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
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We've found 41 Smith-approved child-friendly hotels
The Grove
Wales, United Kingdom
- Style
- Recently renovated romantic retreat
- Setting
- Hillside hollow with Welsh wildflowers
A warm, welcoming, Welsh mansion built in historic surrounds, The Grove guarantees a stylish, luxuriously comfortable stay near the postcard-perfect…
- Best for
The Merchant Hotel
Belfast, United Kingdom
- Style
- Grand neoclassical bank
- Setting
- The Cathedral Quarter
The former headquarters of the Ulster Bank, this boutique hotel creation will make you feel like a VIP from the minute you walk through the door. The Merchant…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcomed.
The Metropolitan London
London, United Kingdom
- Style
- Heights of fashion
- Setting
- Pride of park-side Mayfair
Standing tall in Park Lane, the blue-windowed Metropolitan London hotel doesn’t just attract big names – it’s already full of them: Nobu, Como Shambhala,…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcomed.
The Miller of Mansfield
Berkshire, United Kingdom
- Style
- Creeper-clad country inn
- Setting
- Berkshire Downs village
An 18th-century inn, the Miller of Mansfield stands proud, sidled up to a flint cottage and opposite a stone parish church and a lovingly tended green. This…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcome and catered for.
Tuddenham Mill
Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Style
- Streamlined gourmet getaway
- Setting
- Brink of the Suffolk Brecks
This 17th-century Suffolk abode is a converted water mill set in 12 acres of land, with super-stylish boudoirs and high-spec Starck-fitted ensuites. While away…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcomed.
West Stoke House
West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Style
- Boutique bed and breakfast
- Setting
- Glorious Goodwood
West Stoke House's grand elements, such as the ballroom, and the dainty French furniture with warm, worldly, opulent touches, give this West Sussex boutique…
- Best for
- Babies and up – children of all ages welcomed.
Westover Hall Hotel
Hampshire, United Kingdom
- Style
- Victorian magnificence
- Setting
- South coast sea air
A Victorian mansion with a minstrel’s gallery, stained-glass windows and views over the Solent, Westover Hall Hotel is an amazing property in its own right.
- Best for
- Children of all ages welcome, but slightly older kids will get the most out of outdoor pursuits.
Woolley Grange
Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Style
- 17th-century country living
- Setting
- Wonderful Wiltshire
Woolley Grange is a small luxury family-friendly hotel set in 14 acres of glorious private grounds on the outskirts of Bradford on Avon. Laze by the pool in…
- Best for
- Babies and children of all ages warmly welcomed and will feel completely at home.













