Four-star One MICHELIN Key Bath, Bath
The Bath Priory
A house of 1835 on Weston Road with four acres of garden, two pools and the only L'Occitane spa in Britain, a walk across Royal Victoria Park from the centre.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key
- Rooms
- 27 rooms and six suites
- Built
- 1835, a hotel since 1969
- From the airport
- About 40 minutes from Bristol
The hotel
Priory land on the west side.
The house went up in 1835 as a private home, on ground that had once belonged to the Priory of Bath Abbey, and its builders gave it a few gothic touches. In the 1960s it served as a dormitory wing for The Park School. It opened as a hotel of just seven bedrooms in 1969 and ran that way for some twenty-five years.
In September 1994 it became the first hotel bought by Andrew and Christina Brownsword, who still own it. Today two joined houses hold 33 rooms and suites. Four acres of lawns, meadow and kitchen garden lie behind, looked after by Jane Moore, a silver medallist at the Chelsea Flower Show. The Garden Spa is the only L'Occitane spa in Britain, and the centre of Bath is about a mile away.
- The Garden Spa Britain's only L'Occitane spa, with a sauna, a hammam and a heated indoor pool.
- Four acres Formal gardens, terraces, meadows and a kitchen garden, with a heated outdoor pool among the lawns.
- Into town A short walk through Royal Victoria Park reaches the Georgian centre, about a mile away.
Dining
Dinner over the garden.
Restaurants as listed by the hotel; MICHELIN listing from the current guide. Shown for information.
- The Bath Priory Restaurant MICHELIN Guide Modern European Three AA Rosettes, overlooking the gardens
- The Pantry and Terrace Informal Lighter meals in the house and outside
Recognition
Awards and listings.
- One MICHELIN Key Current selection
- Three AA Rosettes The restaurant
- Relais & Châteaux Member
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by 11 am. Parking is free on site.
- Children Welcome at any age. The Camden and Somerset suites are set up for families.
- Pets Dogs stay in the Foxglove and Moringa rooms only, for a nightly charge, and not in the restaurant or spa. Assistance dogs go everywhere.
- Lindens House A private residence within the hotel grounds, for those who want a house of their own.
Getting there
Flying to Bath.
Bristol Airport is about forty minutes by car, says the hotel, and takes business jets through its handling agent. Bath Spa station is about ten minutes by taxi, with trains from London Paddington in about eighty minutes; Heathrow is a hundred miles east along the M4.
- 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 The Bath Priory have?
- One. The MICHELIN Guide lists the hotel with one Key.
- Can we bring our dog to The Bath Priory?
- Yes, in two dog-friendly rooms, Foxglove and Moringa, for a charge per dog per night. Dogs are not allowed in the restaurant or the spa.
- How far is The Bath Priory from the centre of Bath?
- About a mile, a short walk through Royal Victoria Park or a few minutes by taxi.
- 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.
- Lucknam Park A country house in some 500 acres of park, with a spa, riding and Hywel Jones's starred restaurant; three MICHELIN Keys.
- 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 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 The Bath Priory?
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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