Hotels with Indoor Pools
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 Atlantic Hotel
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.
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.
Congham Hall
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.
Park House, Hotel & Spa - Midweek Spa Break Special Offer
Midhurst
An Edwardian country house in long-time family ownership is run as a spa hotel, restaurant and leisure destination with facilities for golf, tennis, bowls, croquet, swimming.
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa - 'Tailor-Made 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 - Midsummer 20% Discount Special Offer 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
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.
The Retreat at Elcot Park
Newbury
A Regency mansion in parkland, once home to Percy Shelley’s mother, has been reimagined as a contemporary country house hotel infused with a blithe spirit.
Soar Mill Cove Hotel
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.
Widbrook Grange - Escape To The Cotswolds 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.
The Lygon Arms
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.
Bedruthan Hotel and Spa
Mawgan Porth
Bedruthan has both an indoor pool and indoor thermal spa with a giant sea-view hydro pool.
Seaham Hall
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 - 'Slow Scarlet' 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.
The Devonshire Arms - 'Three Night Summer Slowdown' 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.
Trefeddian Hotel - 'Summer Escapes' 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.
Chewton Glen
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.
Beachcroft Hotel
Bognor Regis
A stay in Felpham inspired William Blake to write of ‘England’s green and pleasant land’, but it’s the beach that draws holidaymakers to the de Savarys’ South Coast hotel.
Hartwell House - '£100 Credit' Summer 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
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.
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.
Polurrian on the Lizard
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.
Ilsington Country House Hotel & Spa
Newton Abbot
In wooded grounds, the Hassell family’s country house hotel and ‘beautiful’ spa impresses with its laudable service and ‘very warm welcome’. ‘Our dog even received a welcome pack with walk maps and biscuits’.
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.
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.
Gilpin Hotel and Lake House
Windermere
The facilities includes a large gym, swimming pool, sauna, steam room, and indoor hot tub.
Haymarket Hotel
London
Beyond a pristine, Greek Revival-style John Nash exterior, this family-friendly hotel, bursting with colour, has a glamorous basement pool, library, gym, treatment rooms and all-day bistro.
The Grand Hotel
Eastbourne
A great white wedding cake of a hotel, this Victorian extravaganza invites you to take a step back in time, to take tea or cocktails to the sound of the Palm Court Strings, dine in style and retire to a deluxe bedroom at prices that won’t break the bank.
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.
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.
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.
Hope Street Hotel
Liverpool
In the buzzy Georgian quarter, a Victorian carriage works has been reimagined as a hotel, with industrial-chic style, spa, minimalist bedrooms and modern British menus.
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
Moonfleet Manor
Fleet
A Georgian manor house above Chesil Beach, this is a dog- and people-friendly hotel designed for holidays and fun, catering to everyone from tinies to grown-ups with sophisticated tastes.
The Headland Hotel
Newquay
A landmark Victorian building above Fistral Bay, this hotel is a mix of the grand and contemporary, with pools and spa treatments, a golf course, surf school, bedrooms in coastal colours, refined and informal dining.
Fowey Hall
Fowey
The hotel has a 12-metre indoor pool and hot tub that are open daily from 8am to 8pm. Children are welcome in the pool and they have equipment and toys available for all ages.
Woolley Grange
Bradford-on-Avon
The hotel has a indoor 12-metre swimming pool in the spa area and is open to children as well as adults.
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.
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.
From £70 per night
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.