The best spa hotels in the Cotswolds

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Dormy House is a complete treat of a hotel with very stylish and deeply relaxing décor, terrific food and impeccable service. Its state-of-the-art spa has won armloads of awards, not surprising given its lavender sauna, salt-infusion steam room, infinity pool and more. Treatments are from Temple Spa, designed to relieve the stresses of every day life, and Proverb, which aims to inspire a 360-degree approach to wellness. The light-filled Greenhouse café lies at the heart of the spa. For accommodation, Rose Cottage is best for romantics, with its own hot tub, while the Courtyard suites particularly emphasise Scandinavian design.

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This splendid country house hotel just across from Cheltenham Racecourse has a wealth of history (spy the musket holes from the Civil War on the front door), a great setting and bags of style. All of the bedrooms are very much in keeping with the relaxingly rural-chic style of the place – some have stripy wallpaper, others sport chintz and pelmets. A highlight is the dreamy outdoor pool and a large, well-devised spa with a hot tub, sauna, steam room and juice bar. The extensive range of treatments incorporate Elemis products.

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From £ 299

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The country house hotel and gardens formerly known as Barnsley House is now the setting for The Pig in the Cotswolds. From the exterior, this property is a classic Cotswold manor house, with golden stonework, gables and mullion windows, but step through the front door and you’re in a boho-chic venue with an instantly relaxing vibe. The Fieldhouse spa is tucked away in a garden dell with facilities including a sauna and steam room and an outdoor hydrotherapy pool. This wellness space offers treatments based on aromatic, natural Tribe517 products, from brightening facials to hot stone massages.

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Conversations about the spa here have flown slightly under the radar. This is not surprising given that the reopening of Cowley Manor, the Italianate beauty near Cheltenham, was all anyone in the Cotswolds could talk about in summer 2023. But it is surprising given what a great wellness space the C-Side Spa is and has always been. The bones – that gorgeous glass-sided, low-slung modernist building, the sun-trap swimming pool, excellent therapists – only needed a little spruce, a light touch by brilliant designer Dorothée Meilichzon. A few smart sofas, locally made and natural Monu Skin products lining the shelves and cheery parasols on the terrace have given it a frisky new lease of life.

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From £ 199

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This beautifully devised haven near Tetbury provides outstanding facilities, all in glorious 220-acre grounds. Calcot blends soothing contemporary looks with the appeal of a classic country house hotel – think dreamy cream furnishings, soft sofas and crackling fires. The staff evidently love the hotel, and their enthusiasm is charming. Top marks go to the spa team for creating a calming mood while managing a flow of many guests. They come for the Proverb, Aromatherapy Associates and CACI treatments, the indoor pool, whirlpool tub, sauna and more.

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From £ 364

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Set in 100 acres of Oxfordshire countryside, Soho Farmhouse offers a bucolic setting (no troublesome things like mud and farmyard smells here), spacious Nantucket-style accommodation, the facilities of a Center Parcs [sic] on steroids and indulgent food and drink. The result? The ultimate 'country-lite' retreat. The facilities are without peer – from the Cowshed spa with sauna, hammam, hot tubs and a broad range of treatments, to the luxurious cinema, cookery school and spacious gym and spinning studio. The sizeable bathrooms are a highlight with an array of full-size Cowshed toiletries and roll-top baths. You must be either a Soho House member to book or a Soho House 'Friend' (£100 a year).

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Thyme is a cluster of honey-stone properties in postcard-pretty Southrop, about eight miles from Burford. It’s a ‘village within a village’ says owner Caryn Hibbert, who has devised it as a dreamy, other-worldly haven. There’s a great sense of zeal here, in part because this is very much a family enterprise, with Caryn’s son Charlie masterminding the kitchen (he’s ex-Quo Vadis in London's Soho). Facilities are first-class. The Meadow Spa has eight treatment rooms, as well as the Botanical Bothy wellness space, and a heated springwater swimming pool. The spa restaurant Orchid House has a sedum roof covered with native orchids that attract bees and butterflies.

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From £ 400

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This large and historic inn, situated in picturesque Broadway, has been soothingly restored and exudes a cosy-chic appeal, 86 stylish bedrooms, smart dining and a terrific spa. The latter boasts an elegant indoor pool with retractable roof and spa bath, a steam room, a sauna and a fitness centre; a choice of treatments includes hot stone massages, body scrubs, pedicures and facials, using products such as Oskia and Elemis. It provides perfect respite for walkers keen to take advantage of the hotel's bucolic surroundings. Rooms, meanwhile, are decorated in warm colours with tartan headboards and beds are supremely comfy thanks to handmade organic Naturalmat mattresses.

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From £ 283

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This handsome honey-stone hotel is in the very centre of heart-stoppingly picturesque Chipping Campden. It’s a gloriously rambling establishment, partly housed in a landmark building. The garden is exceptional, a beautifully planted series of semi-secret spaces divided by box and yew hedge. There’s a serene terrace at which to take tea or have a drink on sunny evenings. At the far end, a former coach house is home to the spa, which offers Natural Spa Factory treatments and has a steam room and hydrotherapy pool. The 28 bedrooms, meanwhile, are all shapes and sizes – two have a hot tub in their own small gardens.

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From £ 189

per night