I visited Cheshire's newest luxury spa - you won't find one that's better value
05.03.2023 - 19:29
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It’s February. The sun is beating down on my shoulders as I slide through the water to the swim-up bar and order a glass of Prosecco. Strangers are becoming friends as they chat in the pool, drinking cocktails as music blares out of the speakers.
It feels like I’m on holiday. But I’m not in some idyllic part of Europe, I’m in Alsager, reports Claire Spreadbury for CheshireLive.
The Manor House Hotel has been run by the same family for nearly a decade, but they’ve recently had a serious spa refurbishment. Completed in three phases, the new 15-metre indoor serenity pool houses a kaleidoscope of mermaid-coloured mosaic tiles, heated to perfection and surrounded by beds, loungers, a steam room and a sauna.
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Treatment rooms have been built within the hotel’s original 17th century farmhouse, alongside a relaxation room, with giant love seats to snuggle down and snooze in, post-treatment.
The new English Spa Garden was phase two of the overhaul, containing an array of wellness delights – both hot and cold – and the cherry on the cake is the Pool House, complete with the UK’s first swim-up bar, as well as an indoor space to eat, drink, chill and recharge, serving afternoon tea and nibbling platters (both £25pp).
Situated a short walk from the train station – meaning boozy spa days are a definite possibility (something many of the guests seem to be here for) – as the weather warms up, this could easily be the go-to option of the spa world. Having claimed the Best New Spa runner-up gong in the Good Spa Awards 2022, the facilities here are already making their mark.
The wind may be whistling through our hair, but the 38° outdoor Vitality