The Best UK Hotels to Add to Your Bucket List

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Updated: July 29, 2025

Recently, I asked you on Instagram to tell me the names of the best UK hotels that you’ve always dreamed of staying at so that I could choose one to show how I find the ch eapest night to stay.

What I quickly realised was that whilst you lot, like me, bloody love a bargain, we all can’t help lusting over the best UK hotels that we’d love to stay at in the future.

So here’s the ultimate bucket list for you, with prices you can expect in the next 6 months.

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Make sure you're getting the best price possible

As well as all your dream hotels in one place, I’ve listed the lowest nightly rate (and the highest for comparison) in the next six months just so you can get a feel for the price you might have to pay.

As for finding those cheapest dates, I’ve got the guide just for you!

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The Best UK Hotels to Add to Your Bucket List

Another Place

Penrith, Lake District

Cheapest price: £270/night
Highest price: £320/night

Artist Residence

Brighton, East Sussex

Cheapest price: £144/night
Highest price: £259/night
Also in London, Cornwall, Oxfordshire and Bristol.

The Balmoral

Edinburgh, Scotland

Cheapest price: £295/night
Highest price: £780/night

THE PIG-in the Cotswolds

Barnsley, Cotswolds

Cheapest price: £195/night
Highest price: £345/night

Cliveden House

Maidenhead, Berkshire

Cheapest price: £465/night
Highest price: £1,170/night

The Coniston Hotel

Skipton, North Yorkshire

Cheapest price: £149/night
Highest price: £268/night

Corinthia London

London, Greater London

Cheapest price: £149/night
Highest price: £268/night

Crazy Bear

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

Cheapest price: £102/night
Highest price: £289/night

Dormy House

Cheapest price: £350/night
Highest price: £530/night

The Fish

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

Cheapest price: £230/night
Highest price: £287/night

Fistral Beach Hotel and Spa

Newquay, Cornwall

Cheapest price: £75/night
Highest price: £215/night

Four Seasons Hampshire

Hook, Hampshire

Cheapest price: £562/night
Highest price: £996/night

The Gallivant

Rye, East Sussex

Cheapest price: £240/night
Highest price: £631/night

The Gleneagles Hotel

Auchterarder, Scotland

Cheapest price: £375/night
Highest price: £1,708/night

The Grove

Watford, Herfordshire

Cheapest price: £418 a night
Highest price: £1,387 a night

The Headland

Newquay, Cornwall

Cheapest price: £205 a night
Highest price: £495 a night

Heckfield Place

Hook, Hampshire

Cheapest price: £600 a night
Highest price: £1000 a night

Hoar Cross Hall

Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire

Cheapest price: £199 a night
Highest price: £259 a night

Hotel Gotham

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Cheapest price: £134 a night
Highest price: £364 a night

King Street Townhouse

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Cheapest price: £140 a night
Highest price: £398 a night

Lime Wood Hotel

Lyndhurst, Hampshire

Cheapest price: £465 a night
Highest price: £525 a night

Lough Erne Resort

Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

Cheapest price: £139 a night
Highest price: £309 a night

Lucknam Park

Chippenham, Wiltshire

Cheapest price: £394 a night
Highest price: £1,016 a night

Mullion Cove Hotel

Mullion, Cornwall

Cheapest price: £134 a night
Highest price: £325 a night

The Ned

City of London

Cheapest price: £340 a night
Highest price: £513 a night

Palé Hall

Bara, North Wales

Cheapest price: £274 a night
Highest price: £369 a night

The Peacock at Rowsley

Matlock, Peak District

Cheapest price: £242 a night
Highest price: £370 a night

Penally Abbey

Tenby, South Wales

Cheapest price: £230 a night
Highest price: £230 a night

Pennyhill Park

Bagshot, Surrey

Cheapest price: £329 a night
Highest price: £626 a night

The Pig at Combe

Honiton, Devon

Cheapest price: £205 a night
Highest price: £505 a night

The Pig

Various locations

New Forest, Southampton, Somerset, Dorset, Kent, Cornwall

Rudding Park

Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Cheapest price: £199 a night
Highest price: £461 a night

Saunton Sands Hotel

Braunton, Devon

Cheapest price: £329 a night
Highest price: £626 a night

The Savoy

London, Greater London

Cheapest price: £665 a night
Highest price: £1,128 a night

Shangri-La at The Shard

London, Greater London

Cheapest price: £557 a night
Highest price: £883 a night

Soho Farmhouse

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Price: from £315 a night

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South Lodge

Horsham, Sussex

Cheapest price: £374 a night
Highest price: £1,197 a night

St. Pancras Renaissance

London, Greater London

Cheapest price: £254 a night
Highest price: £466 a night

The Standard

London, Greater London

Cheapest price: £159 a night
Highest price: £399 a night

Thyme

Lechlade, Cotswolds

Cheapest price: £400 a night
Highest price: £685 a night

About Chelsea Dickenson

Chelsea Dickenson is the founder of Holiday Expert and a UK travel expert known for helping people travel smarter without overspending. Trusted by over 1 million followers across her social platforms, Chelsea’s known for not only sharing helpful travel advice, but testing out travel hacks and those deals that seem too good to be true.

As well as her social content online, you can find Chelsea on the sofa on This Morning as one of their regular travel experts, and writing for the Metro in her monthly column – as well as popping up as a guest expert across other media publications.

She also keeps followers updated with topical articles on Holiday Expert, the best deals on her weekly newsletter and the most interesting travel stories on her podcast, The Holiday Expert Show.

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The Best UK Hotels to Add to Your Bucket List

Make sure you're getting the best price possible

The Best UK Hotels to Add to Your Bucket List

Brighton, East Sussex

Edinburgh, Scotland

Barnsley, Cotswolds

Maidenhead, Berkshire

Skipton, North Yorkshire

London, Greater London

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

Newquay, Cornwall

Hook, Hampshire

Rye, East Sussex

Auchterarder, Scotland

Watford, Herfordshire

Newquay, Cornwall

Hook, Hampshire

Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Lyndhurst, Hampshire

Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

Chippenham, Wiltshire

Mullion, Cornwall

City of London

Bara, North Wales

Matlock, Peak District

Tenby, South Wales

Bagshot, Surrey

Honiton, Devon

Various locations

Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Braunton, Devon

London, Greater London

London, Greater London

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Horsham, Sussex

London, Greater London

London, Greater London

Lechlade, Cotswolds

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