Our readers' favourite UK hotels: 2025 Readers' Choice Awards
Spanning the widths and breadths of the UK, this year's hotels as voted by you, have seen you steadfast in your loyalty to iconic properties in London, heritage houses with exceptional wellness offerings on the city's outskirts, and beautiful boltholes in the midst of the countryside. Art, architecture, food and culture combine in a list that's absolutely worth saving. These are the hotels that you deem special enough to book time and time again.
These are the top hotels in the UK, according to the 2025 Readers' Choice Awards. The scores below are percentages representing overall average levels of satisfaction.
James McDonald/Claridge’sThe best hotels in London
40. The Standard London. Score 96.28
39. Dorset Square Hotel. Score 96.53
38. Kimpton Fitzroy London. Score 96.59
37. The Bloomsbury. Score 96.63
36. Beaverbrook Town House. Score 96.67
35. Raffles London at The Owo. Score 96.74
34. One Aldwych. Score 96.78
33. NoMad London. Score 96.80
32. Broadwick Soho. Score 96.82
31. Four Seasons Hotel London at Tower Bridge. Score 96.87
30. Flemings Mayfair. Score 96.93
29. The Londoner. Score 96.99
28. Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London. Score 97.00
27. Covent Garden Hotel. Score 97.21
26. InterContinental London Park Lane. Score 97.24
25. Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane. Score 97.25
24. The Egerton House Hotel. Score 97.33
23. The Peninsula London. Score 97.47
22. Hotel Café Royal. Score 97.48
21. The Soho Hotel. Score 97.49
20. The Berkeley. Score 97.56
19. Dukes London. Score 97.59
18. The Ned. Score 97.67
17. The Lanesborough. Score 97.77
16. The London Edition. Score 97.96
15. The Savoy. Score 97.97
14. The Beaumont Mayfair. Score 97.98
13. The Ritz London. Score 97.99
12. The Kensington. Score 98.00
11. The Goring. Score 98.39
10. Shangri-La The Shard, London. Score 98.47
9. Brown’s Hotel, a Rocco Forte Hotel. Score 98.67
8. The Langham London. Score 98.73
7. Ham Yard Hotel. Score 98.77
6. The Dorchester. Score 98.78
5. Rosewood London. Score 98.88
4. Claridge’s. Score 99.45
3. Corinthia London. Score 99.50
2. Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London. Score 99.65
1. The Connaught. Score 99.71
DOOKThe best hotels in the rest of the UK
35. Wildhive Callow Hall, Derbyshire. Score 95.83
34. Hotel Tresanton, Cornwall. Score 95.87
33. The Lakes by Yoo, Gloucestershire. Score 95.99
32. Cowley Manor Experimental, Gloucestershire. Score 96.00
31. The Cavendish Hotel, Derbyshire. Score 96.08
30. Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa, Hampshire. Score 96.25
29. University Arms Hotel, Autograph Collection, Cambridge. Score 96.28
28. Foxhill Manor, Gloucestershire. Score 96.30
27. Harbour Hotel & Spa Salcombe, Devon. Score 96.39
26. Cliveden House, Berkshire. Score 96.42
25. Beaverbrook, Surrey. Score 96.43
24. Prestonfield House, Edinburgh. Score 96.44
23. Langdale Chase, Cumbria. Score 96.52
22. The Pig, Hampshire. Score 96.66
21. The Torridon, Highlands. Score 96.67
20. Glenmorangie House, Highlands. Score 96.68
19. The Caledonian Edinburgh. Score 96.82
18. Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, a Belmond Hotel, Oxfordshire. Score 96.92
17. Grove of Narberth, Pembrokeshire. Score 96.93
16. Virgin Hotels Edinburgh. Score 97.11
15. Glenapp Castle, South Ayrshire. Score 97.32
14. Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire. Score 97.36
13. Linthwaite House, Cumbria. Score 97.46
12. Heckfield Place, Hampshire. Score 97.67
11. The Fife Arms, Aberdeenshire. Score 97.82
10. Market Street Hotel, Edinburgh. Score 97.89
9. Coworth Park, Berkshire. Score 98.22
8. Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, Manchester. Score 98.26
7. The Three Chimneys, Isle of Skye. Score 98.27
6. Lime Wood, Hampshire. Score 98.43
5. Kinloch Lodge, Isle of Skye. Score 98.50
4. Grantley Hall, Yorkshire. Score 99.25
3. Estelle Manor, Oxfordshire. Score 99.67
2. Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, Wiltshire. Score 99.73
1. The Newt in Somerset. Score 99.87
