About Us

About us

The Good Spa Guide™ aims to be your fully comprehensive, independent guide to the top UK spas. We give you all the information you need to make decisions around getting the right treatment for your needs at the right location at the right price. The Good Spa Guide is a source you can trust to give objective information about spas and in-depth descriptions of treatments. Whether you want to find out about a spa you haven't visited before, or a treatment you've never tried before, we're here to give you as much information as you can get before you go. That way, you can avoid expensive mistakes.

The Good Spa Shop is our way of bringing you the best spa bargains we've found. Browse our exciting spa deals, luxurious gifts and buy your loved-one the gift of spa with our Good Spa Guide vouchers. 

What you'll find in the Guide

Email newsletters: register with The Good Spa Guide and receive ideas for ways to maximise Me-Time on a monthly basis, along with special offers and the bargains we've rounded up 

Spa Search: decide where you want to go, whether you want to stay or just play for the day, and what price range you're looking for, and we'll find all the UK spas that meet your needs

A-Z spa listing: The Good Spa Spies have been travelling the length and breadth of the country to find what's out there, and we've brought this information together into a unique, comprehensive spa listing. With information on every spa, plus our trademark Good Spa Guide bubbles rating, you can find out about all the spas you know, and those you don't

Independent reviews: Our independent reviewers, the Good Spa Spies, road-test spas and treatments and provide honest accounts of their experiences so you don't get caught out.

Please note: Reader Reviews and other views posted on The Good Spa Guide are the views of the visitors who submitted them and are NOT the opinion of The Good Spa Guide.

Products on test: The Spa Spies have tested products from the spa brand giants and the small family companies to find out what smells fabulous, what feels superb and what really works (and what doesn't)! Uncover the mysteries of product ingredients, including what to look out for and what to avoid. 

Treatments explained: rigorously researched information on all the treatments on offer: everything from Aromatherapy to Zen Yoga.

Your questions: to help spare the blushes of the most body-conscious spa-visiting nation Our mission is to help you choose your spa and treatments wisely, and to get the most from your experience.

Excuse finder: find the date you're thinking of going to a spa, perhaps a friend's birthday or an anniversary, and we'll suggest the perfect excuse for indulgence that day

The Good Spa Spies

The Good Spa Guide was founded by Anna McGrail and Daphne Metland, both health journalists. Our team of writers, web managers, researchers, reviewers, designers and marketers, are all devoted to bringing to life the UK's only comprehensive online spa guide.

Some of us have to remain nameless, of course, otherwise we wouldn't be Spies any more. 

Please see our Contact Us page for how to get in touch.

Legal info

The Good Spa Guide Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, company number 06111677. Registered office: 7 The Close, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 4DJ. Please do not use this address for correspondence. If you want to write to us, you can reach us at: Unit 6, The Dubarry Perfume Factory, Hove Park Villas, Hove, BN3 6HA.