Castle hotels with a pool in England

Level 5 True Castle

Star Castle Hotel

Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

An Elizabethan star-shaped fort built from 1593 under Francis Godolphin. Some bedrooms are inside the historic fort, others are in later garden buildings.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Pool
• Dogs allowed
• EV charging

4-star · Guests 8.8/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Swinton Park Hotel

Masham, North Yorkshire

A house begun in 1695 and remodelled in the 1820s with turrets, castellations and a round tower, without a real defensive history. Guests sleep in the main house and a separate Coach House.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Pool
• Dogs allowed
• Spa

4-star · Guests 8.8/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Tregenna Castle Resort

St Ives, Cornwall

A Grade II listed granite house built in 1774 with four castellated turrets, not a defensive castle. Some rooms sit in the original building, others in later wings and lodges.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Pool
• Spa
• Restaurant

3-star · Guests 8.3/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Cave Castle Hotel

South Cave, Yorkshire

A Gothick Revival house built in 1804 for a local family, with no defensive history, later remodelled around 1872. Guests sleep in this 19th-century mansion.

Sleep inside the walls

• Pool
• Spa
• Restaurant

3-star · Guests 7.9/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Tregenna Castle Self Catering

St Ives, Cornwall

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Pool
• Restaurant
• Family rooms

Level 1 Historic House

Bovey Castle

Moretonhampstead, Devon

A Grade II* listed Edwardian mansion, not a historic castle. The castle name was adopted after it became a hotel.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Pool
• Dogs allowed
• Spa

5-star · Guests 8.6/10

Level 0 Castle in Name Only

Castle Green Hotel in Kendal

Kendal, Cumbria

Castle in name only: a Victorian mansion house from 1847, extended into a modern hotel, standing near the ruined Kendal Castle rather than inside it.

Rooms outside the historic walls

• Pool
• Spa
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 8.4/10

Level 0 Castle in Name Only

Sherwood Castle

Rufford, Nottinghamshire

Castle in name only: a modern lodge holiday park named after Sherwood Forest and the Robin Hood legend, with no historic castle building on site.

Rooms outside the historic walls

• Pool
• Dogs allowed
• Family rooms

Guests 7.6/10

Level 0 Castle in Name Only

Norbreck Castle Hotel Blackpool

Blackpool, Lancashire, North West England

Castle in name only: a seafront house built in 1869 and expanded into a hotel from 1912, with a castellated look said to come from a garden gazebo rather than any fortification.

Rooms outside the historic walls

• Pool
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

Guests 5.7/10