Pennyhill Park Hotel

London Road, Bagshot, Surrey

When people gush about The Spa at Pennyhill Park, they’re not referring to some windowless room in a hotel basement – this 4,180sqm spa, with multiple pools and a maze of treatment rooms, is housed in its own building and is consistently ranked among the best in the country. But whether your pleasure is a massage, golf, rugby (the England team trains here), horse riding or archery, round your day off at the in-house Michelin-starred restaurant, The Latymer. The 10-course tasting menu is exceptional, and markedly modern in contrast to its historical surroundings: a cassoulet of razor clams, palourde clams, cuttlefish gnocchi, quail egg and cuttlefish crisp is particularly memorable. Rooms are eclectic and most feature antique-looking furniture, such as four-poster beds, chests and writing desks. The TV s can be tiny, but with all that’s at your disposal, you’ll hardly notice. Doubles from £195.