Family-friendly hotels

Taking a baby or small child on holiday can be hard work if the hotel doesn’t offer the right facilities and atmosphere for families. We’ve selected 22 hotels throughout Britain which have been recommended by parents for their family-friendliness.

Key to information in this guide

Price information is given per person per night for bed, breakfast and dinner. Prices are for summer holiday periods and for guidance only. Many hotels offer free child places and child reductions, and prices may be much lower outside school holidays. Contact hotels directly for their child reductions and special seasonal discounts.

£- under £55
££ - £56-79
£££ - over £80

Organised children’s entertainment and qualified nanny/nursery nurse care may only be available in the high seasons, and a charge is sometimes made for these.

Star ratings are awarded by AA/RAC

Crowns are awarded by the English Tourist Board

Cornwall

• Bedruthan Steps Hotel - Mawgan Porth
• The Carlyon Bay Hotel - St Austell
• Polurrian Hotel - Mullion - Lizard Peninsula
• Sands Family Resort - Porth
• Watergate Bay Hotel - Watergate Bay

Devon

• The Bulstone Hotel - Branscombe
• The Gara Rock - Nr Salcombe
• Radfords Country Hotel - Dawlish
• The Saunton Sands Hotel - Nr Braunton
• The South Sands Hotel - Salcombe
• Thurlestone Hotel - Nr Kingsbridge
• The Woolacombe Bay Hotel - Woolacombe

Dorset

• The Chine Hotel - Bournemouth
• The Knoll House - Dorset
• The Sandbanks Hotel - Poole

Edinburgh

• Peebles Hydro - Edinburgh

Gwynedd

• Trefeddian Hotel - Aberdovey

Inverness-shire

• Polmaily House Hotel - Loch Ness
• Stakis Coylumbridge - Aviemore

Isle of Wight

• The Hambledon Hotel - Shanklin

Perthshire

• Crieff Hydro Hotel - Crieff

Wiltshire

• Woolley Grange Hotel and Restaurant - Bradford-on-Avon