UK hotels with outdoor swimming pools

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Zebbug, Malta

A charming oasis, Clive and Luidmila’s lovingly restored 300-year-old house is tucked away in a small town of narrow, winding streets, within easy reach of the cities of Mdina and Valletta.

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Chateau de Verrieres

Saumur

In the glorious Pays de la Loire in a great park, in Saumur, with its ancient houses and weekly market. this historic mansion is now an elegant luxury B&B hotel and spa.

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Hell Bay Hotel, Bryher

Sitting above a secluded cove on Bryher’s rugged west-facing coast, with 'nothing in between to Canada', this pretty blue-and-white weatherboarded farmhouse-turned-hotel is a '10/10 experience’, say smitten guests.

Talbooth House & Spa, DEDHAM

The Milsom family’s Victorian country house hotel in Dedham Vale, in the heart of Constable country, has been subtly rebranded with the addition of a spa by the pool house.

Homewood, Bath

A ‘playful, quirky hotel’, in a traditional honey-stone building, Homewood is ‘full of eclectic eccentricity’.

Porth Tocyn Hotel, Abersoch

Guide readers are unswervingly loyal to this family-friendly country house by the sea, with peerless views to Snowdonia across Cardigan Bay, run by the Fletcher-Brewer family since opening in 1948.

Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry

‘We enjoyed a walk in the extensive grounds with the hotel’s biodiversity champion,’ write readers on a visit to this legendary Irish country house hotel that is passionate about locally sourced food.

Whatley Manor, Easton Grey

Roses ramble over honey stone and wisteria cascades around stone mullioned casements at this Cotswolds country house hotel, with spa, gym, cinema and ‘luxury’ written all over it.

Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea

Pack your Schiaparelli gowns, beach pants and playsuits, and board the 'sea tractor' for a trip back to the 1930s at this Art Deco hotel on a tidal island where the beau monde came to play.

The Royal Hotel, Ventnor

Afternoon tea in the conservatory or on the terrace overlooking sub-tropical gardens is one of many highlights of this venerable Victorian hotel whose legions of loyal guests book their favourite room year after year.

Old Whyly, East Hoathly

‘A curling gravel drive lined with mature trees and wild flowers’ leads to this ‘exceptionally beautiful Georgian manor house’ B&B.

Lime Wood, Lyndhurst

A New Forest bolt-hole, this country house hotel has an easy glamour, romantic and family-friendly rooms, heart-warming Italian food and top-notch spa.

Beechfield House, Melksham

‘It’s like staying with friends in their country retreat,’ said our inspectors on a visit to this ornate Italianate Victorian house in woodland and gardens, with the ‘huge plus’ of an outdoor heated pool.

New Park Manor, BROCKENHURST

Charles II might not recognise his old royal hunting lodge today but, as the father of at least 11 children and a great lover of his spaniels, the Merry Monarch would enjoy the dog-friendly, inclusive ethos.

Gara Rock, Salcombe

A ‘coastal getaway’ comes into its own at this chilled-out cliff-top hotel at the end of winding country lanes and poised above a beach accessible only on foot or by boat.

Foresters Hall, Cowes

‘The Isle of Wight’s chicest boutique hotel,’ reports a Guide insider of these Georgian town houses, set above Cowes harbour.

The Tawny, Consall

‘Perfect if you want your own space and all the services of a hotel’, The Tawny promises bucolic bliss; porters whisk guests by buggy to huts, tree houses, boathouses and retreats in 70 landscaped acres.

La Collinette Hotel, St Peter Port

A short uphill stroll from the boats in the harbour, the Chambers family run their unpretentious, family-friendly hotel in an 19th Century house set in expansive grounds.

Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa, Warminster

Rolling countryside surrounds this Grade II listed Georgian mansion in extensive grounds of meadows and woodland; a tunnel leads to the river Wylye.

St Brelade’s Bay Hotel, ST BRELADE

In a ‘fabulous’ position, this large hotel in lush subtropical gardens overlooks a ‘magnificent’ sandy bay. It is run by ‘extremely friendly, helpful and well organised’ staff.

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.

St Brides Spa Hotel, Saundersfoot

High above the town, a modern hotel with ‘exceptional’ seascapes, as restorative, perhaps, as the calm that washes over guests in the award-winning spa.

The Swan Hotel & Spa, Newby Bridge

By a stone arched bridge, this ‘imposing edifice’ is in an idyllic waterside spot, surrounded by gardens that sweep down to the River Leven.

Kaywana Hall, Kingswear

Sleek and ultra-modern, Tony Pithers and Gordon Craig’s B&B stands in hillside woodland across the estuary from Dartmouth.

Glebe House, Colyton

There’s a bohemian charm to Olivia and Hugo Guest’s Georgian house with its colourful interiors, smallholding and rolling Devon views.

Woolley Grange, Bradford-on-Avon

It may be a grand Jacobean manor but fun and frolicking for all the family is positively encouraged at Woolley Grange which has all bases covered from crèche and cinema to spa and pools.

The Rectory Hotel, Malmesbury

Fans of the Beckford Arms group (see Tisbury) will love the simple sophistication at this hotel, once home to a Georgian rector who went forth and multiplied and had 14 children to house.

Calcot & Spa, Tetbury

Amid 240 acres of native woodland, rewilded organic meadow and grassland, this 16th-century stone manor house offers a real escape to the country.

La Magdeleine, Gemenos

‘A lovely hotel in a beautiful setting’; ‘calm and quiet’. One of the Guide’s best-loved hotels, the ‘beautiful, old bastide’, outside a delightful small town below the Massif de la Sainte Baume, stands in a large walled garden with swimming pool and fountain.

Park House, Hotel & Spa, Midhurst

More than 70 years after the O’Brien family first opened their Edwardian country house to the Cowdray Park set, third-generation owner Seamus O’Brien presides over a thriving spa hotel.

Mullion Cove Hotel, Helston

Where better for a sun salutation than on the cliff-top of the Lizard peninsula at this iconic white, late Victorian hotel, where yoga classes are a regular feature.

Thyme, Southrop

With the feel of a charmed Cotswolds village, this collection of honeyed buildings house chic rooms surrounded by pretty gardens, as well as a spa, pub and cookery school.

Greenhills Country House Hotel, St Peter

Time and traffic slow down at the Seymour family’s hotel, within Jersey’s network of leafy Green Lanes, set around three sides of a flower-filled terrace garden with small pool.

The Newt in Somerset, Castle Cary

The buzz caused when Palladian Hadspen manor house opened its doors in 2019 shows no signs of abating; despite high prices, it’s hard to get a room without booking months ahead.

Deans Place, Alfriston

Hike along the South Downs Way, or meander along a country path to the village green from this dog-friendly, family-run hotel in large grounds on the banks of the Cuckmere River.

Thurlestone Hotel, Kingsbridge

‘Stunning’ views reach to the sea from the Grose family’s hotel, set in 19 acres of sub-tropical gardens along the South Devon National Trust coastline.

Hotel Portmeirion, Portmeirion

The centrepiece of an extraordinary Italianate resort village, this Victorian mansion is on wooded slopes above the Dwyryd estuary in glorious Snowdonia.

The Headland Hotel, Newquay

Standing majestically above Fistral Beach with far-reaching Atlantic ocean views, this well-loved, family hotel is an engaging mix of the grand and the contemporary with diversions a-plenty.

The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne

A ‘perfect position for walking on the Downs and the beach’, this majestic, white Victorian hotel is on the seafront and has views stretching along the coast.

Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool

Large and contemporary, a hotel with a sleek spa and a private cinema in the buzzy Georgian quarter.

The Swan Hotel & Spa, Lavenham

When you’ve walked a crooked mile around delightful medieval Lavenham, admiring the wonky timber-frame buildings, return to the Swan, which is ‘packed with historical features’.

Beaverbrook, Leatherhead

Nestled in the Surrey Hills, this opulent, art and memorabilia-filled hotel is in a late Victorian mansion, once the rural retreat of press baron Lord Beaverbrook.

The best hotels with outdoor swimming pools

Whether you’re looking for a family friendly hotel, a romantic one, or a spa hotel for health and wellbeing, a swimming pool always adds a new dimension to the leisure experience.

Perhaps the most spectacular of pools are at some of the UK’s most luxurious hotel spas. Chewton Glen is always at the top of the list for any spa destinations, not to mention also being a haven for those looking for superb fine dining and a beautiful country house hotel location. Here’s amidst all their indoor pool and thermal facilities, they offer a secluded outdoor pool as well as other facilities in the grounds such as golf, tennis and picturesque walking trails.

Of course some hotels have the added luxury of a superbly interesting history to go with their hospitality. Such is the case with Cliveden House - amongst Berkshire’s finest hotels. The Italianate mansion’s pool in the walled garden is best known for its role in the Profumo affair, but it is also home to bubbling outdoor hot tubs, while treatments use the estate’s own product line and have their own story, named for prominent women of its history including Anna-Maria, for whom Cliveden was originally built as well as perhaps the House’s most famous resident, Nancy Astor.

While adults can indulge in the peace and tranquility of an outdoor pool, children of course find them to be an endless source of summery entertainment, and the likes of Woolley Grange, part of the Luxury Family Hotel Collection, is a marvellous example of luxury meets family friendly. Amongst a cavalcade of experiences and activities for every member of the family in their 14 acres of grounds, there is also a charming summer outdoor pool.

And if the weather isn't so great, you can always see our selection of the best hotels with indoor swimming pools.