Lifehouse Spa And Hotel

Spring, Bird's eye view, Summer, Garden, Balcony/Terrace, On site, Garden view, Garden view

Property building, Spring, Summer, Garden, Autumn, On site, Garden view, Area and facilities

People, Massage, Spa and wellness centre/facilities

Bed, Garden, Balcony/Terrace, Balcony/Terrace, Photo of the whole room, Bedroom, Garden view, Breakfast, Continental breakfast

Facade/entrance, People, Lobby or reception, Family

Property building, Patio, Balcony/Terrace, Food, Drinks, Alcoholic drinks, Non alcoholic drinks, Sunset

8.4

Excellent(1,347 Reviews)

Hotel in Tendring District

4-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Guests love it hereGuests give this property a top rating

Free cancellationFull refund if you change your mind

Includes essentialsGarden, Pool, Internet / Wifi and more

About this hotel

This adults-only, luxury hotel is set within 130 acres of beautiful grounds and listed gardens, with 35 treatment rooms and an 18.5 metre swimming pool.

Amenities

Pool

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Hot tub or spa

Wheelchair accessible

Gym or Fitness Center

Garden

Map of Tendring District

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Superior Double Room

1 Double • 258 ft²

Sleeps 0

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Double Room

1 Double • 161 ft²

Sleeps 0

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Classic Twin Room

2 Single • 161 ft²

Sleeps 0

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Double Room

1 Double or 2 Single • 322 ft²

Sleeps 0

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Superior Twin Room

2 Single • 258 ft²

Sleeps 0

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

$$$$

Lifehouse Spa And Hotel

$$$$

8.4

Excellent(1,347 Reviews)

Hotel in Tendring District

4-Star Hotel

Reasons to book

Guests love it hereGuests give this property a top rating

Free cancellationFull refund if you change your mind

Includes essentialsGarden, Pool, Internet / Wifi and more

About this hotel

This adults-only, luxury hotel is set within 130 acres of beautiful grounds and listed gardens, with 35 treatment rooms and an 18.5 metre swimming pool.

Amenities

Pool

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Parking

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Hot tub or spa

Wheelchair accessible

Gym or Fitness Center

Garden

Map of Tendring District

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Superior Double Room

1 Double • 258 ft²

Sleeps 0

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Double Room

1 Double • 161 ft²

Sleeps 0

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Classic Twin Room

2 Single • 161 ft²

Sleeps 0

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Double Room

1 Double or 2 Single • 322 ft²

Sleeps 0

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Superior Twin Room

2 Single • 258 ft²

Sleeps 0

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Reviews

8.4

Excellent(1,347 Reviews)

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8.0

Sep 2024

Relaxing break in stunning grounds

Beautiful gardens and spa facilities were outstanding. Room was spacious and garden view was stunning. Loved the little table and chairs we had in our garden room, was perfect for relaxing 😌 and reading my book 📖 with a cuppa and complimentary biscuits.

8.0

Sep 2024

Beautiful anniversary spa break. Had to change rooms as the plug in the sink was jammed but a similar room was found for

Beautiful grounds

Nothing

5.0

Aug 2024

5/10

Gardens

Pool and Jacuzzi too crowded and dirty.

5.0

Aug 2024

Usually very happy but not this time seems extra deer

Breakfast very good

Service was extremely slow waiting for drinks Ordered a porn star cocktail got served one without a passion fruit as never had any which is unbelievable considering passion fruit is a main ingredient Was told that pork chop came with potatoes or fries of which I got neither had to order them once my dinner turned up The was six people drinking in the bar we was told that they was closing soon it was only 10.40 pm We was then asked when booking out wheather we was staying longer to use facilities if so that was an £9 pp Never been asked this before I can honestly say I won’t be going there any more we have been here about five times and this was worse time ever very sad

10.0

Aug 2024

Great

Nothing

5.0

Aug 2024

Would prefer to go elsewhere for half the price and just as good a room

The quiet setting and gardens and surrounding grounds.

The photographs were false on booking.com; The dining room had more tables in between and cramped than in the photos. The photos showed a bedroom with two beds together when in actual fact they were set well apart in different directions one facing north the other facing east. The bedroom was so small and stuffy with no windows or adequate ventilation and no air conditioning. The Spa was always crowded with people shoulder to shoulder; therefore didn't feel like using the facilities. Rooms are grossly overpriced.

9.0

Jul 2024

Great stay. Spa facilities really good and staff very professional

Beautiful grounds and spacious room

Tilt patio doors needed maintenance

10.0

Apr 2024

a peaceful and beautiful escape

TThe building is modern - replacing a stately home that stood there before. The architecture and ambience of the building is Japanese in style. Light woods, glass walkways and understated soft colours. The pool and spa facilities are very well maintained with the plunge pool next to the saunas being a bonus. In the end I didn't have a treatment so can't comment on these. The adult only policy is wonderful - peaceful and gentle atmosphere. Perhaps the highlight is the gardens which were restored by the owners, so they are mature, beautiful and mesmerising and planned out on different levels and include little streams, a lake and the remnants of a Victorian (?) garden wall.

wouldn't have changed a thing.

6.0

Jul 2023

Relaxing stay but overpriced

Staff were friendly Massage was very good. Food good quality. Lovely grounds. Room was clean & beds comfy. Good location.

Communication was not good before stay. Surprised and disappointed to have to book AND PAY FOR treatments before arrival. When I emailed to check for times I received a reply with incorrect treatments! It was sorted after I phoned but disappointing. Room was nice but expensive. Also very warm despite weather not being too hot. Had to have fan on all night! I wouldn’t like to stay in very warm weather. Food was good quality but not much choice- something like a burger needs to be on the menu. Pool area crowded and very warm. Surprised to have to pay on arrival instead of departure.

10.0

Jul 2023

Great place to stay and relax

Spa is amazing and well equipped gym, food great and good choice too. Nice bar and restaurant. Comfortable rooms and bathrobes provided.

Could do with aircon in the rooms

7.0

Jul 2023

Hotel was alright but food service and spa treatment was poor

Breakfast should have been buffet style but there was person serving it and wasn't happy to give you more . Had to ask three times for extra egg and he didn't look happy to give extra egg . And spa treatment was disappointing. Paid for 55 minutes. She only done it 40 -45 minutes and just rubbed oil on my body which I could have done it at home. I think my was waste of money.

5.0

May 2023

not worth the money

the grounds were beautiful

the breakfast and the smell of dishwasher on the cutlery

10.0

May 2023

Absolutely perfect

Me and my partner got engaged here 13th july 2021 so we wanted to come back before we get married july 13th this year..we wanted a little break just for us. We had the best time so relaxing. The gardens are beautiful we walked around and went to the place we got engaged. Food is lovely, the staff are polite, friendly and very helpful. The Facilities are great. I've taken my mum for her birthday last year which she loved. She will be taking me for my birthday in October. This is one of our favourite places to relax we will be returning very soon.

The only thing I would say is the ice bucket and and flutes hiring is very expensive if it was £5 we would have used it instead of the sink

10.0

Apr 2023

Exceptional

It's always a fantastic break with very polite staff

9.0

Apr 2023

Superb

great location, great facilities, great staff

beds could be more comfy, food overpriced

8.0

Mar 2023

nice stay (4th or 5th time) but room for improvement

lovely grounds, good location near coast, and near some nice restaurants and pubs. breakfast food was good nice ingredients good local farm sausage and bacon, fresh fruit good and as I would expect - fresh pineapple/using pots of ketchup and brown sauce to reduce packaging etc - can you also do this with Jam and Marmalade? to reduce single use. Disappointing not to have good bread - please can you get some nice quality bread not plastic supermarket cheep bread, people would have less of the nice bread and not fill up on the processed. please can you use reusable glass bottles for drinking water in the room and not put two plastic bottles in each room! it was lovely to meet Lenny and Simon when we asked to be walked around the garden and we would like to thank them for showing us the Madrone trees and the forever oaks and many more.. walking around the garden is great for mindfulness, could you offer walks for ppls mental health/relaxation- its an underused resource at your spa.. finally we would love you to consider bird feeders outside the breakfast windows - wild woodland birds need feeding and people would love to watch them at breakfast

bread at breakfast jacuzzi/spa needs improving - there are NO firm jets for your (lower) back anywhere in the wet space. the lay on bed jets are no use for backs and the bubbles in the main jacuzzi only blow on necks.

5.0

Mar 2023

Sadly disappointing overall

The grounds are understandably lovely. Nearly all staff, in particular the younger ladies, were marvellous. They were extremely friendly, helpful, warm and genuinely welcoming.

Accessible room was far too far away, for my mum, who is ambulant disabled, and living with Alzheimer's, from the main facilities. I find this unbelievable in 2023! and in a purported top hotel of this nature. It defeats the object of an accessible room!! It certainly wasn't cheap. I may as well have booked a superior room for that price, and would have probably had less distance to walk backwards and forwards to even get to the lift to take us to Room 69! Ridiculous. My mother was shattered every time and very unhappy. As was I. No easy feat to get to that part of the hotel. (Mulberry rooms) Bathroom floor needs deep cleaning. No hooks for partners /family members to hang towels in the bathroom. Seemed very odd. It would have been handy for someone to inform us, in times of good weather, a short walk across from the bar area, to the middle of the glass corridor, would cut 2/3 of circuitous walk in massive circle! Given that we had an accessible room, I would also maintain that heavy doors could have had release buttons. How on earth would a person in a wheelchair manage those doors? In the glass tunnel? Also, the massive door from the reading area was REALLY stiff. I could just about manage to 'slide' open. Not sure if I'd missed something here? I was disappointed with the spa facilities downstairs tbh. It seemed a little cramped ;given the expanse of the grounds and hotel layout. I had walked my mother all the way around pool, before seeing that there was indeed a stepped entrance into it. Perhaps signage would help for those of us who did not enter from changing rooms. The water was a little too cool. For people with disabilities to enjoy these spa facilities downstairs, I think was almost impossible independently. I get that it's difficult by its nature but.... I feel there could be ready fixes to improve inclusion. My mum was not able to sit down at all as all the loungers were extremely low. Some chairs would be good.

10.0

Mar 2023

great place to unwind and truly relax

lovely setting, great comfy bedrooms and super facility’s

nothing

1.0

Feb 2023

Avoid this place it is awful. read the reviews!!

What did we like about the property? Leaving to come home!

We booked this place as it was supposed to be luxury. We try to stay in luxury hotels as often as possible. A PREMIER INN IS BETTER THAN THIS PLACE! We booked a disabled access room which was so inaccessible it’s ridiculous. The rooms are as far from everything as you can get and as a wheelchair user with a spinal injury there is a very very long way to reception/the main exit through 4 big doors - none of which are automatic and very difficult to get through alone. We swapped our first room (69) as there was a constant dripping noise from the room above. The ‘accessible’ rooms have no lighting around the bed - apart from a ridiculous reading light which is impossible to reach with a spinal injury. The only way I could get up and go to the loo was to wake my husband up - I don’t need his help at home. The bed side shelf on the bathroom side of the bed is much lower than the bed so impossible to use. The bathroom is ok but smells. It is dirty under the shower seat. The extractor did not work and there is no shower curtain so EVERYTHING gets soaked - including my very expensive electric wheelchair. The room overall is very basic. No drawers, no wardrobe , just 6 hangers on two 6 inch rails. Tea and coffee facilities are standard, a few teabags, coffee sachets and never enough milk pots. The water is scummy and horrible. The chairs in the rooms all have metal ‘u’ shaped legs and are heavy and very difficult to move. Whoever designed this room needs a smack round the head with a reality stick. There was obviously no kind of consultation process as it is so user unfriendly. The cleaners are very noisy - all shouting and calling to each other outside the rooms in the mornings. The rooms have little soundproofing so if you want a lay-in you’re stuffed with the cacophony. The only meal we ordered was room service - gnocchi bolognese. It tasted like fried mince with hardly any other flavour. Grim!

4.0

Feb 2023

very disappointing

extremely overcrowded. no where to sit let alone lay and relax. food the the restaurant at breakfast and dinner was cold and very bad quality. far too expensive for very basic food

10.0

Feb 2023

Great stay, cant wait to return!

Lovely friendly staff. Very welcoming. Clean, tidy, great facilities. Breakfast was gorgeous with a lovely large spread. Good choice. The bar is expensive, but overall couldn't be happier with the stay. Rooms were comfortable, Clean and had beautiful views of the grounds and lakes.

Bar expensive, a little annoying not having a locker during the first day as we had our room, but our room was quite a treck from the spa facilities, so had to keep going backwards and forwards if we wanted anything, like phone etc.

2.0

Jan 2023

very disappointed and would never recommend it to anybody

position

very overpriced and very very overcrowded

8.0

Jan 2023

great stay, will Definately be back

excellent site and facilities

no a/c in the room

10.0

Jan 2023

Exceptional

Great facilities including a steam room sauna and hydrotherapy pool. We did not have the treatment this time but looked great to try next time! Lovely breakfast also.

9.0

Dec 2022

Superb

My room! It was the biggest bed and room I've ever seen, clean, comfortable and I was so tempted to stay another night! Food was lovely at breakfast and light bites at bar!

The hydrotherapy pool is quite small for the amount of people booked into the Lifehouse however the Ladies Changing area has definitely improved since last stay there...more private changing areas and showers !

9.0

Dec 2022

was good for a short break

everything was spotlessly clean and not overly busy

room service food was cold . considering the price I wouldn’t expect food to come up to room cold .

9.0

Dec 2022

Xmas treat

Location, staff, comfort, food, facilities - all amazing

Coming home!

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Tendring District?

The average price for a rental in Tendring District is $157 per night. This rental is $148 above the average.

Is parking included with this hotel?

Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Lifehouse Spa And Hotel. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Yes, a swimming pool is available for use at Lifehouse Spa And Hotel. Enjoy the water!

Is Lifehouse Spa And Hotel pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this hotel is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at Lifehouse Spa And Hotel?

We found 11 amenities for this rental. This includes pool, internet / wifi, smoking allowed, parking, and laundry.

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Lifehouse Spa And Hotel

Hotel in Tendring District

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Tendring District

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Superior Double Room

Double Room

Classic Twin Room

Deluxe Double Room

Superior Twin Room

Lifehouse Spa And Hotel

Hotel in Tendring District

Reasons to book

About this hotel

Amenities

Map of Tendring District

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Superior Double Room

Double Room

Classic Twin Room

Deluxe Double Room

Superior Twin Room

Reviews

FAQs

How much does this hotel cost compared to others in Tendring District?

Is parking included with this hotel?

Is there a pool at this hotel?

Is Lifehouse Spa And Hotel pet friendly?

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