Britain's country hotel spas

Scotland

Turnberry, The Spa
Turnberry offers an excellent his-and-hers experience, where you can offset a day of outdoors activity with full-body pampering. The Scottish resorts boasts 800 acres of glorious countryside, with golf, fishing, riding and falconry as well as the spa. The spa's centrepiece is a 20-metre swimming pool with views across the sea towards the Ailsa Craig. Turnberry has been a golf resort for almost 100 years, but now also boasts a kids club, cookery school and the Colin Montgomerie Links Golf Academy to ensure you improve your swing. If that all sounds like hard work, opt for the Holistic Body Care treatment, which combines body brushing and exfoliation with a deep body and scalp massage (£99). Rooms from £149 per night.

Wales

Bodysgallen Hall, Bodysgallen Spa Explore the mountain landscapes of Snowdonia in North Wales from the comfort of Bodysgallen Hall and revive aching limbs with a Molton Brown 'gingerlily bodywrap' (£55) in the elegant spa. Bodysgallen is a 17th-century mansion perched above the seaside town of Llandudno, and the spa is housed in converted farm buildings, with pool, sauna and steam rooms, together with a club room and terrace for light lunches and juices. The ancient castles of Conwy, Caernarfon, Harlech and Beaumaris are all nearby, or just stay put and indulge in a Welsh afternoon tea with champagne. From £165 per room per night.

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