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10 of the top spa destinations for new mums

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Last updated: 11 March 2025

Becoming a new mum is full of glorious, thrilling, life altering and exhilarating surprises, and having a little time to enjoy your pregnancy in comfort and style is very much deserved. These spas make the perfect gift for mums-to-be this Mother’s Day.

Manor House Hotel - Alsager, Cheshire

In the Cheshire countryside, Manor House Hotel is a four-star retreat with an adult-only spa. It's brimming with beautiful features, including the only swim-up bar in the UK. Rustic style and luxury features make it the ideal destination for mums-to-be. Rooms have the height of modern amenities, while the hotel’s restaurant, Stables Bar & Grill, sits in a former 17th-century farmhouse building and offers delicious fare. The spa is ideal as part of a stay or for a spa day, with a beautiful pool for length swimming, an enchanting 'secret' garden with an all-season outdoor spa complete with a pool house, vitality pool, hydrotherapy tub, pavilion, summer house, salt steam inhalation chamber, potting sauna shed, plunge bath and seating areas. The treatments from TRIBE517 and TEMPLESPA are especially therapeutic.

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Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire

Whittlebury Hall is a veritable playground of wellness experiences. The four-star destination is perfect for spending time with friends. Laid back and welcoming, it's spacious and offers a world of things to do. The spa itself offers all-encompassing Heat and Ice Experiences complete with an aromatherapy crystal steam, caldarium, experience showers, foot spas, a hydrotherapy pool, ice cave, roman salt steam, sanarium and tepidarium. Then there is a separate area for the gym and swimming pool which has its own sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi; and to top it all off 23 treatment rooms including a hammam chamber, ESPA and Elemis treatments.

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No.15 by GuestHouse, Bath

On one of Bath’s grandest streets in listed Georgian buildings, No.15 by GuestHouse is a stylish, 36-bedroom hotel offering refinement and elegance. The bar and restaurant are social go-tos for guests and locals celebrating British growing, rearing, distilling and brewing prowess. The spa is an intimate retreat that's perfect for time with a friend or partner. There's a signature treatment room featuring a beautiful round copper bath for two and the eco-luxury products used in treatments are vegan, organic, sustainably and ethically sourced, formulated British brand, Pinks Boutique.

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The Grove, Hertfordshire

An exquisite luxury hotel recognised by the Forbes Travel Guide, The Grove is luxury and elegance all the way. Conveniently close to London, it feels like the ultimate country retreat with rooms divided between the traditional mansion and the contemporary West Wing , a variety of restaurants and dining experiences, and beautiful gardens. The Sequoia Spa is an award-winning space featuring an ozone-filtered, black mosaic-tiled pool, a Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, and a women's only heaven shower and wellness pool. Therapists offer a collection of spa treatments using luxury, sustainable body and skincare brand, Bamford as well as the exclusive Natura Bissé products, rich in active ingredients and designed to leave you feeling completely refreshed and renewed. The cherry on top is the spa's own restaurant, the Sequoia Kitchen, where you can have drinks throughout the day or enjoy nourishing and restorative dishes as part of your wellness experience.

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The Lanesborough Club & Spa, London

An award-winning London day spa set between elegant Knightsbridge and Mayfair, The Lanesborough Club & Spa is one of the most exclusive health clubs in the city. Its luxurious facilities and enviable location make it ideal for romantic getaways and special occasions as well as decadent spa days in the heart of London. Amongst the highlights are an exquisite restaurant, a dual treatment room with its own rasul, and beautiful holistic therapies. Spa Butlers are on hand to make sure you have everything you want and need - exactly what you want and deserve as a mum-to-be.

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Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire

Surrounded by formal gardens and parkland that were designed by the renowned architect Capability Brown in the 1760s, Fawsley Hall is a four-star hotel with a boutique spa experience, perfect for romantic getaways or quality time with friends and loved ones. Having once hosted Elizabeth I, you can practically feel the history at this beautiful retreat. Stay in four-poster beds, have afternoon tea in the Tudor Great Hall, and relax in the contemporary, award-winning Spa at Fawsley Hall, with an open-air hydro pool and a tranquil spa garden. There are also six treatment rooms, and a deep relaxation area.

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Cottonmill Spa at Sopwell House, Hertfordshire

The perfect mix of grandeur and comfort, this country house hotel is the height of luxury with an emphasis on hospitality at its warmest. Cottonmill is a luxurious sanctuary with state-of-the-art facilities and truly decadent spa experiences delivered by world-class experts. Innovative spaces provide relaxation areas post treatment, in private gardens and poolside terraces along with cabanas, hot tubs and fire pits woven into a landscaped oasis.

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Bamford Wellness Spa at 1 Hotel Mayfair, London

On the famous Berkeley Street in the heart of London's iconic Mayfair, the 1 Hotel Mayfair prides itself on its luxury hospitality credentials as well as being a sustainable sanctuary. Chic interiors sit alongside a wellness ethos that runs through every experience. The spa is by the UK-born Bamford brand, famed for its organic skincare, and in-room wellness takes things to the next level. The hotel has something for everyone - it's unequivocally romantic and you would delight in time spent here with friends, but if you were looking for somewhere to treat yourself, this is the place to do it.

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The Beaumont Mayfair, London

The Beaumont Mayfair is a five-star, Forbes Travel Guide recognised hotel on a quiet street in London's Mayfair, offering the elegance of the 1930s with a contemporary twist. Famous for its Art Deco style, its Colony Grill Room has a reputation in its own right, and its spa is a haven of pampering in the heart of the city. It's a glistening world of elegance fit for Gatsby himself. A beautiful place to spend quality time with a close friend, on a mother/daughter weekend in London or a romantic getaway.

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The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, Bath

Tranquil elegant and a real treat for the senses, The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa is a true memory-maker. A sanctuary in the middle of the historic spa city of Bath, spa treatments here have a healing element to them, such as the heated Bath House pool and the Himalayan salt infused sauna. There are a number of special spa packages on offer, including some that include an irresistible cream tea, which, in the warmer months, can be taken sat in the gorgeous English gardens.

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“A journalist by trade, Bonnie is the Editor for Spabreaks.com. Keen to spread the message on accessible wellbeing and a spa experience for all, she thinks green smoothies are somewhat overrated and her favourite spa treatment is an Elemis Couture Technology facial.”
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