Hotel with DD - surrey/London

[BlingLoving]

Following a thread on here a while ago, DD and I have decided to treat ourselves to a night in a hotel once we are allowed to do so again. She's 6 and loves the idea of room service, a hotel pool and a "spa day" with me (in our hotel room with masks etc we'll bring from home) followed by a movie snuggled in bed. I'm pretty excited too!

To brighten up the sad days of lockdown, I've been looking at options.

Two that have come up so far:

London Hilton Bankside - quite cheapish (possibly as a result of lockdown though), has a pool etc. Although not super kid fun pool. But I like the idea of something in London as we could potentially also see a show/do some wandering around/ museum etc.

The Runnymede on Thames looks more child friendly - play grounds, outdoor pools etc but because it's closed I can't get any sense of whether it's going to cost £300 per night!

Any thoughts on the above or similar? I do quite like the idea of something more child friendly - I don't need babysitters or whatever but if there's a child-friendly pool and a playground or soft play I think that's really nice. But on the other hand, if it's in London we could go out to do something fun then just hole up in our room.

[Palavah]

She's 6 and loves the idea of room service, a hotel pool and a "spa day" with me

[LIZS]

Runnymede is more of a conference venue, right next to m25 junction!

[BlingLoving]

@LIZS

Runnymede is more of a conference venue, right next to m25 junction!

See, this is the kind of info I need! They pitch it as all super family friendly.

@Palavah assume you have issues with me and DD enjoying a hotel trip and a home "spa". That's okay. You do you, we'll do us.

[HappyThursdays]

Pennyhill park hotel

I think it's a lovely idea (though double check as some don't let in under 18s in spa areas)

[Clymene]

Children aren't allowed in the indoor pool at Pennyhill Park and tbh I would hate to spend a lot of money on a weekend break and have the pool full of kids.

With a kid, I'd probably go somewhere like Holiday Inn. Loads of them have pools and they do room service (not the Express ones).

[HappyThursdays]

Other one to check is the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge - have stayed there a few times and it has an indoor pool and kids are definitely allowed. It's a great location and you can walk everywhere you can want to in London and you're v near a tube

[confettiballoons]

Ignore the misery guts OP, I think it sounds a fab idea. I agree on Runnymede being a conference place. I’d probs go central London and any decent chain 4 star with a pool (not too posh so you don’t hit the boring ‘omg kids in the pool, the worst’ muppets).

[Sonofagun]

Brooklands Hotel inWeybridge are always doing spa offers and its next to Brooklands museum where you could have afternoon tea in Concorde

[DoThePropeller]

And there is a great scooter, bike, skate park area just next to Brooklands too. They were doing frozen themed afternoon teas for a while so I definitely think they are child-friendly.

[user1471463807]

What about Chessington hotel, they have a pool etc and you get the theme park too!

[BigSkyLife]

Park plaza Westminster bridge is great... easily walkable to where ever you want. And a great play park about five mins away behind the London Eye.

[BlingLoving]

Thanks all. Good ideas here. I looked at Chessington but little miss wants a "grown up" hotel and feels Chessington is not it!

I'll check out Park Plaza and Holiday Inns - that's a good shout and more likely to be family friendly than the Hilton I was looking at!

[lurker101]

I’ve stayed at the Hilton Bankside - it was lovely and so close to South Bank and Borough Market etc. I would definitely recommend it. A lot of hotels have restrictions on times kids can be in the pool area, so I would recommend calling in advance of booking to check that it doesn’t conflict with your plans.

Also - if you mention it’s a special occasion a lot of hotels will be happy to set something up in room for you - maybe some nice orange juice in the room for arrival etc. Which you could pay for but surprise your daughter with

[Clymene]

Park Plaza is a great shout.

[Tier10]

South Lodge and Ockenden Manor both offer child swim sessions in their spas.