Search for a hotel


Country house hotels in Hertfordshire



Luxury short and weekend breaks

We've hand-picked the finest country house hotels in Hertfordshire - to view please click on LIST HOTELS. All our country house hotels in Hertfordshire can be booked online at great rates.

Country house hotel special offers

Look out for our special offers for short or weekend breaks - click on the "View hotel details" link for each hotel shown for details and to check availability.

Georgian, Jacobean, Tudor or contemporary country house hotels

Whichever architectural style of historical period you favour,Hertfordshire has a country house hotel to suit. Georgian, Jacobean,Tudor or contemporary hotels that are luxurious and rejuvenating retreats for a weeknd break but also good access to London.

Golf and spa near London

Once the country seat of the Earls of Clarendon, the five star Grove is now a luxurious country house hotel set within a large estate of woods and parkland in Hertfordshire. The Grove has stylish bedrooms and wonderful leisure facilities, including an eighteen hole golf course and a rejuvenating spa. There are three excellent restaurants and London's theatreland is only forty minutes away.

If Jacobean architecture is more your thing, beat a path to the five star deluxe Marriott Hanbury Manor Hotel and Country Club near Ware. This country house hotel is luxuriously indulgent, with wonderful grounds, award-winning food, excellent leisure facilities and top-notch service. Golfers will appreciate the Championship course whilst others will find their heaven in the hotel's outstanding spa. All just twenty five miles from central London. A

Tudor manor

Four star Down Hall Country House Hotel is well located to explore Cambridge and Constable Country, as providing easy access to Stansted Airport. A Tudor manor house with lovely grounds, Down Hall's facilities include a swimming pool, sauna and whirlpool.

Intimate and full of character Briggens is a three star country house hotel on a more intimate scale. Steeped in history and oozing character, the hotel is a lovely seventeenth century mansion, surrounded by eighty acres of gardens and parkland. Both Cambridge and London are within easy reach and when you're not exploring you can relax on the nine hole golf course, in the outdoor pool or at the bar.

From convent to country house hotel

The Georgian Corus Hotel Harpenden, once a convent school, features a marvelous restaurant and a bar that specializes in mixing some killer cocktails. The delights of London are less than half an hour away.

Horse-riding and sailing

Set in over two hundred acres, Ponsbourne Park is a contemporary country house hotel. What it lacks in history it makes up for in the quality and range of leisure facilities. This four star hotel has an award-winning restaurant, fitness room, outdoor pool, tennis courts and a nine hole golf course. Horse riding and sailing facilities are located close by.

What's it like?

• Picturesque villages and bustling market towns

• Some beautiful countryside and easy access to London.

• The cathedral town of St. Albans. See what the Romans did for us at Verulamium.

• Knebworth House has various attractions as well as the Gothic house.

• Hatfield House, Park and Gardens - Queen Elizabeth I's childhood home.

• Ayot St. Lawrence - a lovely village. After lunch at the excellent Brockett Arms take a short stroll to the magical folly near the village and visit George Bernard Shaw´s home.