I found Swinton Estate via an internet search and fell in love with the hotel immediately. I had been looking for a venue offering an elopement package and the "Just For Two" package was incredibly good value. The hotel looked spectacular with all its Christmas trees and decorations. The estate is beautiful and we enjoyed a long walk to look around the lakes, the hundreds of deer and the Birds Of Prey centre. There are so many locations for wonderful wedding photographs. The food was great, with a large varied food and drinks menu in The Terrace restaurant. The staff were very friendly, particularly Gay who served us for breakfast each day and remembered what we liked to order - she even waved us off when we checked out. The spa, pool and treatment rooms were clean and luxurious, I would recommend a massage. The rooms are all uniquely different (even having Christmas wreaths on the bedroom doors), however they all share one thing...HEAT! For people like me, who are always cold, this is perfect. It is easily sorted however, by opening some windows and switching off the radiators. There is a large car park and the EV charger was available and working during our stay. Rosie and Johanna on the events team were super helpful with arranging dates and creating our perfect day. Unfortunately we arrived late to check in, however Rosie managed to move back our couples massage so we could still visit the spa. We were greeted with a glass of fizz and our bags were taken to our room. The hotel is obviously operating differently due to the COVID pandemic, although everywhere felt clean, the staff all wore masks and even the reception desk had a plastic barrier around it. The social distancing actually enhanced our wedding as we were able to have our ceremony in the slightly larger Panelled Room and our wedding breakfast in the Private Dining Room. The hotel allowed us to bring in our own decor for the wedding but did provide us with chair covers and a sound system. There were so many little personal touches, little chocolates and biscuits in the bedrooms and even a Christmas Welcome card! A huge thankyou to Swinton Park for making my wedding day so magical and special. For anyone researching Swinton for a wedding, this venue will definitely meet your requirements! We hope to visit again for our 1st wedding anniversary.

We visited the hotel grounds during lockdown and had a picnic for our wedding anniversary. It was half price entry which was £5 each but was worth it for the beautiful grounds and quiet space. We took our own picnic Disabled toilet was available in the spa and was very clean with hand gel available. Lovely friendly welcome, we sat near the falconry which were sweet. There are some lovely walks if you want to be more active.

We stayed one night primarily for the experience of staying in the Turret room. The Turret room is a 3 storey apartment with sitting room at the base ( third floor of the hotel level) bedroom above up 23 stairs and bathroom up another 23 stairs. It is big enough to live in, de orated beautifully with the stand alone bath and a large wardrobe that fits against the the curved wall two stand out features ( the turret is circular). There is a toilet downstairs at sitting room level but no toilet at bedroom level. The views are outstanding and all the usual facilities expected in a luxury hotel. An outstanding and unique experience. Staff here and friendly and helpful ( the electric heater in the bedroom was not working and when pointing this out we were instantly provided with a portable heater and an apology. ( all the heaters are electric). Would we stay here again? At Swindon Park definitely but probably in a different suite as there are a lot of stairs in the Turret. The food at Samuels, the Spa, the architecture and the countryside and views within the estate are all good reasons to stay here the 19th century turret is a unique extra experience.