Extra special UK family hotel recommendations

[Tripforfour]

Will go literally anywhere except London. Is for very special occasion, big birthday/celebration of beating the big C.

two adults and two children, long weekend. Thanks!

Gleneagles is lovely but very expensive

Luton Hoo - we’ve had a number of family celebration stays there. Pricey though.

Crieff Hydro is lovely might be a bit far North though.

Port Lympne in Kent.

@user30 Gleneagles gets my vote too. If you live in London or on that train line you can get a direct train almost to the door.

I’d love to go to Soho Farmhouse but sadly you have to be a member.

How old are your children?

7 and 12

thanks All am looking at each link now!

Www.thetawny.co.uk
Stay in a lookout & order picnics

Happy birthday & congratulations on beating the C 😘

Port lympne!!!! It's brilliant. Even the cheaper camping pods will be great for the kids - camp fires in in the picnic area and you can hear the lions roaring all night.
Congrats ! X

Congratulations 🎉

Another Place - in the Lake District 👌🏻

Another Place in Lake District is apparently fabulous.

I was going to say crieff hydro, get a lodge in the grounds

Chewton Glen in Hampshire has amazing tree houses, they send picnic hampers up in a little pulley into the tree house and they are fully stocked. They also have masses of family activities like art classes, archery etc…, near the beach and have a children’s club house with different activities every day! Definitely special.

Cross posts! It is amazing - stayed in the cottage for my big birthday

Watergate Bay, been once and would love to go back!

Congratulations , OP ! 🍾🥂

Calcot Manor Hotel and Spa, near Tetbury .
My happy place .. …

Firstly congratulations on beating C!

I've not made it up there, but i always fancied going to Another Place: The Lake

A friend took her kids to their sister hotel, Watergate Bay (Cornwall), and raved about it.

Lucknam Park near Bath is lovely (especially if you are horseriders).

My kids loved bovey castle, it's much more expensive now though (they are now adults so might have changed) there's another one we went to on the Devon /Cornwall border that was good, choice or rooms or self catering. We also had good holidays up in aviemore, the hotel we used I think got taken over and isn't a Hilton now but the Mac Donald resort hotels are nice

Maison aux Quatre Saison (not sure i spelt it right). Raymond Blanc's place near Oxford. Next level luxury. Very pricey but so worth it. Once in a lifetime trip.

Ah just saw you are taking the kids (I read it you were not). Kids were there when I went but that makes it 'second hand car' expensive.

Oops, all around the country we were typing similar advice!

Calcot Manor is nice (daughter was about 4 or 5 when we last visited a decade ago). I tend to associate it with lots of pre-schoolers.

It is probably at the cheaper end of what you are after.

I'd have a look on Mr &Mrs Smith (filtering for family accommodation).

We loved Watergate Bay

These ideas are all fab! Thinking about the next few big birthdays to come now 😂 thanks for the week wishes

another place is looking very good atm

Four seasons in Hampshire is great with kids. Also done Port lymph and was great but need to book a long way in advance.

The treehouses are the fish are good.

oh this is great