Amongst our recommended hotels for New Year are award-winning favourites from across the years, and Editor’s Choice highlights for everything from walking to spas, romance to pubs with rooms. There are special offers to be had and specially arranged experiences to really celebrate in style. Wherever you go, here’s a selection of the top UK hotels for New Year’s Eve, recommended by the Good Hotel Guide.
10 Hotels for New Year
Best UK Hotels for New Year’s Eve
Chewton Glen - Summer Staycations Special Offer
New Milton
There’s a two night house party at the exceptional Chewton Glen complete with a five course dinner, wines and dancing with a black tie dress code.
Montagu Arms - 'Paddle to the Pub' Special Offer
Beaulieu
Seeing in the New Year with an elegant ball, The Montagu Arms brings you Champagne and canapés followed by a five course black tie dinner.
The Peacock at Rowsley - Complimentary glass of Prosecco on arrival Special Offer
Rowsley
Experience a Peak District New Year in historic surroundings, and with exceptional service this year, at The Peacock at Rowsley.
The Cottage in the Wood - 'Stay Four Nights Get One Night Free' Special Offer
Malvern Wells
New Year’s Eve starts with a cocktail on arrival, followed by a seven-course tasting menu, plenty of Champagne, and a night of conversation and celebration before staying over in luxurious style.
Langar Hall
Langar
Famously good at a celebration, New Year at Langar Hall comes with a six course tasting menu, plenty of bubbly and music and fireworks at midnight.
Bedruthan Hotel and Spa
Mawgan Porth
Going all out to end the year and see in the new one, Bedruthan is doing New Year in style, complete with a tuck box of festive food on arrival, a four-course gala dinner on New Year’s Eve, plenty of Champagne, and lots more besides.
Grove of Narberth
Narberth
Champagne, canapés and roaring log fires will begin your evening at The Grove’s black tie event, followed by a five-course dinner and a magnificent fireworks display to light up the New Year.
The Falcondale
Lampeter
Celebrate the New Year in atmospheric style. Spoil yourself with a six-course dinner while listening to the dulcet tones of singer Paul Dark, and follow it all with fireworks at midnight.
Deans Place
Alfriston
Usher in the New Year with food from award-winning chefs, a complimentary bottle of fizz on arrival if you’re staying overnight and a sumptuous menu befitting the season.
The Zetter Townhouse Clerkenwell
London
Christmas Day menus and New Year’s feasts take on a whole new style and sophistication at The Zetter Townhouse in Clerkenwell.
Still looking? There’s more where these came from. From Hogmanay in the Highlands to celebrations in the Scillies, or perhaps a spa retreat to start next year as you mean to go on. Keep exploring for more New Year’s hotel favourites recommended by our trusted guide, brought together by truly independent reviews from our readers. If you decide to delay your stay, check out our selection of the best hotels over the Easter holidays.
More hotels for New Year
Best UK Hotels for New Year’s Eve
Woolley Grange - Gourmet Two Night Break Special Offer
Bradford-on-Avon
Fun time, mucking-in time and adult ‘me time’ are all part of the deal at this rambling Jacobean manor turned child-friendly and dog-friendly hotel, with extensive grounds.
Hambleton Hall - Summer Break Special Offer
Oakham
From the landscaped gardens with ‘a five-star view’ over Rutland Water to the Michelin-starred dining, Tim and Stefa Hart’s acclaimed hotel nails English country house excellence.
Lewtrenchard Manor - Twixmas Break Special Offer
Okehampton
‘A most beautiful building in lovely, peaceful grounds with a wooded walk down to the river,’ say Guide insiders of the Murray family’s splendid stone manor house.
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - From £129 per person per night Special Offer
York
Overlooking the racecourse and surrounded by gardens and parkland, this gem of a William and Mary house with its ‘stunning exterior’ feels deeply rural yet is just over a mile from York.
Lords of the Manor - Midweek Dinner and Breakfast for Two Special Offer
Upper Slaughter
This 17th-century manor house of honeyed Cotswold stone looks every bit the smart country house hotel.
Cliveden House - Summer Staycation Special Offer
Taplow
As you approach this glorious Italianate Thames-side summer palace designed by Charles Barry and set in 376 acres of National Trust grounds, it ‘feels as if you are on the film set of Pride and Prejudice’, says a Guide insider (see also Chewton Glen, New Milton).
Headlam Hall - Summer Escape Special Offer from £115 per person per night
Darlington
Start New Year with a sumptuous afternoon tea with Christmas music from a live pianist, then dress for a six-course dinner where a table magician will delight and a swing singer will entertain before fireworks at midnight.
The Old Bridge - 2 nights for the price of 1 100% Flexible Special Offer
Huntingdon
It’s much easier to enjoy the ‘exceptional wine list’ and elegant interiors of this ivy-clad town house hotel, owned by a Master of Wine and an interior designer, now that the new A14 bypasses the town, cutting down traffic noise, and a great benefit for the terrace and lovely garden in the warmer months.
The Green Park - Free Theatre Ticket Special Offer
Pitlochry
Ironwork sculptures adorn the wide lawn that borders Loch Faskally at the McMenemie family’s extended Victorian country house, along with waterside seating areas.
The Carpenters Arms
Thirsk
At this smart village inn, with views over the Vale of York, visitors can chat with locals over a pint of real ale, dine on classy pub food, and sleep in spacious, chalet-style rooms.
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
Bath
Behind the golden-stone facade of two mansions, at the centre of Bath’s magnificent Georgian crescent, lies a luxurious hotel with an oasis garden.
The Ollerod
Beaminster
An ancient, honey-stone priest’s house turned hotel in a pretty market town has been given a chic make-over as a restaurant-with-rooms.
Gravetye Manor
East Grinstead
Jeremy and Elizabeth Hosking’s beloved and beautiful Elizabethan manor house stands in glorious gardens, amid 1,000 acres of woodland.
Star Castle
St Mary's
The Francis family’s charismatic hotel, with many historic features, continues to please regulars, mainly for its ‘superb’ hilltop location, genial service and tip-top seafood.
Knockinaam Lodge
Portpatrick
‘A stiff walk from Portpatrick along the cliffs’ brings you to Sian and David Ibbotson’s Victorian hunting lodge overlooking the Irish Sea.
Kilcamb Lodge
Strontian
A New Year break in the Scottish Highlands is complete with festive decorations, lights and garlands, full Scottish breakfasts, afternoon tea, candlelit dinners and fireworks, music and dancing at midnight.
Whatley Manor
Easton Grey
Celebrate New Year over three nights at Whatley Manor, starting with a chilled bottle of Gusbourne English sparkling wine, tuck into afternoon tea complete with a musical accompaniment and on New Year’s Eve itself enjoy wine, canapés, a five-course, black tie gala dinner and a spectacular fireworks display.
Biggin Hall
Buxton
With a ‘spectacular location’ in a small village high in the White Peak landscape, James Moffett’s Grade II* listed manor house with its stone floors, oak beams and mullioned windows also offers ‘excellent value for money’.
Coul House
Strathpeffer
A private road leads to this singular Georgian mansion in lovely gardens and grounds, with ancient trees, a pitch-and-putt area, and a fairy trail through the rhododendrons for children.
Burgh Island Hotel
Bigbury-on-Sea
This decadent Art Deco grande dame, set on its own tidal island, ‘harks back to a more glamorous age’, and a recent refurbishment has been given the thumbs up by faithful regulars.
The Bell at Skenfrith
Skenfrith
Celebrate New Year with champagne cocktails, canapés, dinner, music and dancing as well as fireworks and bubbly at midnight.
The Gallivant
Camber
A trusted reviewer had a ‘great stay’ in 2020 at this ‘very welcoming’ restaurant-with-rooms, a skimming stone’s throw from the dunes of Camber Sands.
The Seaside Boarding House
Burton Bradstock
Order a crab sandwich on the terrace, gaze out over Lyme Bay from this white-painted hotel above Chesil Beach, and you can half imagine you’re in Edward Hopper’s Cape Cod.
Thurlestone Hotel
Kingsbridge
‘Thoroughly dependable, yet stylish in an old-fashioned way’, this family-friendly hotel has been run with care by the Grose family for more than 120 years.
Sopwell House Hotel
St Albans
In extensive grounds, the former home of Lord Louis Mountbatten is today a ‘well-run’ hotel with contemporary bedrooms, cosseting suites, a choice of eating and drinking spaces, and a sleek spa.
Budock Vean
Falmouth
‘The setting could hardly be more enticing’ at this spa hotel and golf resort on a ‘magical’ part of the Helford river.
The Pier at Harwich
Harwich
Fishing boats and ferries, cruise liners and container ships form a constantly shifting waterscape in this port town, best enjoyed from the wrought iron balcony of the Milsom family’s harbourside hotel.
The Goring
London
A long-time favourite of its royal neighbours, this Belgravia grand dame is ‘charmingly old-school’, with red-liveried footmen, Michelin-starred restaurant, and one of the largest private gardens in London.
Tyddyn Llan
Corwen
The views roll out over the Vale of Edeyrnion to the Berwyn mountains, and provide a backdrop for the ‘superb’ food served in this restaurant-with-rooms.
Loch Melfort Hotel
Oban
In 17 acres of gardens and beach on the Argyll coast, Calum and Rachel Ross’s hotel drinks in the views across Asknish Bay and the island-studded Sound of Jura.
Glenapp Castle
Ballantrae
See the New Year in with Glenapp Castle’s traditional three-day house party complete with Scottish pipers, whisky, fine food, a curling bonspiel, star gazing, champagne and of course Auld Lang Syne.
Boath House
Nairn
Hotel grounds don’t get much more ‘exquisite’ than at Don and Wendy Matheson’s ‘beautiful if unadorned’ Georgian mansion, sitting amid 22 acres of lawns, meadows and woodland.
Mullion Cove Hotel
Helston
This striking cliff-top hotel on the Cornish Coast Path is on ‘excellent form’ and as ‘welcoming, friendly and helpful as ever’, says a fan.
Allanton Inn
Allanton
A family-run affair for more than a decade, Katrina and William Reynolds’s 18th-century coaching inn is a ‘good-value’ base for walkers, cyclists, fisherfolk and visitors in search of a tranquil rural break.
Killiecrankie Hotel
Pitlochry
Sadly, Killiecrankie will close at the end of October 2020 following the death of its inspirational owner, Henrietta Fergusson. She was loved by the Guide and its readers.
