Can you visit Lucknam Park without staying?

Yes. Non-residents can book a spa day or a table at either restaurant, the casual Walled Garden or the Michelin-starred Restaurant Hywel Jones, without booking a room.

Does Lucknam Park have a Michelin star?

Yes. Restaurant Hywel Jones at Lucknam Park has held a Michelin star for many years, one of the longest-held single stars in the region.

Where is Lucknam Park?

At Colerne in Wiltshire, on the southern edge of the Cotswolds about six miles north east of Bath. The nearest station is Chippenham.

Visiting Lucknam Park, Cotswolds: Hotel, Spa & How to Visit

Lucknam Park is a Palladian country house at the end of a mile-long avenue, on the southern edge of the Cotswolds toward Bath, deep quiet luxury with a Michelin-starred table. Here is how to visit, what is there, and how it is reached.

At a glance

How to visit: A hotel open to all: stay, dine at either restaurant, or book a spa day as a non-resident.
Where: Colerne, Wiltshire, on the southern edge of the Cotswolds, about six miles north east of Bath.
Best time to visit: Open the year round.
How long to spend: An overnight, a meal, or a spa day.
Parking: Free, on-site, in the grounds.
Getting there: Nearest stations Chippenham, about four miles off, and Bath Spa, with Chippenham direct from London Paddington in around seventy-five minutes, then a taxi. By car, off the M4.
Dog friendly: Yes; the hotel makes a point of welcoming dogs.
Family friendly: Yes, with family cottages and a dedicated family offering.

Visiting Lucknam Park: parking, getting there, when to go

Lucknam Park stands at the end of a mile of limes and beeches that run dead straight to a Palladian front, in five hundred acres on the southern edge of the Cotswolds where the hills fall toward Bath. It is a five-star country-house hotel and spa, and it is open to non-residents as well as guests: you can book a spa day, or a table at the Walled Garden restaurant or the Michelin-starred Restaurant Hywel Jones, without staying.

Parking is free in the grounds. The nearest stations are Chippenham, about four miles off and direct from London Paddington in around seventy-five minutes, and Bath Spa, then a taxi; by road it is a short way off the M4.

Lucknam Park questions, answered

Can you visit Lucknam Park without staying?: Yes. Non-residents can book a spa day or a table at either restaurant, the casual Walled Garden or the Michelin-starred Restaurant Hywel Jones, without booking a room.
Does Lucknam Park have a Michelin star?: Yes. Restaurant Hywel Jones at Lucknam Park has held a Michelin star for many years, one of the longest-held single stars in the region.
Where is Lucknam Park?: At Colerne in Wiltshire, on the southern edge of the Cotswolds about six miles north east of Bath. The nearest station is Chippenham.

It is over the line into Wiltshire, strictly, but it belongs to the same world as the great houses north of it, the ones set well back from the road behind their own long approaches.

A drive that long is a kind of statement. It says the house is worth the wait. It says, more quietly, that the people who live this way have always preferred to be reached on their own terms.

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