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
The Cottage in the Wood - 'Five Nights for the Price of Four' 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.
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.
Burleigh Court
Stroud
‘We call it The Happy Place,’ wrote a reader in praise of this manor house hotel in ‘Cider with Rosie’ country, and our inspector’s stay was happy indeed.
From £65 per night
Montagu Arms
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.
Chewton Glen
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.
Forss House - Dinner B&B Special Offer
Thurso
Under the big skies of Caithness, wrapped in woodland and a curve of the River Forss, this Georgian mansion offers the grandeur of Scottish country house living but with modern-day warmth and comforts.
Shieldaig Lodge - 'Food Lovers Package' Special Offer
Gairloch
Enjoy an unforgettable New Years Break in the Scottish Highlands, staying at Shieldaig Lodge complete with an indulgent afternoon tea, exquisite dining and lots of Champagne.
Beachcroft Hotel
Bognor Regis
Delivering a coastal Twixmas and New Year with style, Beachcroft Hotel is getting ready to welcome guests for the period between Christmas and New Year, as well as seeing in the 1st January with a splash. Take time to relax on the Sussex coast in the days between the big celebrations before dressing to impress for their famously good New Year’s Eve House Party. It includes a gala dinner, midnight cheese platters, champagne, a beachfront firework display and plenty of dancing.
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.
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.
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
Headlam Hall - 'Summer Escape' 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.
Melville Castle - Dinner B&B Special Offer
Edinburgh
Lush greenery along a sweeping tree-lined drive ‘soothes the soul’ as towers and crenellations of an 18th Century castle come into view.
Lords of the Manor - 'Taste of the Cotswolds' Special Offer
Upper Slaughter
Winding lanes lead to this 17th-century former rectory, ‘a bit hidden away’, in a ‘gorgeous location’, in ‘beautifully maintained’ gardens on the River Eye.
Cliveden House
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.
The Green Park
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 Old Bridge
Huntingdon
‘Traditional pub, lovely atmosphere, fantastic staff and mouth-watering food’ sums up what readers think of this ivy-cloaked Georgian town house hotel, overlooking a riverside park by the Great Ouse.
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - 'Tailor-Made Break' 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.
Hambleton Hall - Spring, Summer And Onwards Special Offer
Oakham
‘Could a summer day get any better than sitting in a beautiful garden, gazing down over manicured hedges and a fountain, to Rutland Water gleaming in the sunshine?’
Titchwell Manor
Brancaster
Have your dancing shoes ready to party the night away with old friends, as well as relaxing by the fire and breathing in the sea air.
Knockinaam Lodge - July £100 Discount Special Offer
Portpatrick
Where the road ends and the Irish Sea begins, this former Victorian hunting lodge with a private cove is secluded, unapologetically traditional and rich in comforts and good food.
The Ollerod
Beaminster
Eclectic menus and stellar cooking are a big attraction at this 14th-century clergy house, now a restaurant-led hotel with recently renovated bedrooms that combine pale paint finishes with designer wallpaper.
Tyddyn Llan
Corwen
Four nights a week, Bryan Webb cooks exciting menus of local produce at this restaurant-with-rooms, with elegant, traditional bedrooms in the Georgian house, where he and wife Susan have been welcoming guests for more than four decades.
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.
Allanton Inn
Allanton
In a sleepy village in the Scottish Borders, Katrina and William Reynolds’ ‘friendly village inn’ is an ‘excellent-value’ base for walkers, cyclists, fisherfolk and visitors in search of a rural break.
The Seaside Boarding House
Burton Bradstock
A playful mix of Edward Hopper’s Cape Cod and Edwardian seaside hotel, this white-painted villa above Chesil Beach has an easy-going stylishness, conducive to fun.
The Carpenters Arms
Thirsk
Gala dinners, five course meals, lots of bubbly and evening entertainment will all you through until midnight and beyond.
Whatley Manor
Easton Grey
Centred on a Georgian farmhouse, with 26 ornamental gardens, a spa, gym, contemporary bedrooms, Michelin-starred dining-room, brasserie and kitchen garden terrace, this hotel has ‘luxury' written all over it.
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
Bath
At the centre of a glorious Georgian crescent, two adjoining mansions are home to an elegant yet family-friendly hotel with oasis garden and beautiful spa.
The Bell at Skenfrith
Skenfrith
Huddled below wooded hills, beside a stone bridge over the River Monnow, this whitewashed former 17th-century coaching inn is delightfully at ease in the landscape.
Mullion Cove Hotel
Helston
An iconic white Victorian hotel on a cliff-top is today a dog- and family-friendly hotel with spa, outdoor pool, informal bar dining, and more ambitious cooking in the Atlantic View restaurant.
Loch Melfort Hotel
Oban
Choose a lodge rooms with sea-facing balcony or decking, or a more traditional house room, at this Victorian mansion beside Arduaine Garden, with bistro-style cooking and views across Asknish Bay.
Glenapp Castle
Ballantrae
A tree-lined drive leads to this splendid Victorian Scottish baronial pile and luxury hotel in landscaped grounds, where dinner can be a grand occasion or a more informal affair.
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.
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.
The Gallivant
Camber
The name says it all: a place to skip along Camber Sands, enjoy backgammon in the bar, chill in the garden or relax with yoga – and with no children to disturb the peace.
Kilcamb Lodge
Strontian
Wildlife spotters are in their element at this 18th-century lodge in ‘a beautiful setting’ on the shores of Loch Sunart.
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.
Coul House
Strathpeffer
Readers on their third visit to this ‘stunning Georgian building with wonderful grounds’, concluded that everything 'continues to be excellent'.
Thurlestone Hotel
Kingsbridge
In 19 acres of sub-tropical gardens, this family-owned 65-room spa hotel is a happy marriage of the traditional and informal, with well-equipped rooms, fine dining in the smart Trevilder, and a gastropub menu in the 16th-century village inn.
The Goring
London
The epitome of Edwardian grand-hotel luxury, with its liveried doormen, dazzling interiors, glamorous bedrooms and Michelin-starred dining, the Goring is, for all its cachet, welcoming and unaffected, with an acres of garden at the rear.
Biggin Hall
Buxton
'Surrounded by lovely, rolling, stone-wall country', this much-loved Peak District country-house hotel in a Grade II* listed 17th-century building ‘may not have all the luxuries of a modern boutique hotel, but the setting and grounds are stunning’.
Star Castle
St Mary's
You can sit on the ramparts and watch for puffins, seals and invading armadas over a cream tea at this Elizabethan artillery castle and family-run hotel within star-shaped walls.
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.
Lewtrenchard Manor
Okehampton
A ‘stunning Jacobean building’ is, astonishingly, largely the creation of Victorian squire, parson and prolific author the Revd Sabine Baring-Gould.
The Pier at Harwich
Harwich
Cranes, container ships, Holland-bound ferries … The views from this quayside Victorian hotel, with its striking iron-lace balcony overlooking the Stour and Orwell estuaries, are ocean-going, stirring, never dull.
Woolley Grange
Bradford-on-Avon
All the bases are covered for a fun, relaxing family escape at this Jacobean manor house, which has a crèche, cinema, spa, pools, comfortable country house-style bedrooms, and formal and informal dining.
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