Five-star Three MICHELIN Keys Colerne, Wiltshire, outside Bath, Bath
Lucknam Park
A Palladian house at the end of a mile-long avenue of limes and beeches, with 500 acres of park, its own stables and a restaurant that has held a MICHELIN star for 21 years in a row.
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- MICHELIN
- Three Keys
- Rooms
- 29 rooms and 13 suites, plus cottages
- Estate
- About 500 acres, six miles from Bath
- From the airport
- About 45 minutes from Bristol, our estimate
The hotel
A merchant's house at the end of the avenue.
Lucknam Park stands on the southern edge of the Cotswolds above the village of Colerne, about six miles from Bath. The approach is a drive of a mile, lined with more than four hundred lime and beech trees. The Palladian house at the end is thought to have been built for James Wallis, a Bristol merchant, and seven families owned it before it became a hotel.
The estate still runs to about 500 acres of park and woodland. There are stables and an equestrian centre, a spa in the old walled garden, tennis courts and trails through the woods. The hotel has since joined Accor's Emblems Collection. Its dining room was refurbished for 2026, and Hywel Jones, the executive chef, kept his MICHELIN star for a twenty-first year.
- Riding An equestrian centre on the estate, with rides out along the woodland trails.
- The spa A 20-metre indoor pool, an indoor and outdoor hydrotherapy pool and thermal cabins, in the walled garden.
- Estate sports Archery, clay pigeon shooting, tennis and a five-a-side football pitch.
Dining
A starred dining room and a garden restaurant.
Restaurants as listed by the hotel; the star is from the current MICHELIN Guide. Shown for information.
- Restaurant Hywel Jones One Michelin star Modern British Hywel Jones, starred 21 years in a row
- Walled Garden Modern British, all day Sunday lunch and afternoon tea
Recognition
Awards and listings.
- Three MICHELIN Keys 2026
- Restaurant Hywel Jones One MICHELIN star, 21st year running in 2026
- Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Choice Awards No. 1 hotel in the UK, 2026
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon.
- Children Welcome at any age, with cots and extra beds for a supplement.
- Dogs Accepted on request, and charges may apply.
- Families and groups Cottages on the estate suit larger parties.
Getting there
Flying to Bath.
Bristol Airport, for scheduled flights and business jets, is about 45 minutes away by car, our estimate. Heathrow, for long-haul flights, is roughly an hour and three quarters along the M4 by our estimate.
- Dublin 45 min
- Paris 55 min
- Edinburgh 1 h 00
- Geneva 1 h 30
- New York 7 h 25 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does Lucknam Park have?
- Three, the highest level in the MICHELIN Guide's hotel selection.
- How far is Lucknam Park from Bath?
- About six miles, to the north-east of the city near the village of Colerne.
- Does Lucknam Park accept dogs?
- Yes, on request. Charges may apply.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Bath?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Bath, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Bath
Other hotels worth the trip.
- The Newt in Somerset Three MICHELIN Keys: a seventeenth-century mansion among gardens, orchards, lakes and working farmland.
- The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa Two MICHELIN Keys and 45 rooms on the Crescent, with an acre of secluded garden behind and a spa in a Georgian bath house.
- Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa Two MICHELIN Keys, and home to The Dining Room with its MICHELIN star.
- The Gainsborough Bath Spa The only hotel in Bath drawing on the thermal spring, which fills the pools of its Spa Village; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Bath Priory Two joined Georgian houses with 33 bedrooms, formal gardens, an outdoor pool and a L'Occitane spa; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Queensberry Hotel Four Georgian townhouses with the starred Olive Tree in the basement; one MICHELIN Key.
- Homewood A Georgian country house with an indoor-outdoor spa and the restaurant Olio; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Yard, Bath An eighteenth-century coaching inn dressed in fabrics by local designers; one MICHELIN Key.
Staying at Lucknam Park?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Bath, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
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