The Good Spa Guide Awards

Good Spa Guide Awards 2026

350 entries across 20 categories. Public votes are combined with scores from a new panel of industry judges and our Spa Spies to decide the winners.

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Is your favourite spa shortlisted?

Search any spa to see every category it is shortlisted in. 142 spas across 20 awards.

National shortlists

  • Best Hotel Spa (Boutique)

    Up to 6 treatment rooms

    • Alchemist Spa at The Woolacombe Bay Hotel
    • Bishopstrow Spa
    • Cairndale Spa
    • Chuan Body + Soul at The Langham London
    • COMO Shambhala Urban Escape
    • The House Spa at Dormy House
    • Field Trip Spa at No.124 by Guesthouse, Brighton
    • Forest Spa at Middleton Lodge
    • Gilpin Hotel & Lake House
    • H Spa at Horwood House
    • Heavenly Spa by Westin
    • Holte Spa at The Swan
    • Homewood Spa
    • King Street Townhouse Gym & Spa
    • Moddershall Oaks Country Spa Retreat
    • RE:TREAT at The Lowry Hotel
    • Spa at Ye Olde Bell
    • Spa Sirene, Royal Yacht Hotel
    • St Moritz Hotel & Cowshed Spa
    • Stanley House Hotel & Spa
    • Subrosa at The Grand, York
    • The Elms Hotel & Greenhouse Spa
    • The Lanesborough Club & Spa
    • The Municipal Spa
    • The Sanctuary at Saltmoore
    • Signet Spa at The Retreat Elcot Park
    • The Spa at Hatherley Manor
    • The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London
    • The Spa at No.1 by GuestHouse, York
    • The Spa in the Garden at the Stratton House Hotel
    • Three Graces Spa at Grantley Hall
    • Weavers’ House Spa at The Swan at Lavenham Hotel

  • Best Hotel Spa

    7+ treatment rooms

    • The Spa at Armathwaite Hall
    • Biome by Corinthia London
    • BSpa at Brooklands Hotel
    • The Spa at Carden
    • Champneys Buxton Crescent Hotel
    • Champneys Mottram Hall
    • The Club at Cottonmill
    • The Spa at Coworth Park
    • FFOLKESPA
    • Gaia Spa at Boringdon Hall
    • Hope Street Hotel Spa
    • Kohler Waters Spa at the Old Course Hotel
    • One Spa at the Sheraton Grand Hotel
    • The Spa at Pennyhill Park
    • Rena Spa at The Midland
    • Rookery Hall Hotel & Spa
    • The Spa at Lucknam Park
    • Rudding Park Spa
    • SenSpa at Careys Manor
    • Serenity Spa at Seaham Hall
    • Guerlain Spa at Raffles London
    • The Rabbit Hotel & Retreat
    • The Spa at South Lodge
    • The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
    • The Spa at Manor House Hotel (Alsager)
    • The Spa at Turnberry, Scotland
    • The Woodland Spa
    • voco Spa at St.David's (Cardiff)

  • Best Day Spa (Boutique)

    Up to 6 treatment rooms

    • Aria Spa
    • Banya No.1 - Chiswick
    • Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa
    • ESPA at Hale Country Club
    • Sandpiper Pool and Spa
    • The Spa at Breedon Priory
    • Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa
    • Lanelay Hall Hotel & Spa
    • Yorkshire Spa Retreat

  • Best Day Spa

    7+ treatment rooms

    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Sherwood Forest
    • Champneys Henlow
    • Eden Hall Day Spa
    • The Spa at Ellenborough Park
    • Liberty Spa, Solihull
    • Sael Spa at Fulham Pier
    • The Bath House - Banya London
    • The Spa Hotel at Ribby Hall Village
    • Thermae Bath Spa
    • Turkish Baths Harrogate

  • Best Resort Spa

    • Cameron Spa at Cameron House
    • Champneys Forest Mere
    • Champneys Tring
    • Hoar Cross Hall
    • Imperia Spa at Gleddoch Golf & Spa Resort
    • Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa
    • Ragdale Hall Spa
    • SCHLOSS Roxburghe
    • Sequoia Spa at The Grove
    • St Michaels Resort
    • The Headland Spa
    • The Ickworth Hotel & Spa
    • The Spa at South Lodge
    • The Well Spa at Bluestone National Park Resort
    • Woolley Grange
    • Titanic Spa

Regional shortlists

  • Best Spa in Scotland

    • Cairndale Spa
    • Cameron Spa at Cameron House
    • Devona Spa at Hilton Aberdeen TECA
    • Imperia Spa at Gleddoch Golf & Spa Resort
    • Kohler Waters Spa at the Old Course Hotel
    • One Spa at the Sheraton Grand Hotel
    • SCHLOSS Roxburghe
    • Si! Spa at The Waterside
    • Si! Spa at The Gailes
    • The Spa at Turnberry, Scotland
    • Yu Spa, Apex City Quay Spa & Hotel

  • Best Spa in Wales

    • The Kinmel & Kinspa
    • Lion Quays Resort & Spa
    • The Well Spa at Bluestone National Park Resort
    • Lanelay Hall Hotel & Spa
    • voco Spa at St.David's (Cardiff)

  • Best Spa in Ireland

    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Longford Forest
    • The Rabbit Hotel & Retreat
    • The Salt Spa at The Salthouse Hotel
    • The Spa at Dunluce Lodge

  • Best Spa in London

    • Banya No.1 - Chiswick
    • Biome by Corinthia London
    • COMO Shambhala Urban Escape
    • Heavenly Spa by Westin
    • Kallima Health Club & Spa at Hilton London Syon Park
    • Sael Spa at Fulham Pier
    • Sofitel Spa, London St James
    • The Bath House - Banya London
    • Guerlain Spa at Raffles London
    • The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
    • The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London
    • Wellness at The Newman (Fitzrovia)

  • Best Spa in the South East

    • BSpa at Brooklands Hotel
    • Champneys Tring
    • The Club at Cottonmill
    • The Spa at Coworth Park
    • eforea spa Hilton Southampton Utilita Bowl
    • Field Trip Spa at No.124 by Guesthouse, Brighton
    • H Spa at Horwood House
    • Old Thorns Hotel and Spa
    • The Spa at Pennyhill Park
    • SenSpa at Careys Manor
    • Sequoia Spa at The Grove
    • Simply Healing Centre
    • Signet Spa at The Retreat Elcot Park
    • Solent Hotel and Spa
    • Taplow House Hotel & Spa
    • The ANA Spa – VOCO Winchester Hotel & Spa
    • The Ickworth Hotel & Spa
    • The Langley Hotel and Spa
    • New Park Manor Hotel & Spa
    • Heythrop Park Resort
    • The Runnymede on Thames
    • The Spa at South Lodge
    • The Spa Spa & Wellness Suite
    • The Spa at No.42 by GuestHouse, Margate
    • Woolley Grange
    • Utopia Spa at Rowhill Grange

  • Best Spa in the South West

    • Alchemist Spa at The Woolacombe Bay Hotel
    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Longleat Forest
    • The Spa at Ellenborough Park
    • Francis Hotel Spa
    • Gaia Spa at Boringdon Hall
    • The Spa at Lucknam Park
    • St Michaels Resort
    • St Moritz Hotel & Cowshed Spa
    • The Headland Spa
    • The Spa at No.15 by GuestHouse, Bath
    • Thermae Bath Spa

  • Best Spa in the North East

    • Forest Spa at Middleton Lodge
    • Rudding Park Spa
    • Serenity Spa at Seaham Hall
    • Subrosa at The Grand, York
    • The Farmhouse Treatment Rooms at Holdsworth House Hotel
    • The Sanctuary at Saltmoore
    • The Spa at No.1 by GuestHouse, York
    • Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa
    • Titanic Spa
    • Turkish Baths Harrogate
    • Yorkshire Spa Retreat

  • Best Spa in the North West

    • Aria Spa
    • The Spa at Armathwaite Hall
    • The Spa at Carden
    • Champneys Mottram Hall
    • Eforea Spa at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel & Spa Liverpool
    • Gilpin Hotel & Lake House
    • ESPA at Hale Country Club
    • Holte Spa at The Swan
    • Hope Street Hotel Spa
    • King Street Townhouse Gym & Spa
    • Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa
    • Maya Blue Wellness at the Titanic Hotel Liverpool
    • The Fairmont Spa
    • The Spa at Manor House Hotel (Alsager)
    • The Spa Hotel at Ribby Hall Village
    • The Woodland Spa

  • Best Spa in the West Midlands

    • The House Spa at Dormy House
    • Hoar Cross Hall
    • Liberty Spa, Solihull
    • Moddershall Oaks Country Spa Retreat
    • The Stables Spa at Studley Castle
    • The Elms Hotel & Greenhouse Spa
    • The Malvern Spa
    • The Spa at The Belfry Hotel & Resort
    • Wildhive Callow Hall

  • Best Spa in the East Midlands and East

    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Elveden Forest
    • Eden Hall Day Spa
    • FFOLKESPA
    • Kettering Park Hotel and Spa
    • Ragdale Hall Spa
    • Sandpiper Pool and Spa
    • Spa at Ye Olde Bell
    • Norfolk Mead Hotel & Spa
    • The Spa at Breedon Priory
    • Thoresby Hall Spa
    • Weavers’ House Spa at The Swan at Lavenham Hotel
    • The Day Spa at Whittlebury Park

Specialist shortlists

  • Best Spa for Wellness

    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Woburn Forest
    • Aria Spa
    • The Spa at Armathwaite Hall
    • Banya No.1 - Chiswick
    • Biome by Corinthia London
    • Champneys Tring
    • The Club at Cottonmill
    • The Spa at Coworth Park
    • The House Spa at Dormy House
    • Forest Spa at Middleton Lodge
    • Gaia Spa at Boringdon Hall
    • Gilpin Hotel & Lake House
    • The Spa at Lucknam Park
    • Moddershall Oaks Country Spa Retreat
    • The Spa at Pennyhill Park
    • Ragdale Hall Spa
    • RE:TREAT at The Lowry Hotel
    • Rookery Hall Hotel & Spa
    • Sael Spa at Fulham Pier
    • SenSpa at Careys Manor
    • Simply Healing Centre
    • St Michaels Resort
    • St Moritz Hotel & Cowshed Spa
    • Guerlain Spa at Raffles London
    • The Headland Spa
    • The Langley Hotel and Spa
    • Norfolk Mead Hotel & Spa
    • The Sanctuary at Saltmoore
    • The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London
    • The Spa at No.42 by GuestHouse, Margate
    • The Spa at No.15 by GuestHouse, Bath
    • The Spa at Manor House Hotel (Alsager)
    • Lanelay Hall Hotel & Spa
    • Turkish Baths Harrogate

  • Best Spa for Sustainability

    • Chuan Body + Soul Spa at The Langham London
    • Heavenly Spa by Westin
    • J Wellness Circle
    • The Headland Spa
    • The Spa at South Lodge
    • The Well Spa at Bluestone National Park Resort
    • The Woodland Spa
    • Titanic Spa

  • Best Spa for Cancer Touch

    • The Spa at Carden
    • The Stables Spa at Studley Castle
    • The Lanesborough Club & Spa
    • The Salt Spa (The Salthouse Hotel, Ballycastle)
    • Lion Quays Resort & Spa

  • Best New Spa

    • Francis Hotel Spa
    • Sael Spa at Fulham Pier
    • Gisborough Hall Hotel
    • Si! Spa at The Waterside
    • Subrosa at The Grand, York
    • The Fairmont Spa
    • The Farmhouse Treatment Rooms at Holdsworth House Hotel
    • The Ickworth Hotel & Spa
    • The Salt Spa (The Salthouse Hotel, Ballycastle)
    • Wellness at The Newman (Fitzrovia)
    • Wildhive Callow Hall

  • Best Spa Team

    • Alchemist Spa at The Woolacombe Bay Hotel
    • Aqua Sana Forest Spa Whinfell Forest
    • Cameron Spa at Cameron House
    • Chuan Body + Soul Spa at The Langham London
    • Devona Spa at Hilton Aberdeen TECA
    • The Spa at Ellenborough Park
    • Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa
    • Field Trip Spa at No.124 by Guesthouse, Brighton
    • ESPA at Hale Country Club
    • Hoar Cross Hall
    • Kallima Health Club & Spa at Hilton London Syon Park
    • Kettering Park Hotel and Spa
    • Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa
    • Mercure Manchester Norton Grange Hotel & Spa
    • Old Thorns Hotel and Spa
    • SCHLOSS Roxburghe
    • Serenity Spa at Seaham Hall
    • Spa at Ye Olde Bell
    • Spa Sirene, Royal Yacht Hotel
    • The ANA Spa – VOCO Winchester Hotel & Spa
    • The Bath House - Banya London
    • The Langley Hotel and Spa
    • The Municipal Spa
    • New Park Manor Hotel & Spa
    • The Spa Spa & Wellness Suite
    • The Spa at Breedon Priory
    • The Spa at Dunluce Lodge
    • The Spa at No.1 by GuestHouse, York
    • The Spa at No.42 by GuestHouse, Margate
    • The Spa at No.15 by GuestHouse, Bath
    • The Spa at The Belfry Hotel & Resort
    • Thoresby Hall Spa
    • The Spa Hotel at Ribby Hall Village
    • Three Graces Spa at Grantley Hall
    • The Well Spa at Bluestone National Park Resort
    • Turkish Baths Harrogate
    • voco Spa at St.David's (Cardiff)
    • The Day Spa at Whittlebury Park
    • Yu Spa, Apex City Quay Spa & Hotel

Spa & Wellness Director, Good Spa Guide

These finalists represent the very best our industry has to offer - from intimate boutique day spas to grand destination resorts. Every one of them has been selected on merit, and now it’s over to the public to help decide who takes home the title.

Lesley Bacon

The panel

Brand new for 2026, a specially assembled panel of respected industry experts scores every shortlisted spa alongside the Good Spa Guide's Spa Spies.

  • Caroline Hirons

    Skincare expert and advanced facialist

    Aesthetics Ambassador for the British Beauty Council and author of a bestselling skincare book, known for her science-first approach.

  • Noella Gabriel

    CEO and Co-Founder, ELEMIS

    More than 35 years in the industry, drawing on a background as a beauty therapist, aromatherapist and nutritionist.

  • Sue Harmsworth MBE

    Founder, ESPA

    Has designed over 500 spas in 65 countries and founded the Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care.

  • Andrew Stembridge

    Hospitality executive

    Former Executive Director of Iconic Luxury Hotels, including Cliveden House, Chewton Glen and The Lygon Arms.

  • Oliver Patrick

    Physiologist

    Specialises in how stress, sleep and recovery shape health, and advises businesses on evidence-based wellbeing.

  • Cathy Ball

    Spa director and hospitality leader

    Over 30 years in hotel spas, most recently leading the spa and wellness offer at Calcot.

  • Beverley Bayes

    Co-Founder and Creative Director, Sparcstudio

    Award-winning spa designer behind Calcot Spa, Dormy House Spa and Coworth Park Spa.

  • Amanda Afiya

    Editor and hospitality consultant

    Former editor of The Caterer and founding director of hotel and restaurant consultancy Sauce Intelligence.

  • Sarah Camilleri

    Founder and Editorial Director, European Spa

    More than 23 years championing the spa and wellness industry through independent journalism.

Previous winners

Winners and finalists since 2015.