The north is often associated with wild landscapes and industrial cities, and though the former can be beautiful if breezy, and the latter re-energised with start-ups and a cool arts scene, the region may not be everyone’s first choice for a relaxing spa break. Think again! Spa breaks in the north of England are there to find: tucked away in chic city-centre hotels – perfect for combining with shopping, cultural and concert trips – or cocooned amongst parkland on a country estate, these spa hotels in the north east and north west offer temptations from woodland hot tubs to rooftop infinity pools, outdoor Finnish saunas to ergonomic sleep chambers, rose quartz facials to mud rasul rituals.
The Midland
Manchester, England
From
£
109
Gilpin Hotel & Lake House
Lake Windermere, Lake District, England
From
£
255
Brimstone
Lake District, Cumbria, England
From
£
195
Rudding Park Hotel & Spa
Follifoot, Yorkshire, England
From
£
307
The Grand York
York, Yorkshire, England
From
£
149
Rockliffe Hall
Hurworth-on-Tees, Durham, England
From
£
261
Seaham Hall
Seaham, County Durham, England
From
£
380
Carden Park
Cheshire, England
From
£
149
Grantley Hall
Ripon, Yorkshire, England
From
£
500
Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa
Borrowdale, Lake District, England
From
£
189
Swinton Park
Ripon, Yorkshire, England
From
£
172
Ramside Hall Hotel
County Durham, England
From
£
108
Contributions by Hattie Garlick, Suzanne King, Helen Pickles, Cathy Toogood