The Good Spa Guide Awards

Good Spa Guide Awards 2016

Winners announced

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Search any spa to see the awards it won and the shortlists it made.

National winners

  • Winner and 15 shortlisted

    Best Spa for a Day

    Winner

    Eden Hall Day Spa

    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Woburn Forest
    • Bicester Hotel, Golf and Spa
    • Champneys Forest Mere
    • Moliershall Oaks, Staffordshire
    • Norton House Hotel and Spa, Scotland
    • Ragdale Hall Spa
    • The Belfry Spa
    • The Kinmel & Kinspa
    • The Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel
    • Cameron Spa at Cameron House
    • The Woodland Spa
    • Thermae Bath Spa
    • Utopia Spa at Rowhill Grange
    • Wildmoor Spa and Health Club, Warwickshire
    • Y Spa at Wyboston Lakes Hotel, Bedfordshire

  • Winner and 8 shortlisted

    Best Spa for Families

    Winner

    L’Horizon Beach Hotel and Spa, Jersey, Channel Islands

    • Aztec Spa at the TLH Leisure Resort
    • C-Side Spa at Cowley Manor
    • Dream Spa at Gomersal Park, West Yorkshire
    • Stoke Park Spa, Buckinghamshire
    • The Clearing Spa at The Cornwall Hotel
    • The Runnymede on Thames
    • The Well Spa at Bluestone National Park Resort
    • Ufford Park Resort

  • Winner and 9 shortlisted

    Best Spa for Groups

    Winner

    The Day Spa at Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire

    • Agua at Mondrian London, United Kingdom
    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Longleat Forest
    • The Spa at Carden
    • Donnington Valley Hotel & Spa
    • Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire
    • Thai Square Spa
    • The Club and Spa at The Cube, Birmingham
    • The Spa at Cotswold House Hotel
    • The Spa in Dolphin Square, London

  • Winner and 15 shortlisted

    Best Spa for Luxury

    Winner

    Rockliffe Hall

    • Agua at Sanderson, London
    • Aquarias Spa at Whatley Manor
    • Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa
    • The House Spa at Dormy House
    • The Spa at Lucknam Park
    • Ockenden Manor Spa
    • The Spa at Pennyhill Park
    • Sequoia Spa at The Grove
    • Serenity Spa at Seaham Hall
    • Spa at Blythswood Square
    • Stanley House Hotel & Spa
    • The Bulgari Spa, United Kingdom
    • The Mere Golf Resort and Spa, Cheshire
    • The Spa at Gleneagles
    • The Vineyard Spa

  • Winner and 14 shortlisted

    Best Spa for Outside Space

    Winner

    Wynyard Hall

    • Bailiffscourt Spa
    • Barnsley Spa
    • Beech Hill Hotel and Spa
    • Carbis Bay Hotel and Spa, Cornwall
    • Champneys Springs
    • Galgorm
    • PH2O at Park House, West Sussex
    • Spa by Kasia at the Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa
    • St Brides Spa Hotel
    • St Pierre Park Hotel Spa and Golf Resort, Guernsey
    • Nàdarra Spa at The Coniston Hotel Country Estate
    • The Lake Country House Hotel and Spa
    • Utopia Spa at Alexander House Hotel
    • Verbena Spa, North Yorkshire

  • Winner and 16 shortlisted

    Best Spa for a Stay

    Winner

    Stobo Castle Health Spa, Scotland

    • Chuan Spa at The Langham London, London
    • Eforea Spa at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel & Spa Liverpool
    • The Spa at Ellenborough Park
    • Grand Jersey, Jersey, Channel Islands
    • K Spa at K West Hotel and Spa, London
    • Kohler Waters Spa at the Old Course Hotel
    • Rookery Hall Hotel and Spa, Cheshire
    • Ruliing Park Hotel, Spa & Golf, North Yorkshire
    • Spa Sirene, Jersey, Channel Islands
    • The Spread Eagle Spa
    • The Headland Spa
    • The Malvern Spa
    • The Spa at Roe Park, Northern Ireland
    • Rena Spa at The Midland
    • The Thai Spa at Lough Erne Resort
    • Thoresby Hall Spa

  • Winner and 15 shortlisted

    Best Spa for Value

    Winner

    The Spa Hotel at Ribby Hall Village

    • Appleby Manor Hotel and Garden Spa
    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Whinfell Forest
    • Chapel Spa Cheltenham
    • Independent mindbodysoul, London
    • Laguna Health and Spa Cardiff
    • Lion Quays Resort & Spa
    • Spa 6 at Cotswold Water Park Hotel
    • Spa Verta, London
    • The Club and Spa at Cadbury House
    • The Goodwood Hotel, West Sussex
    • Malvern View Spa at The Bank House
    • The Spa @ Suites Hotel
    • The Spa at Ilsington Country House Hotel
    • The St Davids Hotel and Spa, Wales
    • Tre-Ysgawen Hall

  • Winner and 9 shortlisted

    Best Spa for Wellness

    Winner

    Champneys Tring

    • The Spa at Armathwaite Hall
    • Bamford Wellness Spa
    • ESPA Life at Corinthia Hotel London, London
    • Lifehouse Spa & Hotel
    • SenSpa at Careys Manor
    • The Float Spa, East Sussex
    • The Gainsborough Bath Spa
    • Spa at Ramside
    • Weavers’ House Spa at The Swan at Lavenham Hotel

Regional winners

  • Winner and 9 shortlisted

    Best Spa in London

    Winner

    The Bulgari Spa, United Kingdom

    • Agua at Mondrian London, United Kingdom
    • Agua at Sanderson, London
    • Chuan Spa at The Langham London, London
    • ESPA Life at Corinthia Hotel London, London
    • K Spa at K West Hotel and Spa, London
    • Sofitel So SPA, London
    • Spa Verta, London
    • The Spa in Dolphin Square, London
    • Utopia Spa at Rowhill Grange

  • Winner and 9 shortlisted

    Best Spa in the East

    Winner

    Sequoia Spa at The Grove

    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Woburn Forest
    • Champneys Tring
    • Eden Hall Day Spa
    • Lifehouse Spa & Hotel
    • Ragdale Hall Spa
    • The Day Spa at Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire
    • The Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel
    • Weavers’ House Spa at The Swan at Lavenham Hotel
    • Y Spa at Wyboston Lakes Hotel, Bedfordshire

  • Winner and 7 shortlisted

    Best Spa in the North East

    Winner

    Best Spa in the North East

    • Headlam Hall
    • Rockliffe Hall
    • The Garage Spa, County Durham
    • The Grand Hotel and Spa, York, Yorkshire
    • Spa at Ramside
    • Verbena Spa, North Yorkshire
    • Wynyard Hall

  • Winner and 9 shortlisted

    Best Spa in the North West

    Winner

    The Woodland Spa

    • Appleby Manor Hotel and Garden Spa
    • The Spa at Armathwaite Hall
    • Rookery Hall Hotel and Spa, Cheshire
    • Stanley House Hotel & Spa
    • Nàdarra Spa at The Coniston Hotel Country Estate
    • The Mere Golf Resort and Spa, Cheshire
    • The Spa @ Suites Hotel
    • Rena Spa at The Midland
    • The Spa Hotel at Ribby Hall Village

  • Winner and 2 shortlisted

    Best Spa in Northern Ireland

    Winner

    Galgorm

    • The Spa at Roe Park, Northern Ireland
    • The Thai Spa at Lough Erne Resort

  • Winner and 5 shortlisted

    Best Spa in Scotland

    Winner

    The Spa at Gleneagles

    • Kohler Waters Spa at the Old Course Hotel
    • Spa at Blythswood Square
    • Norton House Hotel and Spa, Scotland
    • Stobo Castle Health Spa, Scotland
    • Cameron Spa at Cameron House

  • Winner and 7 shortlisted

    Best Spa in the South East

    Winner

    The Spa at Pennyhill Park

    • Champneys Forest Mere
    • Donnington Valley Hotel & Spa
    • Ockenden Manor Spa
    • SenSpa at Careys Manor
    • Stoke Park Spa, Buckinghamshire
    • The Vineyard Spa
    • Utopia Spa at Alexander House Hotel

  • Winner and 7 shortlisted

    Best Spa in the South West

    Winner

    The Spa at Lucknam Park

    • Aquarias Spa at Whatley Manor
    • Calcot Spa
    • Carbis Bay Hotel and Spa, Cornwall
    • Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa
    • C-Side Spa at Cowley Manor
    • The Headland Spa
    • Thermae Bath Spa

  • Winner and 4 shortlisted

    Best Spa in the Channel Islands

    Winner

    St Pierre Park Hotel Spa and Golf Resort, Guernsey

    • Ayush Wellness Spa at the Hotel de France
    • Grand Jersey, Jersey, Channel Islands
    • L’Horizon Beach Hotel and Spa, Jersey, Channel Islands
    • Spa Sirene, Jersey, Channel Islands

  • Winner and 5 shortlisted

    Best Spa in Wales

    Winner

    St Brides Spa Hotel

    • Holm House Hotel Spa, Cardiff
    • The Kinmel & Kinspa
    • The Lake Country House Hotel and Spa
    • The St Davids Hotel and Spa, Wales
    • The Well Spa at Bluestone National Park Resort

  • Winner and 7 shortlisted

    Best Spa in the West Midlands

    Winner

    The House Spa at Dormy House

    • Bamford Wellness Spa
    • The Spa at Ellenborough Park
    • Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire
    • Moddershall Oaks Country Spa Retreat
    • Malvern View Spa at The Bank House
    • The Spa at Cotswold House Hotel
    • Wildmoor Spa and Health Club, Warwickshire

Closing message

The annual Good Spa Guide Awards – in association with Aromatherapy Associates – took place on 15th November 2016 during a gala dinner at Spa Life, a conference for spa professionals.

The winners were announced and glittering awards handed out to a representative of each of the award-winning spas. Congratulations to all the award finalists and winners.

Previous winners

Winners and finalists since 2015.