The top UK resort hotels
From country pursuits to luxury spas, golf courses to family activities, swimming pools to multiple choice when it comes to dinner options. Whether you’re travelling with children or going on a romantic break, here are some of our favourite resort hotels, each with their own unique attributes, where they have everything you could need or want to keep you happy, entertained and totally satisfied on your holiday, without ever having to leave the grounds.
10 of the best UK resort hotels
Chewton Glen - Complimentary Breakfast for Two Special Offer
New Milton
Imagine a luxurious resort with spa, pools, tennis, kids’ club – even a cookery school – at a quintessentially English country house, and you’ve captured the enduring appeal of Chewton Glen.
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Pitlochry
In lawned gardens lapped by Loch Faskally, the McMenemie family’s Victorian country house hotel caters especially to evergreen guests who enjoy a gentler pace of life.
Lucknam Park - Gourmet Getaway Special Offer
Chippenham
Down a mile-long avenue of lime and beech trees, this ‘very grand and lovely’ 18th-century mansion exults in 500 acres of parkland and gardens.
Bedruthan Hotel and Spa
Mawgan Porth
‘The location is stunning, the views as the sun sets truly magical’ from this family-run, cliff-top hotel and spa, with acres of Scandi-style relaxation space, squashy sofas, and plenty of things to do, from relaxing in a spa pool to surfing at the beach.
Gilpin Hotel and Lake House
Windermere
By many standards, Gilpin is the Lake District’s most luxurious hotel with no-expense-spared rooms, Michelin-starred dining, numerous staff, and acres of space.
Forss House
Thurso
The River Forss curves around the wooded grounds of this late Georgian country house, run today as a ‘wonderful hotel’ with salmon fishing at the bottom of the garden.
Lime Wood
Lyndhurst
There’s plenty of laid-back glamour at this Georgian lodge in the heart of the New Forest, with a relaxed, family-friendly vibe and well-regarded spa.
Woolley Grange
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.
Calcot & Spa
Tetbury
Country house luxury and child-friendliness are a happy combination at this spa hotel, occupying a 16th-century Cotswold manor house in ‘lovely, manicured grounds’.
Barnsley House
Cirencester
Even hardened townies are seduced by the surrounds of 17th-century Barnsley House, created by visionary gardener Elizabeth Verey who moved here in the 1950s.