboard a Burberry‑checked hot‑air balloon, a subtle salute to the brand’s history dressing early aviators such as Air Commodore Edward Maitland.
Back on earth, the badminton court is re‑strung with Burberry nets and racquets, while pathways reveal installations that filter rural romance through the label’s contemporary eye.
Packing light is optional: an on‑site boutique carries the Summer 2025 lineup, checked swimwear, featherweight outerwear, and those forecast‑proof hats and brollies ready for any British mood swing.
All of it unfolds against The Newt’s daily rhythm of garden‑to‑table lunches, spa interludes, and evenings divided between Hadspen House and the secluded Farmyard suites. Call it the season’s most stylish check‑in, only this time, the check runs green.
