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 - 'Spring Break' Four Nights for the Price of Three 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 - 'Escape to the Country' 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 tea or coffee and homemade shortbread biscuits 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.
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.
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 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 - Seasonal Midweek Special Offer
Bradford-on-Avon
Keeping both the kids amused and parents relaxed in a grand Jacobean manor is a feat, but Woolley Grange manages it – from crèche and cinema to spa and pools.
Hambleton Hall - 'Celebrate a Special Occasion' Special Offer
Oakham
‘We have been staying at Hambleton Hall for over 20 years and have never been disappointed; the service is impeccable, the room immaculate, and the food outstanding.’
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - Spring Early Bird Special Offer
York
Afternoon teas on arrival, use of the spa, dress up for dinner and celebrate in country house style this New Year’s Eve.
Knockinaam Lodge - Early May Availability Special Offer
Portpatrick
A ‘wonderful country house hotel in a peaceful location by the sea’ this former Victorian hunting lodge comes with panelled walls, log fires, period furniture, the obligatory stag’s head, a dazzling array of malt whiskies, and views across the water to Northern Ireland.
Lords of the Manor - 'Taste of the Cotswolds' Special Offer
Upper Slaughter
The River Eye drifts through the gardens of this Cotswold stone former rectory, once home to the Witts family, rectors and then lords of Upper Slaughter, run as a hotel for the past 50 years.
Cliveden House - Cliveden Romance Special Offer
Taplow
Standing grandly above the Thames, in National Trust gardens and pleasure grounds, an Italianate mansion built by Charles Barry for the Duke of Sutherland ‘seems to have hosted everyone who is anyone’, from Winston Churchill to Lawrence of Arabia.
Headlam Hall - 'Summer Escape' Special Offer
Darlington
Guests continue to be delighted by this grand country house – sweeping gardens, historic features, smart bedrooms, swish spa – with a warm, down-to-earth atmosphere.
The Old Bridge - 2 nights for the price of 1 100% Flexible Special Offer
Huntingdon
Wine and design are the defining features at this Georgian inn on the edge of the town centre with views across a park to the Great Ouse.
The Green Park - Free Theatre Ticket Special Offer
Pitlochry
The Pitlochry theatre is a real highlight of the area, but at the hotel itself there are a vast array of activities to enjoy, making it a destination that’s perfect for energetic families spending quality time together over New Year.
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
Bath
The sweep of honey-stone buildings that form Bath’s Georgian crescent is home to two majestic mansions which combine as one hotel, beyond which lie a leafy garden and atmospheric spa.
The Ollerod
Beaminster
In Hardy’s ‘Emminster’, ten minutes from Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, a historic priest’s house is now a restaurant-led hotel.
Gravetye Manor
East Grinstead
It might change a little from one year to the next, but Champagne in abundance, an exquisite six course tasting menu with paired wines and a live swing band are all part of New Year at Gravetye Manor.
The Pier at Harwich
Harwich
With its belvedere and striking iron-lace balcony, this hotel is a distinctive presence on the quay of a port town on the Stour and Orwell estuaries.
Lewtrenchard Manor
Okehampton
In a peaceful Devon valley, this family-run historic manor house is loved for its architecture, romantic atmosphere, attention to detail and fine food.
Star Castle
St Mary's
You can take tea on the ramparts or imbibe history along with a St Agnes gin in the Dungeon Bar at the Francis family’s hotel, occupying an Elizabethan artillery castle within star-shaped fortress walls.
Kilcamb Lodge
Strontian
‘The situation is absolutely beautiful; perfect for wild swimmers,’ write readers this year, in praise of this remote hideaway hotel on the shores of Loch Sunart.
Whatley Manor
Easton Grey
Once you have navigated the joys of this ‘rambling building’ in honey Cotswold stone, with its ‘superb spa’, cinema and choice of dining, there are the 26 different ‘rooms’ in the ‘beautiful, well-tended gardens’ to explore.
Biggin Hall
Buxton
In a beautiful setting in the Peak District, this historic country house offers a homely atmosphere and excellent value for money, which draw guests back year after year.
Coul House
Strathpeffer
Set amid gardens and woodlands, this Georgian country house has been a labour of love for Susannah and Stuart Macpherson since they first opened to guests in 2003.
Burgh Island Hotel
Bigbury-on-Sea
A sea tractor ferries guests across the sands to this white concrete Art Deco edifice on a tidal island, built as a party venue in the 1930s, and what a swell party it is!
The Bell at Skenfrith
Skenfrith
The River Monnow flows just in front of the door of Sarah Hudson’s former coaching inn and well-liked pub-with-rooms.
The Gallivant
Amid coastal gardens, across the road from the important wildlife habitat of Camber dunes, Harry Cragoe’s adults-only hotel lives up to its name.
The Seaside Boarding House
Burton Bradstock
There’s more than an air of Cape Cod about this white clapboard hotel above Chesil Beach, which could have come straight out of an Edward Hopper painting.
Budock Vean
Falmouth
In an 18th-century manor house, this spa hotel and golf resort has been owned by the Barlow family since 1987.
Sopwell House Hotel
St Albans
In extensive grounds, the former home of Lord Louis Mountbatten is today a ‘well-run’ hotel with contemporary bedrooms, cossetting suites, a choice of eating and drinking spaces, and a sleek spa.
The Goring
London
London’s last grand hotel of the Edwardian era, The Goring is the epitome of old-fashioned luxury, from its silk-lined walls and liveried footmen to Michelin-starred dining and a secret garden.
Tyddyn Llan
Corwen
Foodies flock to Susan and Bryan Webb’s restaurant-with-rooms with views over the Vale of Edeyrnion for good reason – Bryan has been cooking up a storm for 45 years and Susan is the consummate hostess.
Loch Melfort Hotel
Oban
It’s all about the views at this lochside hotel, with panoramic seascapes from many of its rooms across Asknish Bay to the Sound of Jura and the Inner Hebrides.
Glenapp Castle
Ballantrae
Gazing out over the Ayrshire coast to the Isle of Arran, Glenapp may be towered and turreted, but the Scottish Baronial-style hotel (Relais & Châteaux) is more luxury country house than castle.
Boath House
Nairn
The Matheson family’s classical Regency mansion stands in 22 acres of spectacular walled and woodland gardens, so ‘the rustle of the leaves in the trees’ drowns out any traffic noise from the Aberdeen–Inverness road.
Mullion Cove Hotel
Helston
‘In a glorious setting’ on the cliff-top with ‘spectacular views’, this Edwardian cathedral of a hotel that opened its doors in 1898 after being built by the Great Western Railway also has a ‘really nice, welcoming atmosphere’.
The Carpenters Arms
Thirsk
Gala dinners, five course meals, lots of bubbly and evening entertainment will all you through until midnight and beyond.
Thurlestone Hotel
Kingsbridge
Approached by lanes ‘resplendent with wildflowers’, this ‘thoroughly dependable’ hotel is set in 19 acres of sub-tropical gardens along the South Devon National Trust coastline.
Allanton Inn
Allanton
In a sleepy village with a spirited history, 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
At New Year the hotel lays on four days of entertainment ranging from a New Year’s Eve scavenger hunt through the Pass of Killiecrankie, plenty of Champagne and dancing, a decadent brunch on New Year’s Day and a chance to try your hand at Clay Pigeon shooting.
