Hotel · The Cotswold Water Park
De Vere Cotswold Water Park
A large modern lakeside hotel on Lake 6 near South Cerney, three miles from Cirencester, with bedrooms, self-catering apartments, two restaurants, a pool and spa, and rooms for dogs.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · EV charging · Wedding venues
A big, practical lakeside hotel near the A419, good for families, dog owners and anyone who wants a pool and two restaurants on site. Modern glass and timber rather than old stone; book a lake-view room or an apartment with a balcony.
- Good: Rooms plus studio and one- to three-bedroom apartments with kitchenettes
- Good: Gym, sauna and treatments at Spa6
- Good: Two restaurants, the Old Boathouse and the Brasserie, and a bar
- Worth knowing: Pool free to residents only with a booked treatment; otherwise £10 a person for an hour
- Worth knowing: A big conference and wedding hotel; it can be busy with events
- Worth knowing: Lake views in Superior, Deluxe and suites; in apartments on request at extra cost
About
De Vere Cotswold Water Park is a modern hotel of wood, stone and glass on Lake 6, off the A419 near South Cerney and three miles from Cirencester, among the lakes of the Cotswold Lakes. Its grounds include nature reserves, and it is a wedding and conference venue as well as a hotel.
Standard rooms have a desk and tea and coffee; Superior rooms and suites look over the lake, and Deluxe rooms face it, with a balcony and doors outside. Accessible rooms are among the Standard and Superior rooms, extra beds or cots cost extra, and the holiday apartments, from studios to one three-bedroom apartment, have a kitchenette, a living room and a balcony, with a lake view on request at extra cost. Dogs stay in allocated Standard and Deluxe rooms and ground-floor apartments with garden access, at £30 each, two at most; Superior rooms and suites take no pets. You eat at the Old Boathouse or the Brasserie, with drinks in the Lounge & Bar. Spa6 has a pool (7am to 8.30pm), sauna, gym and treatment rooms; residents who book a treatment get a pool slot for everyone in the room, and otherwise a pool session costs £10 a person for an hour, booked ahead. Children under two cannot use the pool.
Wi-Fi is free through the hotel and up to 100m into the grounds, and there are BP Pulse chargers for guests. Kemble is the nearest station, reached via Swindon or Cheltenham. LateRooms and Trip.com both list check-in from 3pm, check-out by 11am and free parking on site. For paddleboards and kayaks, ROX is a few minutes away in South Cerney.
The details
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner · Afternoon tea
- Check-in
- From 3pm
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- By the water · Views · Restaurant · Bar · Swimming pool · Gym · Spa · Family rooms · Accessible rooms · Dogs in rooms · Parking · Wi-Fi · Events and meetings
- Parking
- Free on-site parking, as listed on LateRooms and Trip.com.
Photos
A restaurant by the lake 
The pool at Spa6 
The hotel and lake from the air 
A lake view room
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- ROX, South Cerney Outdoor 0.3 km away
- Hoburne Cotswold 1.9 km away
- Cleveland Lakes, Cotswold Lakes Trust 3.0 km away
- Poulton Hill Estate 3.4 km away