Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel
Safe Hands For Cancer Accredited
In the heart of Shakespeare country, this historic traditional Tudor house has plenty of charm as well as leisure facilities on offer, to ensure you have plenty to keep you occupied. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is in walking distance, but if total relaxation is your aim, you will love the architectural splendour and contemporary facilities in the spa. Enjoy a swim with countryside views, relax in the sauna and steam room then succumb to the restorative powers of a therapeutic massage.
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At a glance
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Safe Hands for Cancer
Accredited by the SATCC and part of the Spabreaks.com Safe Hands for Cancer Collection, this spa welcomes people living with or beyond cancer and offers a number of specialist trained therapists.
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Leisure Break Venue
The hotel has a nice spa area and leisure facilities but is not a specialised spa. Parking is available on site, however the car park is not owned by the property so charges do apply.
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Scenic Location
The hotel looks out onto its own gardens and is set in the heart of Shakespeare country.
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Local Attractions
A short walk from Stratford-upon-Avon, the Shakespeare Houses and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre are both nearby.
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Accessible Spa
The hotel is DDI compliant, however due to the age of the building there are a number of steps throughout. There are portable ramps to assist with wheelchair access to public areas and bedrooms and ground floor bedrooms and one adapted room with lowered switches, grab rails in the bathroom and an alarm are available. The spa has a lift to all areas, accessible treatment rooms, access to the sauna, steam room and gym and a hoist into the pool. Guide dogs are permitted.
Spa & Leisure
Incorporating many of the building’s 16th Century features into the otherwise contemporary design, the spa and leisure facilities include an 18-metre pool looking out onto the surrounding rural scenery as well as a gym, sauna and a steam room.
With six treatment rooms, the spa also offers a range of Elemis treatments including facials, massages, wraps and scrubs as well as Jessica Nails manicures and pedicures, make-up consultations, finishing touches, and alternative therapies such as reflexology, non-surgical CACI treatments, Endermologie and hopi ear candling.
Hotel & Accommodation
A four-star hotel in the land that Shakespeare called home, Alveston Manor is a historic, red brick manor house surrounded by Cotswold villages and only a short walk from all the cultural attractions of Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Manor Restaurant has an AA Rosette for its fine dining and locally sourced ingredients in a quintessentially British menu. For less formal experiences or a spot of afternoon tea however, the Blue Lounge is available with its oak panelled interiors and laid-back ambiance.
Location
Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel,
Clopton Bridge,
Stratford-upon-Avon,
CV37 7HP
CV37 7HP
Spa & Hotel Reviews
Condition of Spa
8.0 out of 10
Quality of Treatments
9.0 out of 10
Staff
8.8 out of 10
Quality of Food
7.6 out of 10
Quality of Facilities
7.4 out of 10
Value for money
8.0 out of 10
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The spa was fantastic. We had a one hour treatment for a full body massage, however, the wonderful Emma allowed my wife and I to tailor this so we both had a half hour back and neck massage (mine was very firm how i like it and my wife was a lot softer how she likes it and Emma performed both brilliantly) a Elemis facial followed by a head and neck massage to finish. Really good value and as i say Emma was a fantastic therapist.
On arrival the staff at the spa said I hadn’t payed, which was unbelievable as my wife was stood at the side of me and was her Christmas present.
We found a hair in our afternoon tea in their restaurant, we found yet another hair at breakfast. (We have pictures)
The spa treatment was rubbish as the lady doing it was yawning all the way through. Really not what you want trying to relax.
Not a good break away.
Had a lovely time for a joint birthday treat for my friend and myself. Therapists made us feel so relaxed and pampered with the elemis facial and file/polish on feet. We utilised the pool, sauna and had afternoon tea too. Only negatives were that we weren't notified about a swimming class that was going on in the pool so there was loud music being played and most of the pool was taken up, bar a swimming lane. Additionally there didn't seem to be full communication between booking with spa breaks on the phone and the staff at Alveston Manor - we asked for our treatments to be between 12pm and 1pm which seemed fine but then we were told that they were at 10am instead and could not be changed.
Myself and my two sisters visited on Monday 16th. I’m a big spa goer so very fussy with treatments but we were all extremely pleased with our treatments. My therapist was called Abby, I had a back massage & foot treatment and both treatments were faultless. I just wish there was more time available to add more but this just made us want to come back so not all bad news :’)
The facilities sadly lacked a jacuzzi which is usually one of our favourite parts of a spa day but there was a small relaxation room which we spent our time in when we weren’t in treatment.
Afternoon tea was pleasant but extremely cold in the restaurant, I wouldn’t advise going in robes.
Overall we were so happy with the value of our spa day (mainly due to the treatments) and will be returning for treatments again.
A big thank you to Sam @ SpaBreaks for organising everything for us.
Thanks
Steph
The girls and treatments were great. However we were told the coffee in the gym reception was for members only. The only drinks provided were tap water. The only place we could get drinks was quite a long walk to the bar area. The food was good here but we ended up sitting in the bar area in our dressing gowns in the middle of a wedding party where’s photographer was trying to take photos of the guests. Not very good for either us or the wedding guests many of whom were probably staying at your hotel. I feel that the gym should be split from the hotel.
This place needs a massive overhaul .. it is not a spa. It is a hotel in need of a major refurbishment. If you want to be pampered do not go to this spa! the changing facilities are basic. the building is brutal and whilst the spa staff did their best to be welcoming, the hotel staff where you go for lunch were just like Fawlty towers. The setting of the hotel is lovely but it needs to be given a major make over as it felt very tired and run down. It would be very hard to recommend this as a spa retreat to anyone I know.
When we arrived Jessica was very welcoming and pleasant and explained what to expect, she then showed us to the relaxation room, which was OK, pleasant enough. My therapist Liz was amazing, really lovely and great at her job. On the evening we met Victor who was extremely friendly and couldn't help us enough, everyone at this hotel was amazingly friendly during our stay.
This was a very disappointing experience
It was booked by my mum as a special occasion but ended up being quite stressful.
It was very busy parties of 20 ladies on a hen weekend. The hotel guests, children using the small pool. It was noisy and loud. There were no sun loungers to use to relax on.
The steam room and sauna full of people so wasn’t able to use.
The cream team we sent back because the cake was frozen (appeared to have been sliced and taken out of the freezer).
Overall we would not recommend or return to this venue. I really don’t think it should be promoted as a spa day!! You can’t make a day of the package due to lack of facilities and areas to sit.
This is NOT a Spa.
Its a Hotel with a gym.
The pool was full of children, there were only 4 loungers so my 3 pregnant friends were stuck sat at the side of the pool. It was AWFUL.
No Jacuzzi. The steam room is full of cracked tiles on the seats and was dirty. The sauna had no water in a bucket so was basically not functioning.
Towels and robes laying around all over, even the next morning!!!! It was NOT relaxing and this is NOT a Spa.
Hugely disappointed. You cant sell this as a Spa Hotel.
The treatment area was nice. And the treatments we had were great. The ladies there were all very lovely.
But. This is not a spa!
We wanted to relax, away from pur children and all lounge around in robes.....but it was not possible. Its not a spa. Don't go here to relax!!!!!! You don't get children in a proper Spa. And the facilities were very dated, dirty and like a public swimming pool. I could have simply gone to our local leisure centre for this experience! Awful. Extremely disappointed. The fact that it was a Mum's getaway, for very special occasions...and it was just NOT a spa.
Went on a Spa day with my sister & 2 daughters, for my daughters birthday.
I had a lovely facial, very professional, really pleased with my treatment, so was my daughters, my sister on the other hand, she was very disappointed, she felt as though the therapist wasn’t bothered and put no effort in the facial. However, It was really easy booking on line, all booked within 15 minutes including paying, Gemma was really good, Very helpful, would recommend booking through Spa breaks.
Massage and facial were excellent.
Lunch was delicious and the waitress was so helpful.
The only downside was that we arrived at 10am and our treatment was at 10.30am - so finished our treatments by 11.30am and had a swim.
The relaxation area only offered water.Tried to buy a coffee downstairs but was told it was for members only.
Very close to the centre of Stratford, so we left at 2pm and headed into the town. I would suggest that half a day or the evening session would be ample. Thank you
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Staff
8.6 out of 10
Room Comfort
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Quality of Bars & Restaurants
8.6 out of 10
Location
9.6 out of 10
Quality of Facilities
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Value for money
8.4 out of 10
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We visited for my daughter’s “Mums and Maids” weekend just before her Wedding. Very happy with the break. Rooms were clean and comfortable although a little dated, staff made every effort to accommodate, the food was delicious and in particular, breakfast plentiful. We all enjoyed the relaxing spa. A good choice.
Fantastic hotel just a short walk across the bridge to the centre of Stratford Upon Avon. The staff were fantastic and the food was very nice. I have only marked it down slightly because when we arrived at our room it had a sticker on the door saying it had been subjected to a deep clean for COVID, however, right in the middle of the floor was a half sucked polo mint. They also charge you £7 per day for parking and you are unavle to book to use the swimming pool as for the whole 3 days we were there it was completely booked by members of the healtclub (we know numbers are limited but surely certain times could be blocked out for hotel guests). These are however minor points. The hotel is lovely and we would definitely return.
This hotel has such a stunning old manor house as the main building but its such a shame it really needs updating.
The rooms were very basic. We were told there would be robes and slippers in the rooms when we arrived and Id mentioned it was a special occasion but there were none. Single beds were pretty small but had an ok nights sleep. There was no atmosphere in the hotel. The rooms are all very dated and the restaurant has the strangest set up and decor. Its a shame because the food was really fantastic. Which was a massive surprise based on the quality of everything else. Needs some Customer Service working on. And a massive update. Really disappointed and such a strange atmosphere hotel. Amazing location but the hotel was extremely odd. Nobody seemed to know what was going on.
The hotel was very nice and the room had everything that you require. The restaurant food was brilliant as well. However, there was some confusion with our dinner booking, which was meant to be 8pm and we had to wait until 9pm to be seated. Which after a long journey isn't ideal when you're starving. We were given a free drink after as a kind gesture and they were very apologetic.
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