Hotels with Indoor Pools
Hartwell House - Autumn September Special Offer
Aylesbury
An equestrian statue of Frederick, Prince of Wales, marks your arrival at this glorious Jacobean-cum-Georgian mansion, a hotel since the late 1980s.
From £200 per night
Mallory Court - Autumn Stay Special Offer
Leamington Spa
A romantic Elizabethan-style Edwardian mansion, built for a Manchester cotton bleacher and set in landscaped gardens, is the epitome of a well-run country house hotel.
The Lygon Arms - Four Nights for the Price of Three Special Offer
Broadway
This sprawling honey-stone building with its tall chimneys and leaded windows offers history, grand rooms and antiques, along with a thoroughly modern spa and 21st-century luxuries.
Congham Hall - 'Sleep Soundly Package' Special Offer
King's Lynn
The 12-metre indoor swimming pool is surrounded by floor to ceiling windows and is located in the spa alongside other wet facilities.
Polurrian on the Lizard - Island Suite Special Offer
Mullion
While some of us bring home a fridge magnet or a Cornishware mug, businessman Andrew Long has gone one better and bought a hotel.
Chewton Glen - 'Your Stay Your Way' £100 Credit Special Offer
New Milton
This quintessential English country house with spa, pools, kids’ club, elegant bedrooms and fun tree houses, hits all the right luxurious notes for a romantic or family stay.
Soar Mill Cove Hotel - 2 night Summer Staycation Special Offer
Salcombe
This single-storey hotel enfolded in a gorse-clad valley with views of the sea has been in the Makepeace family for three generations.
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - Romantic Autumn and Winter Break Special Offer
York
First-time visitors can’t help but stand and stare at this exquisite country house, with its William and Mary symmetry and 20 acres of gardens and parkland.
Bodysgallen Hall and Spa - 'National Trust Winter Special Break' Special Offer
Llandudno
This Tudor Gothic-style Elizabethan mansion, extended over centuries, overlooks parkland with a rare 17th-century parterre, walled rose garden, cascade, lily pond and follies.
The Nare - '40 Winks Break' Special Offer
Veryan-in-Roseland
The indoor pool has its own jet stream for energetic swimmers, while there’s a hot hydrotherapy spa pool, sauna and steam room for relaxation.
Bedruthan Hotel and Spa - 'Simply Bedruthan' Special Offer
Mawgan Porth
Bedruthan has both an indoor pool and indoor thermal spa with a giant sea-view hydro pool.
Cliveden House - Three Nights for the Price of Two Midweek Special Offer
Taplow
Redolent of its sometimes racy past, this veritable palazzo, designed by Sir Charles Barry in 1850 for the Duke of Sutherland, sits in National Trust pleasure grounds above the Thames.
Headlam Hall - 'Autumn Gold Break' Special Offer
Darlington
The real charm of this grand country house, with sweeping gardens, terraces, oak panelling and swish spa, lies in its warm and informal atmosphere.
The Devonshire Arms - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
Skipton
This former 17th-century inn, which is part of the Duke of Devonshire's 30,000-acre estate at Bolton Abbey, is today an impressive country house hotel, with fine dining and a spa.
The Atlantic Hotel - Celebration Gourmet Break Special Offer
St Brelade
Glamorous ocean vistas are on show through the floor-to-ceiling windows of this hotel, which sits on a headland above St Ouen’s Bay.
Trefeddian Hotel - 'Winter Warmer' Special Offer
Aberdovey
The Cave-Browne-Cave family have kept a welcome in the hillside at their big, white hotel above Cardigan Bay since the days of silent film, when men wore bowler hats to the beach.
Widbrook Grange - 'Gin Tasting Evening' Special Offer
Bradford-on-Avon
If the Borrowers opened a hotel, it would probably be something like Nick and Charlotte Dent’s Georgian farmhouse, filled with upcycled objets trouvés.
Seaham Hall - 'Autumn Nights' Special Offer
Seaham
Garden suites with hot tubs, a state-of-the-art spa, brightly coloured sofas under gleaming chandeliers . . . this country house hotel offers luxury with a contemporary edge.
The Scarlet - 'Advanced Purchase' Special Offer
Mawgan Porth
The spa’s indoor swimming pool is 13-metre with floor to ceiling windows surrounding it so you can take in views of the surrounding coastline.
Cary Arms & Spa - 'Celebration Hideaway' Special Offer
Babbacombe
The glass faceted sea-facing spa includes a waterfall hydrotherapy pool as well as other wet facilities such as a steam room, sauna and exotic experience shower.
The Blakeney Hotel
Holt
The heated indoor swimming pool has views of the sun terrace and south facing gardens. There is also a steam room, sauna and spa bath.
Corse Lawn House
Corse Lawn
The indoor swimming pool is available to access on request, but is closed in December, January and February.
Summer Lodge
Evershot
'It's ‘fiercely expensive’, but this Relais & Châteaux hotel in a chocolate-box village doesn’t stint on the traditional country house luxuries, drapes, stripes, sofas and chandeliers, florals, antiques, paintings.
From £60 per night
Homewood
Bath
The yellow submarine in the 'beautiful grounds' and the hedge sculpture of a giraffe set the scene at this ‘playful, quirky hotel’, in a traditional honey-stone building.
Star Castle
St Mary's
The indoor heated pool is 13-metre and has a newly refurbished sun deck area just outside, with lounge style furniture.
Rathmullan House
Rathmullan
Pass the little gate lodge to drive up to this bay-fronted country house in wooded grounds edged by a beach on Lough Swilly.
Whatley Manor
Easton Grey
The spa includes an indoor/ outdoor hydrotherapy pool surrounded by heated stone recliners.
The Pheasant
Helmsley
Overlooking the village duck pond, a former smithy, shop and barns come together as a hotel with popular restaurant and an indoor pool.
From £120.00 per night
Gilpin Hotel and Lake House
Windermere
The facilities includes a large gym, swimming pool, sauna, steam room, and indoor hot tub.
Cowley Manor
Cheltenham
A through-the-looking-glass sort of place, this hotel playfully inverts the traditional country house theme, with bold interiors created for new owners the Experimental Group.
Lime Wood
Lyndhurst
In the Herb House spa, facilities include an indoor hydro pool with exceptional forest views as well as a 16-metre ozone treated indoor lap pool with glass doors overlooking the garden.
Douneside House
Tarland
A 'paradise for foodies and garden lovers in a tranquil corner of Aberdeenshire', this country-house hotel in the fertile Howe of Cromar is an architectural gem.
Gara Rock
Salcombe
The indoor pool and sunken hot tub have floor to ceiling windows overlooking the sea from this cliff top hotel.
The Harper
Holt
You don’t have to blow a fortune to stay at this ‘relaxed yet refined’ hotel in some converted barns, the former home of Langham Glass, and featuring many charming nods to its heritage.
Walwick Hall Hotel
Hexham
By Hadrian’s Wall, on a 100-acre estate, a once-dilapidated Georgian country house has been transformed into a small luxury hotel.
The Retreat at Elcot Park
Newbury
A Regency mansion in parkland, once home to Percy Byssche Shelley’s mother, has been reimagined as a contemporary country house hotel infused with a blithe spirit.
Budock Vean
Falmouth
With golf, tennis, kayaking and powerboating, indoor pool and outdoor hot tub, this spa hotel in 65 acres of garden and woodland on the Helford river is a holiday resort in its own right.
The New Inn
Tresco
New Inn Guests enjoy access to the nearby Tresco Island Spa with its leisure facilities including an indoor pool.
Sopwell House Hotel
St Albans
A favourite hangout of the England football team, the former home of Lord Louis Mountbatten is ‘well-run’, with contemporary bedrooms, cosseting suites, a good choice of eating and drinking spaces, and a magnificent spa.
Swinton Park
Masham
Much altered since it was begun in 1695, the Cunliffe-Lister family’s neo-Gothic, castellated fantasy castle is ‘a very special place, grand and imposing’, in ‘simply glorious’ pleasure grounds and parkland.
Family friendly hotels and luxury spa hotels with indoor pools
Whether you’re travelling with children and are in need of rainy day entertainment, or you’re looking for a spa hotel with an opportunity to exercise and stretch those hard working limbs, hotels with indoor pools are often seen as a prerequisite for holidaymakers in the 21st century.
When it comes to really beautiful and unique hotels, particularly where the architecture of old country houses, historic castles or ancient inns are concerned, it’s always seems like a juggling act to preserve the historic charm of a building whilst bringing its services into the 21st century, and a pool can be a particularly tricky one to get right, but the ones who manage it do it with wow factor.
We are not sure what Louis XVIII would have made of an indoor pool had one existed at Hartwell House during his residence, but the chances are the extra leisurely addition would have been much appreciated after a stroll around the spectacular gardens. Meanwhile at Budock Vean, the idea of swimming in heated style may be too much of a tempting edge for those not wishing to take a dip in the chillier waters of Scotland’s sea.
At Chewton Glen, it isn’t merely a case of having an indoor pool but a complete suite of wet facilities in their spa, which is amongst the many features, including outstanding food and a beautiful location in Hampshire, that makes it stand out amongst the most sophisticated and decadent wellbeing offerings in the country – not unlike Lime Wood or The Scarlet.
Alternatively, there are those like Soar Mill Cove who simultaneously offer an environment entirely suited to adults enjoying their down time, but also make for a warm dip on the South West coast when a dip in the sea nearby is just a little too chilly.