Swinton Park

The best hotel I've ever stayed in. Swinton Park Hotel, on the expansive, lush, Swinton Estate, is the epitome of English elegance. The facility is family-owned, with eccentric artwork and history in every room. The grounds, populated by deer, sheep, horses and an extensive aviary are right outside your window, a part of every day. The spa, again, the very best I've ever experienced. Great indoor pool, lots of soaking tubs, whirlpools, the works. The food, either in the historical dining room, or more casual outbuildings, is excellent. Our particular room had a wonderful bed, linens, pillows, towels. The staff are quietly efficient.

We booked a spa stay as an anniversary treat. The estate and castle are beautiful and we were warmly greeted and shown to our room with a little history along the way. The only part which let the stay down for us was that one of our massages had been moved due to staff sickness, which I understand can't be helped, but the first we were told of this was upon checking into the spa. This meant that both my husband and I would now be spending time on our own whilst the other received their treatment. Also some facilities were out of order/closed for maintenance which we were not previously made aware of, this included the salt steam room, the outdoor pool and the air tub/recliner in the thermal pool. All of which would have been nice to try during our stay. The spa however is also beautiful and kept super clean with robes etc provided. We ate in the Terrace restaurant and all of the food and cocktails were exquisite along with the service. Breakfast was also delicious, this time we were served in Samuel's restaurant where we had a choice of continental or cooked breakfast before checking out. I'd love to return but would check ahead regarding facilities etc to make the most of our time there.

Lovely hotel in a lovely space. I think I’ve had the best food I’ve ever had at the Terrace Restaurant. The spa is also lovely. Very high quality with lots of different areas. Only problem is a lack of seats, with people leaving their towels on to reserve which isn’t really very good. Overall we had a lovely trip and the hotel is very nice with super friendly staff. Just there were a few little things that took the shine off. For example we had booked a package which came with complementary chocolates and flowers and a spa gift in the room but there were no chocolates and no communication as to what the spa gift was (not sure if we were meant to take something or not as it had a price label on!). Being an old building the rooms were a little dated which is ok, but the bed wasn’t very comfortable in our room and it got very cold at night (it was during a particularly cold November week though to be fair!). We were also checked in to a different room than the one we booked, which was ultimately fine as it was a bigger one! But again there was no communication on this and if you had picked a specific room for a reason, I think this would be frustrating. It really is a beautiful place and somewhere special to go with amazing food and a fantastic spa, so I would recommend it generally, and none of the things mentioned here are big issues. And most could have been resolved by us asking questions or complaining, but I think for the price you’d hope not to have those niggly little issues so I just can’t give it 5 stars unfortunately.

Skeleton staff were pleasant but stretched, a long time waiting for anything. Building was freezing, the rooms far below a tolerable temperature. Work being done to the spa we knew about in advance but the pool temperature levels were still far too low too. It’s a beautiful place in a a beautiful setting, it could be outstanding but there are clearly issues with running costs

We have been visiting Swinton Estate Hotel and complex once, twice, three times a year for the last 14 years. This trip was the first that we have been a little disappointed with, however would still recommend, like many similar hotels cost has become unaffordable for many people.

A large group of us had a history tour of the Hotel which was absolutely fascinating and the tour guide was clearly both very knowledgeable and passionate. Following this, we dined in the Terrace from the small plates menu; each and every dish was exquisite and there was so much food that we couldn't eat it all, so staff helpfully provided boxes. All staff were courteous, friendly, attentive and professional and teh evening was a delight from start to end.