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Best New Year Staycations UK
There are two kinds of New Year's Eve: the kind where you stand in a crowded bar at midnight wondering if this was really worth the babysitter, and the kind where you watch fireworks from the terrace of a country house with a glass of vintage champagne and a clear sky overhead. The second kind is better. A New Year staycation offers the chance to mark the turning of the year somewhere genuinely special. The UK's finest properties pull out all the stops for the occasion: black-tie dinners in candlelit dining rooms, live music in drawing rooms, and midnight toasts where the company is intimate and the setting unforgettable. But New Year is about more than the night itself. It is about the days around it — the long walks on New Year's Day when the world feels fresh and possible, the leisurely breakfasts, and the quiet satisfaction of starting the year somewhere beautiful rather than hungover on a sofa. Some of these properties offer full New Year packages; others simply provide the setting and let you celebrate in your own way. Both approaches have their appeal, and both are represented on this list.
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Climping, West Sussex
Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa
Medieval-style manor near the beach with luxury spa
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Reynoldston, Gower
Fairyhill
Romantic retreat in Britain's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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Benderloch, Argyll
Isle of Eriska Hotel & Spa
Your own Scottish island with spa and Michelin dining
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Blanchland, Northumberland
Lord Crewe Arms
12th-century abbey guesthouse in a hidden Pennine valley
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Grantown-on-Spey, Highlands
Muckrach Country House Hotel
Victorian country house with Cairngorms on the doorstep
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Bagshot, Surrey
Pennyhill Park Hotel & Spa
Exclusive hotel and spa in 123 acres of Surrey parkland
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Stobo, Scottish Borders
Stobo Castle Health Spa
Scotland's premier destination spa in a Japanese-inspired castle
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Lichfield, Staffordshire
Swinfen Hall Hotel
Grade II listed Georgian manor with 100 acres of parkland
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Madehurst, West Sussex
THE PIG in the South Downs
The PIG's South Downs outpost with rolling chalk hills
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Nethy Bridge, Highlands
The Dell of Abernethy
Vintage-chic lodge with wildlife watching Springwatch-style
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Acton Trussell, Staffordshire
The Moat House
Canal-side dining destination in the Staffordshire countryside
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Elcot, Berkshire
The Retreat at Elcot Park
Vibrant country house hotel and spa in the Kennet Valley
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Colbost, Isle of Skye
The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By
Legendary Skye restaurant with luxurious rooms
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Llangefni, Anglesey
Tre-Ysgawen Hall Country House Hotel & Spa
Victorian country house with hydrotherapy spa
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Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Wilton Court Restaurant with Rooms
Riverside restaurant with rooms in Ross-on-Wye
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