Good Spa Guide Awards reveals its 2025 winners

Eight spas from across the UK have been crowned winners at the Good Spa Guide Awards 2025

By Wendy Golledge

25 June 2025

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The Good Spa Guide has unveiled the results of its 16th annual consumer-voted awards.

The awards celebrate spa excellence and the wellness industry’s support for health and wellbeing across the UK. They’re voted for by a quarter of a million spa-lovers.

This year, the awards introduced a new category – Best Traditional Spa Experience – to celebrate experiences that bring something different and exciting to the UK spa scene.

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“With 250,000 spa-lovers voting in the Good Spa Guide Awards this year, it confirms just how valued the UK spa industry is. We’ve loved celebrating the incredible achievements from our best of British spas.”

Daphne Metland

Founder, The Good Spa Guide

The Good Spa Guide Awards 2025 winners

Best Day Spa – The Spa Hotel at Ribby Hall Village in Preston.

Best Hotel Spa (sponsored by BC Softwear) – The Woodland Spa in Burnley, Lancashire.

Best City Spa – Thermae Bath Spa in Bath.

A group of people collecting a good spa guide award — The team from Thermae Bath Spa with Good Spa Guide's Becci Holmes (L)

Winners from Lodore Falls with comedian Lou Sanders (R) who presented the awards

Best Destination Spa (sponsored by ESPA) – Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa in Keswick, Cumbria.

Best Spa for Wellness (sponsored by Elemis) – Ragdale Hall Spa in Ragdale, Melton Mowbray.

Best Spa for Sustainability (sponsored by Comfort Zone) – The Well Spa at Bluestone National Park Resort.

Comedian Lou Sanders presents Ragdale Hall with their award

Best Boutique Spa – Yorkshire Spa Retreat in Helmsley, North Yorkshire.

Best Traditional Spa Experience – Turkish Baths in Harrogate.

Lou Sanders with Ian Mitchell from The Woodland Spa

2025 State of Spa report

The Good Spa Guide has also revealed it 2025 State of Spa report, revealing what spa-goers want from spas in 2025.

The survey asked 2,557 Good Spa Guide members what makes them book one spa over another, what makes them rebook and what they enjoy most at a spa.

57% of spa-goers look at facilities, like a swimming pool and relaxation space, when deciding whether to book a spa.
69% would be put off after reading poor reviews of a spa.
61% said being offered a discount for a return visit would encourage them to re-book.
50% of those surveyed plan to spend between £100 and £200 on their spa day.