| freebies include breakfast, a welcome drink and meal vouchers. room service is available. contemporary suites offer free wi-fi, flat-screen tvs, and tea and coffeemaking facilities, as well as whirlpool tubs. in addition to massage treatments, the spa offers an outdoor heated pool, saunas and water beds. all also provide living rooms with gas fireplaces, and balconies with sunloungers and forest views. surrounded by trees in woburn forest, this refined spa resort is 5 miles from both ridgmont train station and the m1 motorway, and 7 miles from woburn gardens. other amenities include a chic health-centric cafe/bar and a gym.
Heathrow Airport 1 hr 3
Wrest Park (18 min)
Historically important landscape with a French-style mansion, sculpture gallery and walking paths. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (38 min)
Sprawling, 600-acre home to more than 2500 animals, with tours, adventure play areas and classes. Stockwood Discovery Centre (30 min)
Museum with eclectic local history displays, horse-drawn carriage collection and sculpture garden. Bedford Park (29 min)
Landscaped recreation destination with a cafe, pond, play areas & fields for cricket & football. Shuttleworth Collection (30 min)
Edwardian cars and aircraft that are regularly used in displays at a family-friendly site. Bletchley Park (29 min)
Large Victorian mansion with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications. Willen Lake (20 min)
Waterfront park offering sports facilities, play equipment, a cafe & a miniature railway. Rushmere Country Park (23 min)
Hiking, biking, picnics and a cafe in a large area of ancient woodland, lakes, meadows and heath. Woburn Abbey (18 min)
Historical home to the Duke of Bedford with gardens, a deer park & extensive collection paintings. Woburn Safari Park (12 min)
Road safari through animal enclosures, foot safari with keeper talks/demos and a high ropes course. Snozone (24 min)
Indoor snow slope complex offering ski and snowboard lessons, group parties and kids' programmes. Dunstable Downs (34 min)
Cliffside area with nature walks & bird-watching, plus a woodland playground, cafe & shop. Woburn Abbey (18 min)
Historical home to the Duke of Bedford with gardens, a deer park & extensive collection paintings. Gulliver's Land Theme Park Resort (22 min)
Old-fashioned amusement park for families & kids age 2–13 offering many rides, shows & play areas. Herrings Green Activity Farm & Bird of Prey Centre (24 min)
Child-friendly farm attraction with owl, eagle & hawk displays, goats & rabbits, plus a play area. | 
