This cocoon of Cotswolds loveliness on the Southrop Manor estate feels like a village within a village and has evolved from a field-to-fork cookery school into a fully fledged spa hotel.

Looking at its creeper-clad exterior, complete with gables and mullioned windows, you’d never dream this Miss Marple-style manor house was home to such a sexy spa.

You’ll know flamboyance is the name of the game from your first sight of this Italianate 1850s mansion. Its magical gardens are fairy-dusted with modern art, Victorian water cascades and a glass-fronted C-Side spa.

Cheltenham gets the tourists, which is fine by the locals who love Cirencester and, in particular, this stylishly revamped medieval inn, which occupies pride of place in its market square.

Steeped in seven centuries of history, the Lygon Arms has the gravitas of time-worn flagstones and oodles of oak supplemented by the glamour of modern additions such as its swanky new spa.

Chipping Campden is one of the Cotswolds’ cutest towns and this hotel, draped across four grade II listed Regency townhouses, occupies a peachy spot on its arty high street. Squirrelled away at the bottom of its lovely gardens is a secret spa in the old coach house.

You’ll wish you were in a Jane Austen bonnet and travelling by carriage as you approach this Georgian Palladian manor. It may be a fantasy of days gone by, but its spa brings it bang up to date.

The precision-clipped maze and croquet on the lawn set the scene at this quintessentially English country-house hotel, which is delightfully traditional everywhere except its £7 million spa complex.

This 16th-century manor set in 90 acres of parkland knows how to put on the ritz; you can even get a chauffeur-driven Bentley to Cheltenham Races.

The odd rumble of traffic reminds you that you’re not far from busy Cheltenham at this 16th-century Elizabethan manor house, but the views are 100 per cent bucolic and brilliant.

Sam and Georgie Pearman are the brains behind some of the UK’s coolest gastropubs. Their latest project is this revamped 16th-century country inn near Burford, which maintains their reputation...and some.

On the bank of the River Windrush and enveloped in 65 acres of wildflower meadows and dappled woodland, this converted mill epitomises the slow-travel seduction of the Cotswolds.

Forest bathing merges with a five-star heritage at this glorious gothic revivalist mansion outside Bristol, where more than 150 years ago the third Earl of Ducie established what has become one of the UK’s most important arboretums. Indoors is equally inspiring.

History and health make a happy marriage at this impressive castle on the edge of a medieval town where Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn were once overnight guests. There are curtain walls and crenellations, ornate oriel windows and twisted Tudor chimneys — and a spa that is pretty regal too.

The flamboyant design of this neo gothic mansion, with turrets and towers built from six types of Cotswold stone, vaulted wooden ceilings and arched windows, is uplifting even before you’ve made your way to its indulgent spa.

The award-winning spa at this country estate set in 220 acres has emerged from a £550,000 facelift that added an outdoor gym and revamped its steam room and sauna.

The dreamy 17th-century manor house is tucked into a classic Cotswolds village. Bagging extra brownie points, its spa is hidden away within the romantic gardens created by the renowned landscape designer Rosemary Verey.

The Wild Rabbit is no ordinary pub with rooms. The owner Lady Bamford is the queen of eco-elegance and has transformed this 18th-century inn into the UK’s poshest boozer as well as an excellent base for spa breaks.

This laid-back country house hotel warns guests that its House Spa can be highly addictive — it’s not wrong. There’s a sprawling spa lounge, a champagne nail bar and spa facilities that include a juniper-laced Finnish sauna, salt steam room, a 16m candlelit indoor pool and, outdoors, a hydrotherapy pool and hot tub.