Swinton Park is a Grade II* Listed castle set in 200 acres of picturesque landscape. It now boasts a ranking as one of the finest hotels in Yorkshire, if not the UK, with its castellated ramparts, turrets and tower, and stately-home interiors overlooking parkland and gardens, woodland and forest rides, a 120-head fallow deer herd, […]
Join us for an evening of magical opera, and see the Omani-born Canadian mezzo-soprano Deepa Johnny, ‘dazzling in her virtuosity’, make her debut on the London stage. She will star in a new English National Opera production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, set in London and directed by another star of the international stage, Julia Burbach—conducted […]
Enews, Events, Gardens & Outdoor Events
Join us for a Private Visit to His Majesty The King’s Garden at Highgrove in Gloucestershire on a summer’s afternoon in July 2025, followed by the famous Champagne Afternoon Tea: and extend the pleasure with a stay at Members’ Cotswolds favourite, Calcot Manor & Spa: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
We are pleased to announce that our Members are invited for an additional Private Visit to His Majesty King Charles III’s Estate, Highgrove in Gloucestershire. The new date is Wednesday, July 16, 2025. The month of July at Highgrove is enchanting. At this time of year the Garden—and the English weather in which to enjoy […]
We are delighted to announce this opportunity to be the very first guests to sail on the newest luxury ship in a celebrated international fleet, the magnificent Regent Seven Seas Prestige, on her historic maiden cruise. The voyage will be from Barcelona in Spain to Miami in Florida, USA, from December 13 to 27, 2026, […]
Francis Fulford reviews The Savoy London, where CountryClubuk receives the best rates and a complimentary instant room upgrade. We believe our Club rates are the very best fully flexible rates available anywhere, saving up to £500 a night—so what are you waiting for? Read on for our independent review and details! The Savoy would surely […]
Cruises, Enews, Events, Travel, Travel Events
Newsflash! Save up to 62% on Regent Seven Seas Cruises! Regent’s sale includes the most luxurious ships and more than 70 superb voyages in 2025 and 2026 . . . meaning we enjoy these Ultra-Luxury, All-Inclusive Cruises from £2,379: read on for just five of our favourites, then check out the full list to discover your own . . .
Save up to 62% on Regent Seven Seas Cruises with CountryClubuk! More than 70 selected voyages in 2025 and 2026 feature in Regent’s current sale up to 50% off. It means you can enjoy these ultra-luxury, all-inclusive cruises through CCUK at up to 62% off, with rates from £2,379pp! Read on for just five of […]
Hotels, Travel, UK, UK Country Hotels
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, a Belmond hotel: Raymond Blanc’s renowned gourmet Two Michelin Star manor house in the English countryside: a French coup de Foudre: with stunning rooms and suites and delightful gardens, it’s a luxurious, iconic venue for all your celebrations
Can any lover of good food resist the chance to savour Raymond Blanc’s cuisine at Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, and to stay the night? We think not; so we have arranged for our members to do just that. If you have an anniversary or special occasion in mind, this is an excellent place […]
Enews, Events, Gardens & Outdoor Events, Sport & Social Events
Join us for Henley Royal Regatta 2025 at the heart of the world’s most famous and prestigious regatta and a highlight of the English Season, on the banks of the River Thames: Enjoy the atmosphere and Olympic class sport from a perfect view directly on the Start Line, with all-day wining and dining
Join us at the heart of the world’s most famous and prestigious regatta, on the banks of the River Thames in Boaters Enclosure, a sophisticated English garden setting with a perfect view of the Start Line, where the experts know that races are won and lost—and enjoy a Champagne reception, five-star dining with fine wines, […]
Hotels, Travel, UK, UK Country Hotels
Cliveden House on the banks of the River Thames in Berkshire: perhaps the world’s most sensational country-house hotel: luxuriate in supremely elegant five-star style with unsurpassed personal service within 376 acres of National Trust grounds and private gardens
There are many grand hotels of historic importance in the world, but Cliveden House, Grade One Listed and standing in its own rolling parkland estate overlooking the River Thames in Buckinghamshire, must rank among the most sensational of them all. Most people have heard how the society hostess Nancy Astor entertained Royalty and the political […]
Enews, Events, Sport & Social Events
The Royal Enclosure at Royal Ascot 2025: Join us for this prestigious highlight of the British Social Season: Enjoy a wonderful sporting and social occasion in the presence of HM The King and other members of the Royal Family during a full day’s wining, dining and magnificent sport: Tuesday, June 17, 2025: fully booked and event successfully concluded
To have a day at Royal Ascot is one thing: to be invited into the prestigious Royal Enclosure is quite another. The Royal Enclosure has been the centrepiece of the British Social Season since being exclusively reserved for guests of King George III, and Royal Enclosure membership is still by invitation. So we are delighted […]
Asked to name a great hotel—not only in London but the world—and most people think of The Ritz. For style, gracious living, impeccable service and social cachet, it is supreme, and one of our Members’ all-time favourite hotels—the perfect location for a luxurious stay and a celebration of any kind. And whenever you stay at […]
Enews, Events, Opera, Ballet, Theatre & The Arts
Join us at Buckingham Palace for a Private View of the major new exhibition ‘The Edwardians: Age of Elegance’, followed by delicious Champagne Dinner at the Two Michelin Star Ritz Restaurant and The Lanesborough: This is a magnificent display of more than 300 personal Royal treasures, many never before seen on public view, and the Press reviews are already glowing: Our Private View event is on Monday, June 2, 2025: fully booked and event successfully concluded
We are delighted to invite you to attend Buckingham Palace for a Private View of this major new exhibition of British Royal history in the era of Fabergé, fashion, photography, art, empire and war. Entitled ‘The Edwardians: Age of Elegance’, this is an exceptional show, many personal pieces on view for the first time. You […]
Cruises, Enews, Events, Travel, Travel Events
Regent Seven Seas Cruises: awe-inspiring six-star ‘Last Frontier’ Alaska cruise on the world’s most luxurious cruise ship, Seven Seas Explorer, together with one of the world’s great train journeys, the Rocky Mountaineer: discover the awe-inspiring beauty of the Rocky Mountains and Alaska’s Wild Frontier by rail and sea: join us on a two-week adventure in September 2026 to one of the last unspoiled regions on earth
This is the perfect way to enjoy not one but two ‘bucket list’ experiences: the Last Frontier of Alaska on a six-star cruise from Vancouver to Seattle aboard Regent Seven Seas Explorer, the world’s most luxurious cruise ship, and one of the world’s great train journeys across the Rocky Mountains to Vancouver aboard the iconic […]
We at CountryClubuk exist to enable Members to take advantage of many things, including those which such well-run mini-kingdoms as Chewton Glen have to offer, and we invite you to stay in what is considered England’s loveliest country-house hotel. Chewton Glen sits serenely on the South Coast of England, surrounded by immaculate gardens and barbered […]
Enews, Events, Sport & Social Events
Join us for the Cartier Queen’s Cup 2025 at Guards Polo Club, Windsor, prestigious jewel in the crown of International Polo and highlight of the English Season, with a Laurent-Perrier Champagne Reception and a delicious Three-Course Lunch with Wines in Guards Clubhouse
The prestigious Cartier Queen’s Cup at Guards Polo Club, Smith’s Lawn, Windsor Great Park is the jewel in the crown of English polo, and a quintessentially English sporting event, attracting the world’s top players and encapsulating the best of the English Season. The 22-goal tournament runs for six weeks, climaxing with the Semi-Finals and the […]
Hotels, London Hotels, Travel, UK
The Guardsman London best rates for Club Members in this five star hotel with a private club atmosphere and private residences in the heart of Westminster, near St James’s Park, Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament: this could be your perfect pied-à-terre for a night’s stay or more
For the personal experience of a London club, the flexibility and luxury of a five-star hotel, and the comfort and familiarity of a St James’s residence, The Guardsman is a welcome new arrival in the Club portfolio of recommended London hotels. With a drawing room, dining room, library and valet parking, it creates an intimate, […]
Welcome to Mount Nelson, the iconic ‘Pink Lady’ of Cape Town, a beacon of excellence since 1806 and recently awarded The Best Hotel in Africa title, ranking it in the World’s 50 Best Hotels. With its historic pedigree and location, unique garden setting overlooking Table Mountain, and with an old-school glamour, it’s a destination hotel […]
Europe, Hotels, International Hotels, Italy, Travel
Grand Hotel Timeo, a Belmond hotel, best rates at this fabulous five-star hotel in Taormina, Sicily, with stunning views of Mount Etna, Michelin Star dining and an elegant sophistication to match its unique history, this is one of the world’s great hotels, where Members enjoy best rates and free upgrades
More than 23 centuries ago, when Sicily was part of Magna Graecia, the tiny mountain town of Taormina was already famed for its sweeping views, perhaps the best in Italy—and including the towering volcano, Mount Etna. As Sicily’s most fashionable resort, Taormina was described by Guy de Maupassant as ‘all that seems made on the […]
Everybody has heard of the Dorchester Hotel. Most also know that it is to the world of hotels what Manchester United is to football or the Brigade of Guards to the military. What fewer people know is that it has an outstation hotel on the edge of Windsor Great Park near Ascot, named Coworth Park. […]
Enews, Events, Gardens & Outdoor Events
Join us for a Private Visit to His Majesty The King’s Garden at Highgrove in Gloucestershire on a summer’s afternoon in July 2025, followed by the famous Champagne Afternoon Tea: and extend the pleasure with a stay at Members’ Cotswolds favourite, Calcot Manor & Spa
We are pleased to announce that our Members are invited for a Private Visit to His Majesty King Charles III’s Estate, Highgrove in Gloucestershire, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The month of July at Highgrove is enchanting. At this time of year the Garden—and the English weather in which to enjoy it—is glorious. It will […]
Ravello is for those who love peace and quiet and stupendous views. Perched high above the tiny Italian coastal town of Amalfi, it has been described as closer to heaven than to the sea. And Belmond Hotel Caruso, almost suspended between sea and sky at the highest, quietest point of Ravello, is a tiny slice […]
Hotels, Travel, UK, UK Country Hotels
The Grove, former home of the Earls of Clarendon, now a smart 5-star hotel only 18 miles from London: enjoy luxury with tranquillity within 300 acres of walled gardens, a championship golf course, woodlands, forestry and rolling hills: a spacious and relaxed country-house retreat
The Grove has earned a great reputation for giving its guests a luxurious country-house hotel stay within striking distance of London. Once the stately home of the Earls of Clarendon, The Grove has achieved new life without losing its former grandeur. From its stylish, airy rooms to its large spa and pools, restaurants serving delicious […]
Enews, Events, Gardens & Outdoor Events
Join us for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 on the sold-out members-only Opening Day, Tuesday, May 20: this is the greatest flower show in earth, an extravaganza of floral delight and cutting-edge design, and to be there on the coveted first day is the truly civilised way to go—don’t miss this! Now open for bookings
Chelsea Flower Show heralds the arrival of the English Season. All who love gardens want to be there to see how the country’s leading horticulturists transform several acres of Chelsea Royal Hospital into a floral fantasia. Even those who shun garden fashion find it difficult to resist Chelsea—particularly on the prized opening members’ day—and we […]
Europe, Hotels, International Hotels, Spain, Travel
To Hostal de La Gavina, for the five-star grace and flavour of a Catalan mansion: Blissful days and nights beside the beach and sea, with championship golf, Michelin Star food and fine wines: in the footsteps of Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra, José Carreras and King Juan Carlos: Elegance, luxury, and exclusive Club rates at one of Decanter’s ‘Dream Destinations’
Our gracious hotel on the Mediterranean coast is a privately owned Catalan mansion standing on a rocky promontory on one of the finest beaches in Spain. This, the beautiful Hostal de La Gavina (it means The Seagull), is Catalunya’s only five-star Grand Luxe resort hotel, and it is welcoming our Members with warm Catalan hospitality […]
Cruises, Enews, Events, Travel, Travel Events
Join us for a Château Latour and Le Meurice five-star gastronomic cruise including a tasting of wines from Château Latour, Premier Cru Grand Classé, undisputed in its pre-eminence in the Bordeaux wine hierarchy. The grand finale will be a Gala Dinner at which Château Latour wine will be served: The dates are April 29 to May 8, 2025: Exclusive Club rates including flights: fully booked and sailing now!
Experience 10 wonderful days cruising between the world’s finest Grands Crus vineyards and the ocean from Porto to Bordeaux, wine capital of the world, with the multi-award-winning luxury French specialists, Ponant. In partnership with Château Latour and the famous Parisian luxury hotel Le Meurice, and with the exceptional presence of Amaury Bouhours, Executive Chef at […]
One of our all-time favourite country-house hotels, the luxurious 14th-century Calcot & Spa stands in its own private 220-acre estate only 10 minutes’ drive from HRH The Prince of Wales’s Highgrove Estate, making this an ideal manor-house hotel in which to stay when visiting the Royal Gardens, and the Cotswolds at large. It’s a gorgeous […]
Europe, Hotels, International Hotels, Italy, Travel
Villa Marina Capri, a delightful five-star boutique hotel and spa amid rose gardens in a glorious hilltop setting overlooking the Bay of Naples and the Amalfi Coast: Inspired by European romanticism and Mediterranean mythology, this enchanting villa feels like a fabulous contemporary home: you will fall in love!
For the romance of Italy, who can forget the enchanting Isle of Capri? This blissful island has been a haunt of the world’s powerful people since Julius Caesar, refuge for poets and exiled intellectuals before becoming the capital of café society in the 1950s. And the way to enjoy that enduring hedonistic ethos, and avoid […]
Asia, Enews, Events, Malaysia & Borneo, Rail journeys, Singapore, Travel, Travel Events
Join us on the Eastern & Oriental Express for a great train journey from Singapore into the heart of Malaysia: experience luxury, history, tropical wild life, paradise islands and all the romance of a Somerset Maugham novel. This is a 10-day event including return flights, a four-day all-inclusive luxury rail journey and four five-star nights in Singapore. The date is February 2026, a perfect time of year, warm and wonderful—and you save up to £2,000: Fully booked
Returning to the tracks of Southeast Asia after a four-year restoration break, the Eastern & Oriental Express is a gilded palace from the Golden Age of rail travel. It will take us on a three-night, four-day journey through tropical landscapes to take the breath away—dense jungle, wide rivers, lush mountains, habitat for an astonishing array […]
Warmed by the Gulf Stream, subtropical Madeira is Portugal’s own sun-soaked floating garden isle—and the distinguished luxury hotel Belmond Reid’s Palace is the undisputed queen of the island. Created by an Englishman to accommodate every visiting aristocrat’s needs since opening in 1891, Reid’s Palace stands high on a promontory which commands a sweeping panorama of […]
We are delighted to announce that we have just secured pairs of prized tickets from the RFU to see England v France in the Six Nations at Twickenham. The date is Saturday, February 8, 2025. And these are excellent Premium seats, some of the best in the stadium. This is a sold-out match and we […]