The UK’s top 50 boutique hotels have been crowned for 2024

Egyptian cotton sheets, fluffy robes, rainfall showers, a well-stocked mini bar… all in a place with buckets of character and identity? There’s nothing quite like a top-notch boutique hotel. The UK has no shortage of exquisite boutique estabs – but which ones are the absolute, irrefutable best? 

To help answer that question is Top 50 Boutique Hotels, an awards body which, as you can probably tell from the name, knows a thing or two about boutique hotels. Top 50 Boutique Hotels has just revealed its UK list for 2024, crowning the nation’s finest hotels by looking at stuff like service, experiences and the destination itself. Key members of the hospitality industry club together to name the crème de la crème of boutique stays.

Managing to defend its spot in first place is The Newt in Somerset. Set beside an ‘enchanting woodland’, the remodelled Georgian home comes complete with an indulgent spa and cosy fires. 

Second on the list is Lime Wood Hotel in the New Forest National Park, favoured for its views of the rugged landscapes that you can take in from a bathtub. Hampshire grand country estate Heckfield Place in Hook ranked third. 

The UK’s top 10 boutique hotels in 2024

1. The Newt in Bruton, Somerset
2. Lime Wood Hotel in Lyndhurst, Hampshire
3. Heckfield Place in Hook, Hampshire
4. Padstow Townhouse in Padstow, Cornwall
5. Grantley Hall in Ripon, Yorkshire
6. The Fife Arms in Braemar, Scotland
7. Hampton Manor in Solihull, Warwickshire
8. Moor Hall in Ormskirk, West Lancashire 
9. Dormy House in Broadway Worcestershire 
10. Middleton Lodge in Richmond, North Yorkshire 

You can find out more about (and read the complete list of) the top 50 boutique hotels on the official website here.

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