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Condé Nast Traveller has named a Wiltshire hotel as the best in the UK.

The luxury travel magazine has published its annual Reader's Choice Awards which includes a category outlining their reader's favourite hotels in the country.

And Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa has earned the top spot with an incredible score of 99.49.

This is up from its fourth place position last year where it received a 98.65 ranking.

Salisbury Journal: A bedroom at Lucknam Park. Credit: TripadvisorA bedroom at Lucknam Park. Credit: Tripadvisor

The list revealed luxury hotspots from the rolling hills of Perthshire to right here, in Wiltshire.

How to book the Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa

Set within 500 acres of private parkland, Lucknam Park tease on their website that they have been practising social distancing for over 300 years.

This Palladian mansion dates from 1720 and staying here is like walking through time - with the benefit of a few luxuries. 

Stay in one of its 43 rooms of private cottages and destress at the spa.

Or for a more active escape, take yourself to the equestrian centre to ride one of their 35 horses.

Where: Lucknam Park, Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 8AZ

How to book: View their availability and book your stay via Tripadvisor

Salisbury Journal: The pool at Lucknam Park. Credit: TripadvisorThe pool at Lucknam Park. Credit: Tripadvisor

 

The Top 30 hotels in the UK

This list was compiled as part of Conde Nast Traveller's Reader's Choice Awards.

  1. Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, Wiltshire. Score 99.49
  2. The Pig, Hampshire. Score 99.32
  3. The Newt in Somerset. Score 99.11
  4. Heckfield Place, Hampshire. Score 99.10
  5. Summer lodge Country House Hotel & Restaurant, Dorset. Score 99.06
  6. Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian. Score 98.90
  7. The Fife Arms, Scottish Highlands. Score 98.37
  8. Glencoe House, Scottish Highlands. Score 98.33
  9. The Balmoral, A Rocco Forte Hotel, Edinburgh. Score 97.50
  10. University Arms, Autograph Collection, Cambridge. Score 97.15
  11. Hotel Tresanton, Cornwall. Score 97.00
  12. Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel, Glasgow. Score 96.90
  13. The Pig at Combe, Devon. Score 96.33
  14. The Fish Hotel & Retreat, Worcestershire. Score 95.91
  15. InterContinental Edinburgh The George. Score 95.55
  16. Cliveden House, Berkshire. Score 95.11
  17. Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel, Edinburgh. Score 94.52
  18. Culloden Estate and Spa, Belfast. Score 94.51
  19. Ballygally Castle, Co. Antrim. Score 94.39
  20. Stormont Hotel, Belfast. Score 94.36
  21. Hotel Brooklyn, Manchester. Score 94.14
  22. Grantley Hall, North Yorkshire. Score 94.11
  23. Dormy House Hotel & Spa, Worcestershire. Score 94.03
  24. The Pig on the Beach, Dorset. Score 92.50
  25. Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, Manchester. Score 92.02
  26. Soho Farmhouse, Oxfordshire.Score 89.91
  27. Cromlix, Perthshire. Score 86.10
  28. Foxhill Manor Private House Hotel, Worcestershire. Score 84.25
  29. Cheval The Edinburgh Grand. Score 82.00
  30. The Gainsborough Bath Spa, Somerset. Score 81.75

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