Cliveden House
Hotel · Taplow ·
Historic estate with spa, fine dining, and Thames river views
Historic estate with spa, fine dining, and Thames river views
"Built: 1666 The first owner of this 354-year-old English estate, George Villiers (also known as the second Duke of Buckingham), expanded the site from a 160-acre home to what visitors see today. Cliveden has seen many changes since it was built: It was bought for $1.25 million by William Waldorf Astor in 1893, and played a role in the Profumo affair in the mid-twentieth century. It was eventually converted into a hotel in 1984. In addition to the Cliveden House, there's the Spring Cottage that can be rented for large group trips and family vacations. It was built as a summerhouse and tea room for the Countess of Orkney in 1813, but frequented by Queen Victoria for afternoon tea. The grounds are steeped in so much history!"
"A countryside estate offering the Cliveden Dusk Delight from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., including access to facilities and treatments." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"It’s the hotel where Meghan Markle stayed the night before her wedding. We could stop there, but Cliveden House is so rich with royal history and so very British there’s few other aristocratic country stays that compare. First built in 1666 by the Duke of Buckingham, the Grade I listed manor has been a hotel since 1984 and was at various times frequented by Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, and Lord Astor. Today it’s got 47 rooms, each furnished with antiques, handmade beds, heavy drapes, and walls adorned with intricate wallpapers and original artworks. The rest of the interior feels like a palace: the Great Hall with a grandiose fireplace, the lobby with its cathedral-high ceiling, and a stunning Gothic Revival mahogany staircase. There’s a modern spa with indoor and outdoor pools, and external hot tubs. The huge gardens of the 376-acre estate in the Chiltern Hills provide romantic walks and stunning views while the restaurants, the Cliveden Dining Room and the Astor Grill, serve knock-out British fine cuisine. It’s all within swinging distance of Windsor Castle, too. Perhaps the finest grand heritage hotel in England." - CNT Editors
"It’s the hotel where Meghan Markle stayed the night before her wedding. We could stop there, but Cliveden House is so rich with royal history and so very British there’s few other aristocratic country piles that compare. First built in 1666 by the Duke of Buckingham, the Grade 1 listed manor has been a hotel since 1984 and was at various times frequented by Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, and Lord Astor. Today it’s got 47 rooms, each furnished with antiques, handmade beds, heavy drapes, and walls adorned with intricate wallpapers and original artworks. The rest of the interior feels like a palace: the Great Hall with a grandiose fireplace, the lobby with its cathedral-high ceiling and a stunning Gothic Revival mahogany staircase. There’s a modern spa with indoor and outdoor pools, and external hot tubs. The huge gardens of the 376-acre estate in the Chiltern Hills provide romantic walks and stunning views while the restaurants, the Cliveden Dining Room and the Astor Grill, serve knock-out British fine cuisine. It’s all within swinging distance of Windsor Castle, too. Perhaps the finest grand heritage hotel in England." - Melinda Stevens
"Part of the same collection’s English countryside escapes, this Berkshire estate now offers Spa Experience Days, with a gorgeous outdoor pool where the Profumo affair reportedly began; read The Mistresses of Cliveden to delve into the estate’s history, then indulge in a massage with The Cliveden Body Collection, whose scents nod to the Grade I-listed home’s former chatelaines, including a “reviving and enlivening blend” of rosehip, evening primrose, and calendula inspired by Nancy Astor." - Hayley Maitland