Closer to home
The United Kingdom
Grantley Hall
A Georgian estate near Ripon with six restaurants, a Michelin star and a vast wellness wing.
Another Place, The Lake
A relaxed lakeside hotel built around open-water swimming, a pool and a genuinely informal welcome.
Calcot & Spa
A 14th-century farmstead near Tetbury with a long-established spa and genuinely family-friendly rooms.
Cameron House on Loch Lomond
Baronial resort on the shores of Loch Lomond, with spa, two golf courses and LOMA dining.
Dormy House Hotel & Spa
Seventeenth-century Cotswold stone on the Farncombe Estate, paired with a Scandinavian-style spa.
Douneside House
Deeside country house with pool, tasting-menu dining and profits going to charity.
Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa
Northumberland's only four AA red star hotel, with a full spa and easy reach of Bamburgh and the Farnes.
Ellenborough Park
A five-star Tudor-era manor on the Cotswold escarpment above Cheltenham, with a spa and 90 acres.
Estelle Manor
A Cotswolds country club and hotel built around a vast Roman-inspired bathhouse.
Fonab Castle Hotel & Spa
An 1892 turreted castle on Loch Faskally, with a woodland spa and loch-view dining pods.
Galgorm
Ireland's original thermal spa village, set in riverside parkland thirty minutes from Belfast.
Gilpin Hotel & Lake House
A family-run Lakeland retreat with Michelin-starred dining and suites with their own spas.
Hoar Cross Hall Spa Hotel
A grand Staffordshire hall rebuilt around one of the Midlands' largest destination spa operations.
Lake Vyrnwy Hotel & Spa
Hillside country hotel and spa overlooking Lake Vyrnwy and its Gothic straining tower.
Lime Wood
Relaxed New Forest country house with the Herb House spa and an Italian kitchen by Angela Hartnett.
Raffles London at The OWO
The former Old War Office reborn with a Guerlain spa, nine restaurants and Whitehall history.
Rockliffe
A five-star County Durham resort combining a restored Victorian hall, large spa and championship golf.
Rudding Park
A Regency house outside Harrogate with one of the north's most ambitious spas and its own golf courses.
St Brides Spa Hotel
Cliffside spa hotel above Saundersfoot harbour with marine-themed thermal suite.
The Gainsborough Bath Spa
A five-star Bath hotel built around a private thermal bathing circuit fed by the city's hot springs.
The Grove
Hertfordshire estate hotel with a 22-metre pool, Bamford spa and championship golf course.
The Lake Country House Hotel & Spa
Victorian spa retreat in 50 acres of Powys parkland with pool, lake and treatment rooms.
The Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa
St Andrews resort hotel overlooking the Old Course's 17th, with a Kohler Waters Spa.
The Scarlet
An eco-built, adults-only retreat above Mawgan Porth beach with a reed-filtered outdoor pool.