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Carden Park – The award-winning Cheshire hotel with a stunning outdoor garden spa

Spas don't come better than this.

Daisy Jackson - 5th December 2024

Carden Park has long been one of the UK’s best spa hotels – in fact, just in September it was named Spa Hotel of the Year… again.

In the last 12 months its shelves have begun to groan under the weight of all the awards it’s accumulating, with its fine dining restaurant The Vines at Carden earning a third AA Rosette, placing it within the top 10% of venues in the UK.

And now Carden Park has unveiled the first phase of its £6.5m refurbishment, boosting its status even further with smart new bedrooms decorated in soft hues of blue and gold.

Carden Park is famed for its golfing and its outdoor pursuits, as well as its outdoor garden spa (we are very much here for the latter).

The luxury spa opened back in 2020, and features staggering features like a vitality pool, heated relaxation beds, Finnish sauna, a salt steam room, an aroma steam room, aroma showers, and a beautiful bio sauna with panoramic windows overlooking the hotel’s sweeping grounds.

And that’s just the indoor spa at Carden Park – I’m just getting started.

Its crowning glory is its outdoor garden spa, where footpaths weave between sunken hot tubs and heated thermal pods.

There’s an outdoor pool, also heated, with body massagers built in, and the sight of the steam rising from the pool over the frosty lawns is one for sore eyes and limbs.

From the all-weather Bollinger champagne bar, you can order a mulled wine or a glass of fizz, to sip around the fire pit or on a sun lounger (maybe not the latter at this time of year).

There’s also a panoramic herbal lounge, with sweeping views of the 1000 acre estate at Carden Park.

A current package running until the new year – the Comfort & Joy Spa Experience – includes access to this incredible spa as well as a 50 minute ‘Time to Pause’ treatment.

Here, your sore muscles are scrubbed and loosened before you flip over for an invigorating facial, using cold stones to cool, soothe and drain toxins from your face.

It’s one of the most thorough and efficient treatments I’ve had at a spa and will leave you feeling pampered, relaxed and invigorated all at once.

The Comfort and Joy Spa Experience package also includes overnight accommodation, dinner in either restaurant, breakfast, a mulled wine or hot chocolate, and loads more.

And back across at the main hotel, Carden Park’s 197 rooms are slowly being refurbished and crafted into luxury spaces with plenty of British details.

From the premium beds to the huge marble bathrooms, you’ll want to stay forever.

While The Vines at Carden might be the hotel’s more lavish restaurant, its Redmond’s Brasserie is also exceptional, with a menu full of British dishes including steaks, pies, and puddings.

This is also where guests head for breakfast, where there’s a full buffet of hot food, continental items and even a pancake-making machine.

And after your breakfast, you can stroll around the hotel’s magnificent grounds, where there’s a vineyard, tennis courts, a lake, and a full sculpture park.

Director and general manager of Carden Park Hotel Hamish Ferguson said of the new
refurbishments: “The overhaul of our hotel bedrooms marks a significant chapter in Carden Park Hotel’s
journey.

“We are thrilled to embark on this exciting project to enhance our luxury accommodation, reinforcing our commitment to providing an exceptional and rejuvenating experience for our guests.

“Sustainability has been at the forefront of all previous renovations at the hotel, and we endeavour to continue this trajectory in all future transformation projects.”

The Comfort and Joy Spa Experience at Carden Park

• A morning garden spa experience between 9am and 1pm (8.30am arrival)
• Overnight luxury accommodation
• A divine 50-minute Time-to-Pause ritual treatment; including back exfoliation and calming facial. Learn more about the treatment here.
• £30 dinner allowance to be used in either Redmond’s Brasserie or The Vines (Thursday only) – Cheshire’s award-winning fine dining restaurant
• Full English and Continental breakfast included in your stay
• Access to the hotel state-of-the-art leisure club and 20-metre pool
• Either a mulled wine or luxury hot chocolate included in your spa experience

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