The First MICHELIN Key Hotels in the UK & Ireland

Highlights of the UK and Ireland 2024 Hotel Key List

Jump straight to the list or take a deeper dive into select Key hotels.

On this page, you’ll find all of our Key distinctions, sorted by number of Keys and their location within the UK and Ireland. Click on any hotel to go straight to the hotel page and learn more about the special qualities of each property. Alternatively, you can read any number of in-depth pieces about the aspects of the special craft that make up a Key hotel over on our magazine page. Scroll down for more insights into the British and Irish hotel Key of 2024.

The Three Key Club Across the UK and Republic of Ireland

14 properties earned our our highest hotel honour in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, the exclusive Three Key distinction. Of these, one makes its home in the Scottish countryside (The Gleneagles Hotel), two in 19th-century country estates (Adare Manor and Ballyfin Demesne) in the Republic of Ireland, three in the English countryside (Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Lucknam Park and the Newt in Somerset), and the rest across some of the most impressive addresses in London. Among the latter, even first-time visitors will recognise some of these most iconic British names, including Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Savoy.

Take a deeper dive into our Three Key hotels in London

London Has It All: 44 Keys of Every Variety

You’ll find nearly a third of the hotels on this list in London, including eight Three Key hotels and dozens in the One and Two Key categories. You can expect a range of styles that includes sheer opulence (Bvlgari Hotel London, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park), Georgian and Victorian inspiration (Flemings Mayfair, COMO The Halkin, The Langham), and more than a few designs from superlative hoteliers Tim and Kit Kemp (Knightsbridge Hotel, Charlotte Street Hotel, Ham Yard Hotel).

There’s no real way to sum up the scene here in London. This is one of the best cities in the world for both variety and creativity of hotels. The selections in the list below prove it.

Big Splendour Outside the Big Cities

London, Edinburgh and Dublin all make their presence known in this first release of Key hotels in the UK and Ireland. But the appeal of the countryside, the seaside, and smaller towns and villages is undeniable, too. It may come as a surprise, but it’s in these farther-flung destinations that we often find the most eccentric and irreverent hotel designs. See Key hotels like the Artist Residence Oxfordshire or The Swan Southwold for proof of concept.

In the Republic of Ireland, meanwhile, you’ll find a collection of countryside Key hotels that tend towards the stately, typified by historic spots like Cashel Palace and Dromoland Castle.

Click below to jump to each distinction: 

Bruton, England: The Newt in Somerset
Colerne, England: Lucknam Park
Great Milton, England: Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, A Belmond Hotel, Oxfordshire
London, England: Bvlgari Hotel London
London, England: Claridge’s
London, England: Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane
London, England: Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
London, England: Raffles London at The OWO
London, England: The Connaught
London, England: The Peninsula London
London, England: The Savoy
Adare, Republic of Ireland: Adare Manor
Ballyfin, Republic of Ireland: Ballyfin Demesne
Auchterarder, Scotland: The Gleneagles Hotel

Ascot, England: Coworth Park, Dorchester Collection
Bath, England: The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
Chagford, England: Gidleigh Park
East Grinstead, England: Gravetye Manor
Exmouth, England: Lympstone Manor
Hampton-in-Arden, England: Hampton Manor
Heckfield, England: Heckfield Place
Leatherhead, England: Beaverbrook Surrey
Lechlade, England: Thyme
London, England: 45 Park Lane, Dorchester Collection
London, England: Brown’s Hotel, a Rocco Forte Hotel
London, England: Corinthia Hotel London
London, England: Covent Garden Hotel, Firmdale Hotels
London, England: Ham Yard Hotel, Firmdale Hotels
London, England: Haymarket Hotel, Firmdale Hotels
London, England: Hotel Café Royal
London, England: Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London
London, England: Rosewood London
London, England: The Beaumont Hotel
London, England: The Berkeley
London, England: The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, London
London, England: The Dorchester, Dorchester Collection
London, England: The Langham, London
London, England: The Twenty Two
Lyndhurst, England: Lime Wood Hotel
Malmesbury, England: Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa
New Milton, England: Chewton Glen Hotel
Ripon, England: Grantley Hall
Rutland, England: Hambleton Hall
Taplow, England: Cliveden House
Windermere, England: Gilpin Hotel & Lake House
Windermere, England: The Samling Hotel
Cashel, Republic of Ireland: Cashel Palace
Kenmare, Republic of Ireland: Sheen Falls Lodge
Dublin, Republic of Ireland: The Merrion
Braemar, Scotland: The Fife Arms
Edinburgh, Scotland: The Balmoral

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