The Girls' Trip Guide: Eleven UK Stays From A Scottish Glen To The Cornish Coast
From a biodynamic Devon estate to a Gothic Victorian house on the Peak District's edge, these are the eleven UK stays Molly Cooper of Curated Spaces would encourage you to book for a proper girls' trip.
A few weeks ago I was at my granny's 90th birthday when I got chatting to a woman in her sixties about Morocco. "Ah," she said, "I had the divorce trip of a lifetime there." She told me about the lowest point of her life: mid-thirties, recently divorced after rounds of IVF and coming to terms with the fact she might never be a mother. Her best friend, also recently divorced, booked the flights.
It was a holiday of late nights, too much alcohol and eating chips on the beach at 5am with tears streaming down their faces. "Your female friendships are everything," she said. "Men and other partners might come and go. But your girls will be there through the lowest of lows and the highest of highs."
The research on female friendship is actually quite extraordinary. Women with strong social bonds show significantly lower cortisol levels, better immune function and greater longevity than those who are more socially isolated. The girls' trip is not a treat. It is, in the most literal sense, medicine.
So here are eleven UK stays to finally make the girls' trip of the group chat a reality. One for every corner of Britain, from a Pembrokeshire farmhouse to a Scottish glen. Grab your girls, cue the kitchen disco and prepare for the late-night DMCs (deep meaningly conversations) that only happen when you're properly away from it all. Oh, and that woman at my granny's party? A month after Morocco she met a man in her local pub. Within six months they were expecting their first child. I'm not saying it was all down to the girls' trip. But I'm not not saying it either.
11 UK Staycations For Every Kind Of Girls Trip
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Newhall Mains, Scottish Highlands
A careful reinvention of a traditional Scottish "mains" building, a Scottish term historically reffering to the main working buildings of a farm or estate. This family-run property, until recently classified at risk, has been lovingly restored into a boutique hotel. Designed by London-based Kelling Designs and refurbished by an extensive team of Highland craftspeople, Newhall Mains offers a quietly exceptional retreat for those seeking a slower pace, spectacular scenery and genuine character.
Five bedrooms and show-stopping ceiling heights in a Victorian home set in rolling countryside with views towards the Clwydian Range. There is plenty of space to be together and plenty of room to be apart. This is a house that invites you to slow down, reconnect and settle into quiet luxury.
The Royal George, Tintern, Wales
A historic country hotel in the heart of the Wye Valley, serving as a hotel since 1829 though the building dates back to 1598. Thoughtful restoration meets contemporary design in an authentic countryside setting, with the kind of warmth and character that feels earned rather than manufactured.
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The estate runs across 438 acres of biodynamic land, with the market garden, orchard and woodland feeding directly into the kitchens. The culinary philosophy here, shaped from the outset by Skye Gyngell and now continued by Eleanor Henson, appointed culinary director in 2025, is that the house is secondary to the land it sits on and that food should be led by what the soil is doing rather than what a chef decides to cook. Two swimming lakes, a hammam, a spa and a walled garden complete the picture.
A Gothic Victorian country house on the edge of the Peak District in 35 acres of Derbyshire countryside. Fifteen rooms in the main house, treehouses and woodland hives outside, and a kitchen garden restaurant with a serious commitment to the local larder.
You may never have heard of the Isle of Sheppey, which is exactly what makes this corner of Kent so special. Elmley sits at the heart of the island, with over 3,000 acres of wilderness and a collection of cabins overlooking the water meadows alongside rooms in a cosy old farmhouse.
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A Grade II listed Norfolk farmhouse sleeping ten, with more than sixty pieces of art on the walls, two log burners, five super-king bedrooms and a Mediterranean courtyard with a fire pit. Walsingham Abbey is at the end of the lane. Holkham beach is six miles away.
West Cawthorne, North Yorkshire
Perched on a hilltop overlooking the Vale of Pickering at the edge of the North York Moors National Park. Former barns and A-frame cabins have been redesigned with light, space and nature in mind, creating a retreat that feels both grounded and genuinely elevated.
A cluster of beautifully restored cottages tucked into the Cornish countryside, within reach of the sea, centred around shared wellness, creative spaces and relaxed community life. A family venture born from a love of warm, character-filled places. It's the kind of retreat that feels personal rather than just polished.
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A collection of North Yorkshire stays near the Dales, with outdoor copper baths under open sky, wood-fired hot tubs and a pizza and log-burner workshop on site. Black Sheep Brewery is ten minutes away.
Glen Dye Cottages and Cabins, Aberdeenshire
Ten cabins and cottages on a 15,000-acre private estate at the northern end of the Cairn o'Mount pass, owned by Charles and Caroline Gladstone of the Good Life Experience. There is a bring-your-own-bottle pub, a Wild Wellness and Bushcraft school and a 1955 Airstream in a converted sawmill.
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