Coniston Hotel Country Estate & Spa

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2025

Shaun

Staff were lovely, room was clean, the spa was fantastic and the view is amazing.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2025

James

Had a great stay- 1 st time but won’t be the last!

8/10

Excellent

06 Nov 2025

Christopher

Stopped for one night our room was spot on clean big plenty of wardrobe space. Booked for the spa and enjoyed everything the hotel had to offer

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Nov 2025

Adam

Staff were great, helpful and friendly. Service in restaurants and reception great. Spa is fantastic, again staff were helpful to all requests. Overall relaxing and exclusive experience.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Aug 2025

Graham

Friendly staff and nice surroundings

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2025

Kathryn

Excellent welcome, rooms are spacious and luxurious with beautiful views and the spa is a lovely experience. The meal was lovely and in the morning an amazing breakfast

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2025

Mathew

We spent a weekend at The Coniston Hotel Country Estate & Spa near Horton and had a wonderfully relaxing time. The setting is breathtaking — nestled in the Yorkshire Dales, it’s perfect for unwinding or heading out for scenic walks, especially around nearby Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

The highlight of our stay was without a doubt the fantastic spa. The facilities are modern, clean, and beautifully designed. We especially loved the outdoor infinity pool with views across the lake, and the thermal suite was a real treat. The treatments were top-notch — highly recommend the massage. It felt like a proper luxury experience.

Our room was spacious, comfortable, and spotlessly clean. We really appreciated having air conditioning, especially during the warm summer days — a rare and very welcome feature in the countryside! The countryside views from our window were stunning, and the bed was incredibly comfy.

Dining at the hotel was good overall — breakfast was excellent, though dinner service was a bit slow one evening. The staff were friendly and helpful throughout, and the overall atmosphere was calm and welcoming.

The car park also has the option for EV charging at very reasonable rate through project ev, just download the app and your away!

Would definitely return for another spa weekend!

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jul 2025

Tracey

The grounds were beautiful, with a pretty lake and signposted walking routes.
Unfortunately the restaurant online booking system for the 3 different restaurants showed inaccurate opening and closing times. So we were booked into the bar for dinner, when we preferred to dine in the main View restaurant, which online said it was closed for dinner reservations, but was actually open until 9pm.The link for the online booking reservation was generated by Expedia through an email link that Expedia sent to me confirming my room reservation. I tried to change my reservation to the View restaurant when we checked in but the receptionist said the View restaurant was fully booked.
We managed to go directly to the restaurant and got a table, and during our dinner reservation noticed there were plenty of tables, so it wasn’t fully booked at all.
The opening times enclosed in the information pack in the room were also inaccurate. So I feel the the restaurant booking system and incorrect opening hours needs updating immediately so guests have the correct information. Otherwise the hotel was excellent.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2025

James

This is an exceptional hotel. We are very travelled and rate this as one of only a few in the UK that have European or global standard of service, culture, cleanliness, functionality, beauty .

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2025

stephen

its a lovely hotel, fabulous view, comfortable accomodation. the lake walk is pleasant, and the walkway maintained to make it reasonably accessible but not fully pushchair / wheelchair capable. its great that its dog friendly and animals are allowed in and around the place

food is very nice, all made to a very high standard.

it is pricy but its very pleasant and you dont feel short changed. a good location for a special event.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Mar 2025

Jayne

Everything

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2025

Andrew

Spectacular location, large comfortable rooms, friendly staff, good food and drink provided all the ingredients for a most enjoyable weekend

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2024

Linda

Lovely place

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

01 Sep 2024

Sadaf

I booked this hotel and dinner and when i booked the restaurant i emphasized that please bring small cake as a surprise to the table as it was my mum’s birthday. But they forgot and i am very unhappy about it. Poor service

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2024

Arati

Had a lovely stay for one night… wish we had stayed longer .

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2024

Adrian

Friendly staff and excellently kept with beautiful grounds

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2024

Ann

This is our third visit to this hotel. Always feel so welcome. Our room overlooking the lake was beautiful and we really enjoy the food and ambience.

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2024

Eileen R

Cleanliness helpful staff and the area around the hotel.

8/10

Excellent

23 Jul 2024

Eleanor

Wonderful experience

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2024

COLIN

Coniston Cold Comfort

As soon as you walk through the sliding entrance doors you feel at home. This feeling is then endorsed by the friendly reception staff.
Rooms are very good, Catering is of a high standard but throughout our stay we were consistently impressed by the Staff.
Thanks guys

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2024

Jonathan

Excellent in every way , staff without exception made you feel welcome and looked after. Beautiful grounds & excellent spa facilities & wonderful food . Highly recommended.

2/10

Poor

06 Jun 2024

Andrew

Staff didn't care

No wifi. Was not informed when booking. Was not informed on arrival. Attitudue of staff when I complained was not good. Given I have stayed here numerous times before this will be my last time

Business

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2024

John

Perfect location and fantastic hotel

We celebrated our Golden Wedding at the Coniston Hotel, along with 12 friends. The staff could not have been more friendly and helpful. The service was excellent and the location was superb with views over the lake from all our rooms. All our friends thought the hotel was a perfect venue for our weekend celebration. The Winston' s Barn private dining room was fabulous.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

19 May 2024

Catherine

You won’t be disappointed.

What can I say. Our stay was one of the best, if not the best stay I have ever had. I love this hotel. Beautiful grounds, beautiful food, beautiful building. I want to give a special mention to Thomas and Flo on reception. They were incredible. Breakfast to go was ready for 5.00am (we were hiking the three peaks) and nothing was too much for these two staff. Flo was so helpful and friendly and Thomas was such a delight to deal with. The spa: WOW! Pricey but worth it. Wonderful. I’ll see this hotel soon!

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

15 May 2024

Verified traveler

Excellent Spa, disappointing room.

The SPA trip was excellent, not too busy and staff were very friendly. The main hotel was nice and clean. We were slightly disappointed with the age of the room. The bathroom shower was leaking on the shower head with mould on some of the silicon sealant. The TV in the room was very small compared with other hotels in the same price category.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 May 2024

Kirsty

Stunning not corporate

Wonderful stay from start to finish, completely exceeded our expectations in every way, wonderful rooms, great food and lovely staff everywhere we went.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

20 Feb 2024

Irene

A nice break overall. One criticism would be the shower needs a mat as the shower floor was very slippy. Food was very good and the staff excellent.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Oct 2023

Monika

Ok hotel ,good dinner options

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

13 Oct 2023

Lynn

The fact I’d paid £204 per night only to be told we had to pay £40 per head for 2 hours use of pool!! This is a complete rip off!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Oct 2023

paul

The hotel was great but the expedia web site stated whilst staying we would have accto the pool. I then had to pay £60 extra for this and i think Expedia has miss led me. Regards Paul nutter

8/10

Excellent

18 Sep 2023

Matthew

Lovely location and amazing staff

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Sep 2023

Mary

Coniston hotel

A fantastic hotel in a fab location. Made to feel welcome by the owner. Definitely won't be our last visit.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Jul 2023

Michael

Good location

Spent 2 days here. Good location if your visiting Skipton, Malham Cove or Settle etc. Restaurant has a great view of the lake (which you can walk round), the staff are well presented and helpful (and plentiful) and the breakfast is excellent. Unfortunately our room overlooked the car park so we did not have the view on the picture.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jul 2023

Katherine

Weekend Bed & Breakfast stay

Two night stay in a classic room with breakfast. To be honest I was expecting a lot more for over £400 for 2 nights. The room was clean and comfortable but there was no bath and really is on a par with a Premier Inn. When we enquired at reception about using the pool & outdoor hot tub we are told it would cost a further £80 per couple for two hours! I’ve stayed in lots of spa hotels and never been asked to pay an extra supplement to use leisure facilities.
The breakfast on both mornings was very pleasant, good choice of both cooked and continental options using good quality ingredients and all well cooked.
All in all, we both felt that for £400+ the wow factor was missing, and not being able to have a swim in the pool unless we forked out another £80 was rather greedy. Leisure facilities included it would have been a fair price, but it’s slightly sorted out stay and for that reason I’d look to book elsewhere in the future. I explained all the above to reception when we checked out who did welcome the feedback. I don’t think I’m the first to comment on this issue!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2021

Ellie

Great experience

Excellent thank you Florence was an excellent host

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Aug 2020

Verified traveler

Hotel is in a great location. Our room was very disappointing. We booked a 'superior' room with a patio but it was at the end of a very long corridor facing the car park, next to the laundry room and the road to the spa. Service vehicles parked next to the patio from 8.20 am onwards. Breakfast in room because of Covid restrictions was fine but cooked food not hot. We ate in the restaurant once and it was good but we had better food and better value at other places locally. We enjoyed ourselves because it's such great area but felt the hotel was quite expensive for what it was especially as now have to pay £25 for a session in the spa.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Jul 2020

Sandra

nice stay but poor food

It was lovely but paid a lot considering the spa was closed breakfast good food in the restaurant very expensive and poor quality paid £11 for a ploughman’s lunch it was terrible and hardly anything on it

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2020

Verified traveler

Highly Recommend

This was booked as a surprise for my parents wedding anniversary and they had a great time and really enjoyed the lake.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Mar 2020

Stephen

Great location and dinner in Mc

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2020

Ann

Good but could be improved slightly.

Room good but not particularly spacious. Breakfast excellent although we weren’t asked if we wanted anything else from self service area before it was swiftly cleared away at 9.30am prompt. Spa nice but restrictive 2 hour slot. 4x4 experience with Tony superb, highly recommend the signature experience.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

First classs .Any problems dealt with straight away.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Jul 2018

Carol

Lovely hotel let down by small details.

Although this is a good hotel with friendly staff it is let down by lack of attention to detail like no well lit mirror and cheap one temperature hairdryer imprisoned in a drawer with barely enough cord. The shower wasn't brilliant either. You can't call yourself a luxury hotel if you don't provide luxury items in your rooms.
Was impressed by service and food in restaurant in evening but breakfast was very ordinary. Frozen hash browns have no place on a Yorkshire breakfast and eggs were over cooked. We didn't complain at time as one of our groups' breakfast was so delayed we didn't want another wait.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

26 Jun 2018

Lorraine

Lovely Hotel in Stunning Grounds

Very nice hotel in beautiful grounds onlyone complaint about the infinity pool at the spa not enough beds and no shaded areas so guests of the hotel can use the facilities which is reflected in the price of the hotel but you would have to get up early and put your towel on a chair to be guaranteed a chair so wasn’t impressed at all.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 May 2018

Georgina

Pricey

Stayed here before the new dining room extension and the spa were built and definitely feel the prices have risen to pay for these! The room was very small but clean and comfortable unfortunately overlooked the car park not the lovely rural scenery at the back of the hotel. Breakfast was very good. Have stayed in much better rooms which I felt were more worthy of the £180 B&B charge. Didn’t use the spa facilities as were attending a wedding in Settle.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

13 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Beautiful setting. A truly lovely location.

Beautiful setting. A truly lovely location. We were staying for two nights. The welcome was nice, but not outstanding. The superior room was clean but there was several lights that didn't work. The bathroom was very spacious with plenty toiletries. The robes could do with a bit of fabric softener! The bar area with roaring fire was superb, very relaxing. The food in the Huntsman Lodge was delicious - we went for the British Selection for two. Highly recommend and excellent value for money. Breakfast was very good - lots to choose from and prompt service. An enjoyable stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2017

Roger

Holiday in Yorkshire. Hotel is in a good setting.

Hotel was in lovely setting, waking up in the morning to be greeted by the sheep coming up the hill outside the window. A nice relaxing stay here, good food and friendly staff made for a pleasant stay. Staff were helpful. Enjoyed going for a swim after a day out. Then enjoyed a nice meal in the Huntsman lodge .

8/10

Excellent

14 Aug 2017

Barbara

Not as good as our previous stay

At our speedy check in we ordered a bottle of prosecco for the room and no sooner had we put our bags down there was knock at the door - an obviously stressed waiter with the bottle in an ice bucket and two glasses (warm) both of which were thrust into my hands, whilst I was still holding the door open
' Do you want me to open it ?' I decided no as obviously he wanted to be else where.
Not what we call room service - yes the bottle was quickly delivered but there was no service. Where was the tray, where was the greeting,.... 'warm' glasses'- we may as well have bought one at a supermarket. There was a wedding going on and obviously they took priority!
This was our second visit and sad to say not as enjoyable, since then possibly we have stayed in 'nicer' hotels and it did come across rather dated and 3*, not individuality we remembered and the dinner menu was very predictable pub grub. All the dog friendly extras were there which is a nice touch but at £15 it would be a nice gesture to offer a doggie breakfast. Not sure if we will stay again or look elsewhere

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Overall

Excellent hotel. Made you feel wanted from the start to the end. Amazing views to the lake and amazing food and breakfast too.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2017

Dan

Great stay in a wonderful location

Lovely hotel in a stunning setting. The room was well presented, clean and comfortable but not overly spacious and overlooked at the car park. The food and service were both excellent. Swimming pool/spa very nice and the staff very friendly and professional. Great views over the lake from the bar/terrace. Overall a really good stay and highly recommended.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2017

Theresa

Lovely

Lovely hotel. Only a one night stay for business but I would book again for a weekend away

10/10

Exceptional

26 Feb 2017

Andrea

All great

everything was wonderful: food, facilities, service - the only tiny thing I can find to complain about is the pillows being a little flat, which I only mention to prove how good everything else was! Weather was poor, so unable to walk, but made good use of all spa had to offer.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2017

Nigel

The Spa isn't actually connected to the hotel, it's a fair walk which is fine if the weather is obliging. I didn't have breakfast because £25 is a little exorbitant, which is surprising because Dinner and a bottle of wine is very reasonable.
Overall, this is a lovely country hotel and I have no problem recommending it to a romantic couple.

8/10

Excellent

22 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

Friday Night Stay

Arrived after longer than usual journey due to typical Friday traffic chaos on the roads. Welcoming Check In. Really enjoyable evening meal and breakfast the next morning after reasonable sleep in a warm clean bedroom.
The only peculiarity was a telephone call from reception at midnight to say there had been a complaint by a room to one side to request my television volume be turned down. I am 60 years old and of all the years of my travelling up and down the UK I have never been requested to do this before. On reflection - the TV was mounted on the bedroom wall rather than as is normally the case during my travels- on the bedroom dressing table/drawer unit. Perhaps the bedroom walls are too thin for the TV to be wall mounted ? This next room customer complaint completely spoiled my relaxation after a delightful late evening meal as I overcompensated the lack of TV volume for fear of further complaints.

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2016

Connie

Great hotel to enjoy clay shooting

PIcked the hotel specifically because of its clay shooting ground and was not disappointed!
Everyone was friendly and eager to help or answer any questions.
Will definitely be going back again.☺

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2016

Tracey

The staff were extremely helpful and polite

We booked last minute but the reception staff were very welcoming and friendly. We had a lovely meal in the Huntsman restaurant the atmosphere was very warm and inviting and the room is decorated feel very cosy.

6/10

Pleasant

06 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

Excellent spa

Excellent setting and very good spa facilities. However, hotel room was only satisfactory and had poor sound proofing. We stayed over a weekend where there were weddings on and were woken up in the early hours by guests returning to their rooms. Staff were very friendly and did move us after the first night. For a hotel with such a lovely setting and excellent spa facilities we were expecting the rooms to be slightly larger and of a higher standard.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2016

Verified traveler

Lovely hotel, great grounds, great spa

Visited for three nights. Grounds were great. Big comfy bed. Road noise a little loud with window open(we had cheaper rooms) air con was good so no need to open window. Spa really lovely. Food excellent. Service in resturant a little slow/inaccurate orders.
Otherwise excellent- we would go back.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jul 2016

Jonathan

Relax in comfort

Relaxing stay at the end of an exciting few days holiday

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2016

Verified traveler

Fantastic!

Fantastic!

10/10

Exceptional

26 Mar 2016

Anne and Paddy

Overnight stay

Bought an Afternoon Tea voucher and it was excellent. Superb food....staff....service....ambience.... would definitely do it again!

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2016

Verified traveler

Lovely stay. Great hotel. Excellent food and staff. Thank you

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2016

Verified traveler

Excellent Service

We had an overnight stay to relax and chill. There was a big wedding going on and still the staff had time to look after us properly. Well impressed, will definitely visit again :-)

8/10

Excellent

01 Feb 2016

Verified traveler

Very friendly staff, very relaxing weekend

Really nice spa break away, all staff were very friendly and helpful. Dinner was amazing, not cheap but you get what you pay for. The spa complex was really good, great massage and great outdoor jacuzzi. Overall great weekend away.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jan 2016

michael

new year treat

very enjoyable, great food, pleasant staff

Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2015

Jade

Lovely surroundings amazing new Spa

Stayed for a friends wedding, lovely hotel with fantastic views and the new spa was amazing! Service was great for breakfast and the full English was big! The only thing I would say is our room was the standard one priced at £150 a night however we have stayed in a more nicely decorated room for that price, the decor was slightly dated for the price! Would not affect us staying again though.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Nov 2015

Michael

Most Enjoyable Night

We had a very enjoyable stay. the hotel was in lovely grounds with great views. The food was Good with a wide choice.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2015

mark

Total relaxation with scenic views

Excellent stay staff excellent great food set in wonderful grounds a must for a nice stay

8/10

Excellent

30 Oct 2015

sally

Great mini break

Great mini break - staff are fab, very friendly and helpful. Room was nice but a bit small for two friends. Food was fantastic! Would return to try the new spa.

Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Oct 2015

Verified traveler

Good food and a great location

Satisfactory bedroom - nothing to write home about but the food in the restaurant was excellent standard.

10/10

Exceptional

30 May 2015

Jonathan

Excellent

Had an amazing stay. Eveyone was very friendly especially the people at reception who are extremely nice and pleasant to talk to. Even gave us an upgrade on our room. Stunning views and woke up early to see the sunrise, well worth it. Food was good aswell and a good atmosphere. Would highly recommend if in the area.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2015

Alan

Good Hotel on an extensive country estate

Very good, wonderful shower, incedible walks and grounds.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Apr 2015

Verified traveler

Nice hotel to explore dales

Staff in restaurant not up to scratch. Things improved when managers took over service and orders! They were great!
Nice food in restaurants. Little noisy with weddings going on.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Feb 2015

SHEILA

Great Country House Hotel Nr Skipton

Excellent hotel, great food and friendly staff. Would definetly recommend it and will be going again in the future.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2015

sm

Last minute break

Wonderful and relaxing...lovely staff and great food...passed the hotel so many times on the way to the lakes but will definitely be stopping more often.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2014

Roy

The Hotel Overall

We stayed 3 nights, the room was spacious enough and had a seating area, Heating was controllable and effective.
Dining options were excellent (two dining rooms), and the meals we had there were well presented and served in good time.
The choice for 4 wheel driving experience and the fly fishing were available to us, but we were unable to participate because of prior commitments. I regret missing out.
The setting is excellent and it is worth looking round the grounds.
We will certainly revisit next time we are in England.
The Owner greeting us on our return in the afternoon, was a pleasing touch.
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