Hotel · Malmesbury
Whatley Manor
A country house hotel and spa with 23 rooms in 12 acres with 22 gardens at Easton Grey, near Malmesbury, with a Michelin-starred restaurant and seven dog-friendly rooms.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues · EV charging
A spa hotel in a run of gardens, with a Michelin-starred dining room and rooms for dogs. It takes guests aged 12 and over only, so it is for couples and adults.
- Good: The Dining Room holds a Michelin star
- Good: Spa with a hydrotherapy pool, open 8am to 8pm daily
- Good: EV charging for guests, spa visitors and diners
- Worth knowing: Guests aged 12 and over only
- Worth knowing: Dogs £40 a night, two medium at most, in seven rooms; no puppies
- Worth knowing: Dining Room open Thursday to Sunday evenings only
About
Whatley Manor is a country house hotel and spa at Easton Grey, about 2 miles west of Malmesbury. It has a Tudor wing and a stable courtyard, and sits in 12 acres laid out as 22 gardens on Arts and Crafts lines, including a kitchen garden, a rose garden with 300 roses and a meadow by the river.
It is known for its food. The Dining Room, led by executive chef Ricki Weston, holds a Michelin star and serves six- and nine-course tasting menus (£150 and £175) from Thursday to Sunday evenings, by booking only. Grey's serves small plates all day and dinner every evening, with Sunday lunch, and there is afternoon tea and a bar with a terrace. Dress is smart casual.
There are 23 bedrooms and suites in five categories, with breakfast included. The Aquarias Spa has a hydrotherapy pool, treatments, a gym and a studio, open from 8am to 8pm to guests aged 16 and over (treatments from 18). Seven rooms take dogs, four on the ground floor and three on the first, to be requested when booking, for £40 a dog a night, up to two medium dogs over a year old, and dogs may use the gardens, meadow and drawing rooms but not the restaurants. The hotel takes guests aged 12 and over, so it suits couples and adults on a spa or food break.
Opening hours and season
Restaurant
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 18:00 to 20:00 |
| Friday | 18:00 to 20:00 |
| Saturday | 18:00 to 20:00 |
| Sunday | 18:00 to 20:00 |
The Dining Room: tasting menus, pre-booked tables only.
Spa
| Monday | 08:00 to 20:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 08:00 to 20:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00 to 20:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00 to 20:00 |
| Friday | 08:00 to 20:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 to 20:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 to 20:00 |
Aquarias Spa, for guests aged 16 and over (treatments 18 and over). Hotel guests use it from 1pm on arrival to 1pm on departure.
Grey's serves all day from midday and dinner from 6pm every day, with Sunday lunch from 12.30pm to 2.30pm.
The details
- Food
- Fine dining · Modern British
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Afternoon tea · Dinner · Sunday lunch
- Booking a table
- Booking recommended
- Rooms
- 23
- Check-in
- From 3pm (Expedia)
- Check-out
- By 11am
- Features
- Restaurant · Bar · Spa · Gym · Garden or terrace · Dogs in rooms · Accessible rooms · Parking · Events and meetings · Private dining
- Awards
- Michelin star (The Dining Room)
- Parking
- Valet parking for hotel guests; the estate map shows a separate car park for the public visiting the spa and restaurants, with electric car charging on site.
- Without a car
- Taxis can be booked from Kemble station or Bristol Airport, including wheelchair-accessible cars; local taxis are limited late in the evening.
Photos
The courtyard 
The sitting room 
A bedroom 
The restaurant
Location
Accessibility
- Accessible toilet
- Assistance dogs welcome
Reception and lounge bar on one level; four steps to the Reception Hall and drawing rooms, with a portable ramp. Room 23 is reached by lift, with 80cm doors and a shower with a grab rail; no adapted bathrooms. Disabled toilets in the basement, by lift.
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The Cat & Custard Pot Inn 2.4 km away
- The Vine Tree, Norton 2.7 km away
- The Three Cups Inn 3.4 km away
- Michael's Butchers, Bistro and Deli, Malmesbury 3.4 km away
Sights nearby
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St Paul's Bell Tower, Malmesbury
Sight · Historic building · Malmesbury
The tower and spire of St Paul's, Malmesbury's medieval parish church, left standing alone on the edge of the abbey churchyard after the church fell. It has clocks below its spire and still holds a ring of eight bells, long rung for the abbey. Grade I.
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Malmesbury Abbey
Sight · Church · Malmesbury
The surviving nave of Malmesbury's great Norman abbey church, built mostly about 1160 to 1180 and the parish church since 1541, with a south porch of carved Romanesque Apostles and King Athelstan's empty tomb. Grade I; free, open daily.
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Market Cross, Malmesbury
Sight · Historic building · Malmesbury
Malmesbury's octagonal stone market cross of the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, a vaulted shelter with pinnacles, flying buttresses and a lantern of saints, built, John Leland wrote, to keep poor market folk dry. Grade I; free.
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River Avon at Malmesbury
Sight · River · Malmesbury
The two branches of the Bristol Avon that almost ring Malmesbury's hilltop and meet below it, with riverside meads, old mill sites, Daniel's Well and a level path round the town. Free, on public paths and town council parks.