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Best Staycations with a Pool UK
A swimming pool elevates a staycation from a pleasant break to something approaching a resort experience. In the UK — where outdoor swimming is a seasonal gamble at best — an indoor pool is a genuine luxury, and a heated outdoor pool bordered by countryside is close to perfection. The properties on this list offer both. You will find grand country house hotels with elegant indoor pools beneath vaulted ceilings, coastal retreats with infinity pools overlooking the sea, and rural estates where the outdoor pool sits in a walled garden, sheltered from the wind and open to the sky. Some of these pools are Olympic-length affairs; others are intimate plunge pools designed for a few quiet lengths before breakfast. What unites them is the quality of the experience around the pool: the changing rooms, the loungers, the towels, and the general sense that swimming here is a pleasure, not an afterthought. For families, a pool can be the difference between a holiday and an ordeal. For couples, it offers a shared activity that requires almost no effort. For solo travellers, early morning lengths in an empty pool remain one of the great small luxuries of travel.
Showing 23 Stays
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Sibton Park, Suffolk
The Garden Cottage at Wilderness Reserve
5/5 from 1 reviews
Victorian family hideaway with dream kitchen, bunk room and estate activities.
£300-500/night
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East Sussex
The Granary at Coes Vineyard
4.8/5 from 20 reviews
Mill-style granary on 50 acres with saltwater pool, hot tub and new vineyard.
£250-400/night
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Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Calcot Manor
4.7/5 from 853 reviews
Surrounded by lavender fields with bubbling outdoor hydro-pool and Aromatherapy Associates treatments.
£250-500/night
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Colerne, Wiltshire
Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa
4.7/5 from 751 reviews
500-acre estate with ESPA spa, indoor/outdoor hydrotherapy pools and Michelin-starred dining.
£400-800/night
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Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Whatley Manor
4.7/5 from 622 reviews
Popular near Cotswold Way with pool and 4.7/5 rating.
£350+/night
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Hope Valley, Peak District
Losehill House Hotel & Spa
4.7/5 from 600 reviews
Luxury Peak District hotel with pool, hot tub and acclaimed wild dining.
£200-300/night
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Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Babington House
4.7/5 from 554 reviews
Soho House's country retreat with pool, spa, cinema and farm-to-table dining in a Georgian manor.
£400+/night
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Sidmouth, Devon
Victoria Hotel & Source Spa
4.7/5 from 510 reviews
Sea-view luxury with landscaped gardens, spa, pools and cordon bleu dining.
£300+/night
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Newquay, Cornwall
Watergate Bay Hotel
4.6/5 from 1,437 reviews
Two-mile surfing beach hotel with glass-fronted pool and Extreme Academy.
£200-350/night
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Bath, Somerset
Homewood Hotel and Spa
4.6/5 from 708 reviews
Sustainable Bath hotel with no-dig kitchen garden and hydrotherapy pools.
£200-300/night
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Mawgan Porth, Cornwall
The Scarlet
4.6/5 from 664 reviews
Adults-only clifftop eco-spa with ocean-view outdoor pools, hammam and Ayurvedic treatments.
£280-550/night
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Kelso, Scottish Borders
Schloss Roxburghe
4.6/5 from 595 reviews
Destination by Hyatt luxury resort on historic estate with championship golf, spa and infinity pool.
£280-500/night
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Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
The Tawny Hotel
4.6/5 from 431 reviews
55 immersive accommodations — treehouses, boathouses, huts — in 70 acres with spa.
£270-400/night
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Dartmouth, Devon
Ellesmera Mill
4.6/5 from 307 reviews
400-year-old millhouse sleeping 10 with wood-fired hot tub and sauna.
£300-400/night
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Deal, Kent
Updown Farmhouse
4.6/5 from 266 reviews
Renovated 17th-century farmhouse near Deal with outdoor pool and chef Oli's kitchen.
£200-300/night
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Widemouth Bay, Cornwall
Gaia
4.5/5 from 578 reviews
Ultra-modern 10-person house on coast's edge with panoramic bay views and cinema.
£300-500/night
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Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
Cotswold House Hotel and Spa
4.5/5 from 573 reviews
Prestigious hotel with private hot tubs and hydrotherapy pool in honey-stone beauty.
£300+/night
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
Estelle Manor
4.5/5 from 487 reviews
Grade II-listed manor with Roman spa, outdoor pool and activities including falconry.
£400+/night
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Shanklin, Isle of Wight
Luccombe Hall Hotel
4.5/5 from 374 reviews
Multi-award-winning clifftop hotel with balcony rooms, garden hot tubs and indoor/outdoor pools.
£200-400/night
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Windermere, Cumbria
Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa
4.4/5 from 2,306 reviews
Lakeside resort with pool, spa and water sports on the shores of Windermere.
£200-400/night
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Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Feversham Arms Hotel & Verbena Spa
4.4/5 from 524 reviews
Stylish market town hotel with poolside spa and easy access to North York Moors.
£180-320/night
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Kent (near Dungeness)
Cabü By The Sea
Luxury cabin collection with pool, pizza oven and wood-burning stoves.
£200-300/night
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Sark, Channel Islands
Stocks Hotel
Oldest hotel on car-free Sark with heated pool, Smugglers bar and international cuisine.
£166-350/night
