Golf breaks are a great way to relieve the stresses and strains of the busy 9-5 or spend time with the family. Here are three of Marriott’s top UK golf hotels perfect for teeing off and winding down.
Hanbury Manor Hotel & Country Club
A stately Jacobean mansion set in 200 acres of scenic Hertfordshire parkland, Hanbury Manor is the kind of place where the world stops a while and you can get your breath back. In situ there’s a Jack Nicklaus-designed 18-hole PGA Championship golf course which offers fairways fringed by ancient woodlands and picturesque water hazards. It looks beautiful and plays superbly and greens and tees are all to USGA specification – offering the best of putting surfaces and guaranteed great golfing all year round. As you’d expect, along with hosting keen amateurs on golf breaks, the course has also provided the setting for numerous major pro events including the European Tour Men’s English Open and the Women’s European Open. Once you’ve played your shots, unwind tired muscles with a massage or a steam in the hotel’s wonderful spa, relax in front of a log fire in the fine wood panelled library and dine on award-winning food in the Zodiac restaurant.
Meon Valley Hotel and country club
Meon Valley Hotel and country club is a modern style hotel close to Southampton. Surrounded by 225 wooded acres of rolling countryside on England’s southern coast, it enjoys a secluded environment near the motorway and is just over 1 hour from London. A plethora of streams, ponds and ancient oak trees offer an ideal setting for 27 championship holes of golf. Choose from the 18-hole Meon Course or the 9-hole Valley course. Both were designed by famous British golf course designer Hamilton J. Strutt. The hotel is also well located for exploring the history and culture of this corner of England; the historic old town of Winchester offers a glorious cathedral and ancient cobbled streets and the wild landscape of the New Forest is ideal for strolls and more strenuous hiking too. After all your exertions you can relax completely in the hotel’s top quality spa which offers scrubs, wraps, facials and more.
Sprowston Manor Hotel & Country Club
An attractive red brick country house hotel, Sprowston Manor combines historic Victorian charm with top quality modern conveniences. In its 170 acres of leafy grounds there’s one of Norfolk’s finest golf courses – 18 holes of challenging greens and fairways surrounded by rolling countryside. The club here also participates in Marriott’s family golf scheme which makes it ideal for all the family – offering free tuition, free clubs and free play for children under 16 when accompanied by a paying adult. Nearby Norwich is one of the UK’s best kept secrets for culture offering a stately Norman cathedral, ancient streets and surprisingly busy nightlife all wrapped around an atmospheric historic centre. But you may struggle to leave the hotel – fine dining to tempt the most discerning palate is on offer at The Restaurant 1559 whilst more relaxed contemporary drinking and eating is to be had within sight of the 18th hole at the ZEST Cafe Bar & Grill. The luxurious on-site Fontana spa completes the package.
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