All the British hotels that feature in La Liste’s latest prestigious global ranking

When most of us are planning a trip, we look for hotels which offer good value. Some, however, look for hotels which offer butler services, spa access, and five star meals. For that lucky few, La Liste is the holy grail.

La Liste makes it its business to know – and rate – all the most exclusive, high-end restaurants and hotels across the world. It has a rigorous five step method for creating their rankings which begins with ‘aggregating’ reviews from thousands of guide books, travel publications, and websites (like Time Out!).

Step two is ‘standardisation’, which means converting each review into a number between 1-100, using scales specific to each book or material. Then, in the third stage, thousands of experts are asked their opinions on the materials so that each can get an average ‘trustworthiness rating’.

Next, averages are calculated using both the trustworthiness of each source and the average grade given to each hotel, before the final step which is integrating customer reviews. Then, voila! You have a foolproof, standardised grading system and each hotel is given a rating out of 100.

That may all sound very complex, but all we need to do is look at the numbers and see which are the biggest. Of the 1000 best hotels in the world, 96, nearly 10 percent, were in the UK, which means we are really excelling when it comes to providing high quality hotel stays.

The joint-top UK entries were the Connaught and the Savoy, two of London’s most famously bougie stays. Both received near perfect scores of 99.5, and both are pretty expensive if you do fancy trying them out. You can read more about each of them here. 

For a weeknight in September, booking months in advance, the cheapest room in the Savoy, a queen room, will cost you £760. And the most pricey? The Royal Suite, which comes with its own terrace overlooking the Seine, is an eyewatering £11,400 per night. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

The best hotel in the UK outside of London, according to La Liste, is Coworth Park in Ascot. Its score was 99 out of 100, but it charges a much more feasible £496 per night if you book in advance. Still, most of us are unlikely to become regulars anytime soon.

Here’s the complete list of every single British hotel featured in La Liste’s 1000 top hotels in the world:

1. The Connaught, London: 99.50
2. The Savoy, London: 99.50
3. Brown's Hotel, London: 99.00
4. Claridge's, London: 99.00
5. Coworth Park, Ascot: 99.00
6. Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, A Belmond Hotel, Oxford: 99.00
7. Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London: 99.00
8. Palé Hall Hotel, Bala: 99.00
9. Rosewood London, London: 99.00
10. The Balmoral, Edinburgh: 99.00
11. The Dorchester, London: 99.00
12. The Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder: 99.00
13. The Goring Hotel, London: 99.00
14. Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane, London: 98.50
15. Gidleigh Park, Newton Abbot: 98.50
16. The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, London, London: 98.50
17. The Egerton House Hotel, London: 98.50
18. The Lanesborough, London: 98.50
19. Bvlgari Hotel, London: 98.00
20. Grantley Hall, Ripon: 98.00
21. Hotel 41, London: 98.00
22. Raffles London at The OWO, London: 98.00
23. Shangri-La The Shard, London: 98.00
24. Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences, London: 98.00
25. The Berkeley, London: 98.00
26. The Stafford London, London: 98.00
27. 45 Park Lane, London: 97.50
28. Hotel Café Royal, London: 97.50
29. The Langham, London, London: 97.50
30. Four Seasons Hotel London at Tower Bridge, London: 97.00
31. Hampton Manor, Solihull: 97.00
32. Inverlochy Castle, an SLH Hotel, Fort William: 97.00
33. Lime Wood Hotel, Lyndhurst: 97.00
34. The Chester Grosvenor, Chester: 97.00
35. The Fife Arms, Ballater: 97.00
36. The Ritz London, London: 97.00
37. Alexander House and Utopia Spa, an SLH Hotel, East Grinstead: 96.50
38. Cameron House, Alexandria: 96.50
39. Corinthia London, London: 96.50
40. The Peninsula London, London: 96.50
41. Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa, New Milton: 96.00
42. Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire, Hook: 96.00
43. Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, Chippenham: 96.00
44. The Newt in Somerset, Castle Cary: 96.00
45. Whatley Manor Hotel & Spa, Malmesbury: 96.00
46. Cromlix, Kinbuck: 95.50
47. Prestonfield House, Edinburgh: 95.50
48. Estelle Manor, Park: 95.00
49. Gilpin Hotel & Lake House, Windermere: 95.00
50. The Grove Hotel – Spa and Golf, Watford: 95.00
51. The Milestone Hotel and Residences, London: 95.00
52. The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, Bath: 95.00
53. Cliveden House, Maidenhead: 94.50
54. Grove of Narberth, an SLH Hotel, Narberth: 94.50
55. Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London, London: 94.50
56. Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, St Andrews: 94.50
57. Pan Pacific London, London: 94.50
58. Seaham Hall, Seaham: 94.50
59. The Merchant Hotel, Belfast: 94.50
60. The Prince Akatoki London, London: 94.50
61. Trump Turnberry, Girvan: 94.50
62. Abbots Grange Manor House, Broadway: 94.00
63. Beaverbrook, Leatherhead: 94.00
64. Fingal Hotel, Edinburgh: 94.00
65. Foxhill Manor, Broadway: 94.00
66. Glenapp Castle, Girvan: 94.00
67. Heckfield Place, Hook: 94.00
68. Rockliffe Hall, Darlington: 94.00
69. The Athenaeum Hotel & Residences, London: 94.00
70. The Beaumont Mayfair, London: 94.00
71. The Torridon, Wester Ross: 94.00
72. Bovey Castle, Newton Abbot: 93.50
73. Cheval Old Town Chambers, Edinburgh: 93.50
74. Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead: 93.50
75. Grays Court Hotel and The Bow Room Restaurant, York: 93.50
76. Althoff St. James's Hotel & Club - Mayfair London, London: 93.00
77. Lympstone Manor Hotel, Restaurant and Vineyard, Exmouth: 93.00
78. The Vineyard Hotel, Newbury: 93.00
79. The Wellesley Knightsbridge, a Luxury Collection Hotel, London, London: 93.00
80. Ham Yard Hotel, London: 92.50
81. Slebech Park Estate, Haverfordwest: 92.50
82. The Bath Priory, Bath: 92.50
83. The Landmark London, London: 92.50
84. Thyme – Hotel, Restaurant, Spa, Lechlade: 92.50
85. COMO The Halkin, London: 92.00
86. Gleneagles Townhouse, Edinburgh: 92.00
87. The Caledonian Edinburgh, Curio Collection by Hilton, Edinburgh: 92.00
88. 11 Cadogan Gardens, London: 91.50
89. Haymarket Hotel, London: 91.50
90. Soho Farmhouse, Chipping Norton: 91.50
91. Hambleton Hall, Oakham: 91.00
92. Ballintaggart Farm, Pitlochry: 90.50
93. One Aldwych, London: 90.50
94. Sofitel London St James, London: 90.50
95. The Twenty Two, London: 90.50
96. The Witchery by the Castle, Edinburgh: 90.50

You can have a look at the full list here.

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