Child-friendly hotels
Smith hotels are romantic places to stay – but what if you also want a family-friendly hotel? Smith & Kids is our cherry-picked selection of hotels that welcome you and your children. Not all of them have supervised crèches, children's meals and trampoline-equipped adventure playgrounds (though some have all three), but they do deliver what’s important – a child-friendly welcome in the stylish surroundings you’ve come to expect.
- Hotels
- Self-catering
- € £ $
We've found 41 Smith-approved child-friendly hotels
Cotswold House
Cotswolds, United Kingdom
- Style
- State-of-the-art comfort zone
- Setting
- Charming Chipping Campden
If you want your country retreat with all the mod cons, then Cotswold House hotel is your dream designer pad, in a breathtaking rural setting. It's a…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages are welcome.
Cowley Manor
Cotswolds, United Kingdom
- Style
- Funked-up stately home
- Setting
- Acres of spectacular Cotswolds
To call the look ‘designer’ doesn’t do justice to Cowley Manor’s funky, flamboyant aesthetic; the exuberant decor is a world away from the usual…
- Best for
- Children welcome.
Driftwood
Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Style
- New England yacht club
- Setting
- Bracing Cornish clifftop
Striking the perfect balance between accessible and remote, Driftwood's main house has an incredible setting, high on a cliff, and an easy-breezy atmosphere.
- Best for
- Children of all ages are warmly welcomed.
Fowey Hall
Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Style
- Comfy country château for all the family
- Setting
- Salty Cornish coast
Commanding sweeping views of Fowey's river estuary, port and the sea, this charming and unpretentious family-focused hotel in Cornwall was the original…
- Best for
- Babies and children of all ages are warmly welcomed; those aged up to 12 are particularly well cared for.
Gidleigh Park
Devon, United Kingdom
- Style
- Grandly gardened moorland manor
- Setting
- Rugged, rocky Dartmoor
A woodland wonder in the moorland wilds, Gidleigh Park is a beautiful Tudor-type country house hotel that's home to one of the most divine dining experiences in…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcomed.
High Road House
London, United Kingdom
- Style
- Cool members’ club outpost
- Setting
- Boulevard in the ’burbs
High Road House, the West London outpost of Nick Jones' oh-so-cool Soho House members' club combines relaxed hangout and city retreat with buzzy bar and…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcome.
Higher Westcott Farm
Devon, United Kingdom
- Style
- Home-grown gastro glamour
- Setting
- Wild and wuthering Dartmoor
A 300-year-old Devon longhouse in a tiny moorland-hugged hamlet, Higher Westcott Farm is a dainty rustic wonder with fine food and a homely hearthside feel.
- Best for
- Babes in arms, teens in boots.
Hope Street Hotel
Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Style
- Open-plan elegance
- Setting
- Lofty Liverpool palazzo
Liverpool’s first boutique hotel, the Hope Street Hotel is within the city’s cultural quarter, near many restaurants and theatres, and the art deco…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcome.















