It’s good to know which luxury hotels in London have the best pools, particularly if you are traveling with your family. It’s always nice to hit the pool with the kids. The Peninsula, Langham, Mandarin Oriental, and Berkley pools are perfect for families because their central location means they are also within walking distance of Hamleys or Harrods Toy Department. Whichever hotel you choose, get free benefits like breakfast on your next luxury hotel booking by contacting our luxury travel concierge.
1. Four Seasons Hotel London At Ten Trinity Square
Set in the heart of the City, overlooking Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, Four Seasons Ten Trinity Square is one of the best Four Seasons in England. It is as impressive inside as it is from the outside. This Four Seasons Hotel is located in a 1922 Grade-II listed former Port of London Authority HQ, opposite the Tower of London.
The grand lobby lies at the heart of the hotel, hosting all-day dining, afternoon tea, and drinks under a backlit art-deco-style dome. This hotel’s communal areas are particularly stunning and steeped in history.
The hotel has just 100 rooms, including 11 suites, so it is boutique in size. Executive rooms have separate living areas and can sleep a family of four, while nine Heritage suites on the ground floor boast ceilings at least five meters high.
The lower-ground floor is home to a 1,600 m² spa with eight treatment rooms, including a hammam suite, plus a 14-meter pool, pictured above and kept immaculately.
2. Langham London
Langham London, Near Oxford Street & Selfridges offers the excellent Chuan Health Club under the hotel. This is a fully equipped fitness center with first-rate Technogym cardio and resistance equipment. This wellness area also houses a 16-meter (53-foot) pool right in the depths of the building, built into what used to be a bank vault. This pool is stunning, with slate walls and a Japanese tree design backlit by pretty lights at one end.
3. The Peninsula London
The Peninsula London is one of the newest luxury hotels in London. It opened in 2023. The location of The Peninsula London is just across the Hyde Park roundabout from Four Seasons Park Lane and the InterContinental London Park Lane and just steps away from Buckingham Palace, Knightsbridge, and other iconic attractions.
The Peninsula Spa and Wellness Centre offers diverse relaxation and wellbeing choices, including an extensive menu of mind-body therapies, a results-driven wellness program, a fully equipped fitness studio, and an 82-foot indoor swimming pool.
4. The Berkley, Knightsbridge Near Harrods
This rooftop pool is on the seventh floor of the luxury Berkley hotel, located just up the road from Harrods in Knightsbridge. This is the only centrally located London hotel with a rooftop pool. Although the pool is slap bang in the center of London, the ambiance feels more like one of Bath’s historic spas. Roman-esque pillars and mosaic detailing tiled in iridescent white and gold give the pool a luxury ambiance, which you will appreciate as you notch up some laps. The poolside loungers have views across the city, and tables and chairs are perfectly placed for you to savor every fine bite and tipple from the spa menu.
5. Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park In Knightsbridge, Near Harrods
The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, is steps from Harvey Nichols and Harrods in Knightsbridge and looks out over Hyde Park. The pool at the hotel is part of their new fitness and wellbeing facility and boasts state-of-the-art Technogym® equipment and a 17-meter indoor swimming pool. The changing area offers a sauna in the male area and a steam room in the female area, revitalizing experience showers, and a relaxation area.
6. Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel
I reviewed this hotel when it used to be the Four Seasons Canary Wharf. This hotel is located in the east of London, away from the center and next to the banking hub of Canary Wharf. The pool is in front of the hotel as part of a separate health club, meaning you have to leave the building to get to it (there is no chance of walking down to it in your bathrobe and slippers here). The pool is large but busy. The views across the Thames from this glass-walled health club make the trip worthwhile.
7. Intercontinental O2, Near Canary Wharf
Not far from the Canary Riverside Plaza and in the east rather than the center of London, unlike its sister Intercontinental Park Lane, the Intercontinental O2 offers a club lounge and an excellent pool. The pool is smart, a decent size, and has comfy loungers around it. It is worth noting that Intercontinental Park Lane is a great property, right in the center, but it does not have a pool.
8. Shoreditch House, East London
Members and hotel guests can use the pool at Shoreditch House in East London (pictured above). Shoreditch House describes itself as a members club with rooms in a converted east London warehouse and is a short tube ride from central London and all the attractions. Lounge on padded red and white loungers looking out over the London skyline, or dip in this rather trendy, urban rooftop pool.
9. The Ned, East London
Opening in the spring in the former Midland Bank headquarters in the City of London will be a new flagship 5-star hotel from the Soho House group. The Ned Hotel gets its name from the eminent architect who designed the building, and it has been redesigned using 1930s glamour inspired by the transatlantic ocean liner. The highlight here is the rooftop space with a swimming pool, rooftop bar, and landscaped terraces. There will also be a health spa and gym and an underground bar in what used to be the safety deposit vault underneath the great banking hall. To use the pool, you need to book a room or become a member.
10. Four Seasons Hampshire
Four Seasons Hampshire sits to the south of London in the rolling Hampshire hills. If you have children aged between 2 and 12, Sharky’s Reef is one of the best kid’s pools in England and a must-try for families. The hotel also features a more adult lap pool set in a Victorian-style greenhouse and an outdoor wellness pool with bubbles and loungers to soak up the sun on warmer days.
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