Hotels With Pools Near Alton Towers

Four Ways to Add a Pool

A pool turns a two-day Alton Towers trip into a holiday, especially with younger children who tire before the park closes. Splash Landings Hotel puts the waterpark and a kids' club next to your room, CBeebies Land Hotel adds a pool bar and live entertainment, The Tawny Hotel offers an outdoor pool with a spa for adults, and Ashbourne Heights pairs a pool with self-catering. I would pick by the age of your children.

Splash Landings Hotel is the obvious pick for families who want the most water. It is a 4-star, Caribbean-themed hotel set directly within the resort grounds, next to the Alton Towers Waterpark, with a pool, a kids' club, a restaurant and a bar. Breakfast, Wi-Fi and parking are free. With 2,527 reviews averaging 8.2, it is the most reviewed stay on this page, and its score reflects a busy, family-focused hotel rather than a quiet one. I would book it when your children would happily spend a whole morning in the water before heading into the park.

CBeebies Land Hotel suits younger children best. It sits inside the resort, has themed rooms and regular live entertainment, and offers a pool bar, with free breakfast, Wi-Fi and on-site parking. Its listing highlights access to the on-site water park, and with 1,574 reviews averaging 8.8, it scores higher than Splash Landings. The theme follows the BBC's CBeebies channel for preschool children, so it works best for families with toddlers and early primary-age children. Older children may find the décor young, and I would steer families with teenagers towards Splash Landings or The Tawny Hotel instead.

The Tawny Hotel is the calmer choice and the best rated here, with 9.2 from 478 reviews. It offers an outdoor pool, a hot tub and a full-service spa, a restaurant and a bar, free Wi-Fi and free parking, and it is pet-friendly with accessible facilities. It is one of the Alton Towers Resort hotels, but it feels more like a countryside retreat than a themed park hotel. I would book it for couples or families with older children who want a swim and a spa after the rides rather than a kids' club, and for anyone travelling with a dog.

Ashbourne Heights Holiday Park takes a different approach: a holiday village with a pool, free Wi-Fi and free parking, and some accommodation with a kitchen, which suits longer stays. It is pet-friendly and smoke-free, designed for families, and scores 8.6 from 676 reviews. It sits near Ashbourne, a market town known as a gateway to the Peak District, so it works well for a week that mixes Alton Towers with walks in Dovedale or the surrounding hills. You will drive to the park each day, which is the trade-off for more space and a kitchen of your own.

Alton Towers lies in the Churnet Valley in rural Staffordshire, on the southern edge of the Peak District National Park. Around the resort, small villages and the market town of Ashbourne offer pubs, shops and walking routes, while Dovedale and the Manifold Valley are within a short drive for a day away from the rides.