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Most islands mean a ferry. Anglesey just means a bridge. Come over the Menai Strait on the A55, and the lodges with hot tubs on Anglesey sit right around the coast. Benllech and Moelfre suit family beach days, while Rhosneigr brings the surf in the west. No boat to catch and no crossing to book, which makes even a long weekend by the sea easy to justify.

You can ride the Pleasure Beach all day and still sleep somewhere quiet. The lodges with hot tubs near Blackpool keep clear of the seafront, out in Lytham St Annes, Cleveleys and the lanes of Over Wyre. Each has a private hot tub, with the Tower and the Illuminations a short drive away when you want them.

Bournemouth's beach runs seven miles, lined with hotels and flats almost the whole way. The lodges and cottages with hot tubs near Bournemouth sit back from it, ringing the resort through Wimborne, Ferndown and the lanes towards Christchurch. Each has a private hot tub and a garden, not a balcony over the front.

Here the hot tub doubles as a stargazing spot. The lodges with hot tubs nearer Hay-on-Wye and Brecon trade some of the dark for a pub and a shop within walking distance. Others sit out west around Llanddeusant, miles from the nearest streetlight, deep in the International Dark Sky Reserve. That far out, the night sky over the hot tub is the whole point.

Hot tub lodges near Bristol sit in the countryside, not the city. Choose a quiet lodge for two, a family stay, or a group house big enough for a celebration, each with its own private hot tub. Bristol and Bath are both an easy drive away. The south gives you Chew Valley Lake, Blagdon and the Mendips, while the north opens up the Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean.

Cheddar Gorge gets all the attention. The lodges with private hot tubs near Cheddar sit in the villages and farmland that ring it, from Wedmore over on the Levels to the Mendip slopes and the coast. None is more than ten miles away, so the gorge and the caves are a morning out, not a day's drive.

The Lakes are the heart of Cumbria, not the whole of it. The lodges with hot tubs in Cumbria spread from the fells around Coniston, east to the Eden Valley, north to Hadrian's Wall and south to the Morecambe Bay coast. Wherever you land, the hot tub comes with the kind of quiet the busiest parts of the Lakes lost long ago.

Gloucestershire is more than the Cotswolds. Its lodges with hot tubs lean west into the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley, with more across the Severn Vale around Gloucester and Tewkesbury. A handful sit up in the Cotswold hills to the east. Choose your corner and the kind of break follows.

Hampshire is a county of two national parks. The New Forest fills the south-west with its wild ponies and heath, while the South Downs roll east through the Meon Valley. The Solent coast adds sailing on the River Hamble. The hot tub lodges in Hampshire sit across all three, from a shepherd's hut to houses with games rooms.

The ferry does half the unwinding. Most lodges with hot tubs on the Isle of Wight sit in the island's north-east corner, in the lanes between Ryde, Seaview and Bembridge, a short drive from where the Fishbourne car ferry docks. The rest spread out to Colwell Bay in the west, Carisbrooke's castle country in the middle and the downs above Chale in the south. Either way, you can be in the hot tub the same evening you leave the mainland.

Lancashire keeps its best hot tub lodges inland, in the Forest of Bowland. This quiet upland of fells and stone villages runs between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales, with Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley at its foot. A second cluster lines the Fylde and Morecambe Bay coast, around Cleveleys, Overton and Carnforth. Either way, plenty of these hot tubs sit under cover, ready when the Lancashire weather turns.

Hot tub lodges in Nottinghamshire come two ways. There are the big holiday parks in the forest, and there are single stays on farms and smallholdings between Sherwood Forest and the Trent. Everything on this page is the second kind, where the owner has the hot tub steaming for a late arrival and checks it every day. If the tub is the point of the break, that difference is worth booking on.

Pembrokeshire holds Britain's only coastal national park. The sea wraps the county on three sides, so the lodges with hot tubs in Pembrokeshire are rarely far from it. The Havens sit on St Brides Bay, Saundersfoot holds the south, and Newport the north. Spend the day on the cliffs or the sand, then bring the salt back to the hot tub.

Few seaside towns let a large group take a whole house a short walk from the front. Scarborough is one of them. The lodges with hot tubs in Scarborough run from couples' cottages in the moor-edge villages to houses sized for a family reunion in the town itself, each with a hot tub of its own. Here a big group gets the resort on the doorstep and a house to itself, not a cabin in a park row.

Shropshire does a good line in one-off hot tub stays. Among the cabins and cottages you will find a converted pub, a thatched folly and pods above the Stiperstones. Most sit in the quiet southern hills around Clun and Bishop's Castle, with Ludlow and Shrewsbury close by. Couples get the widest pick of hot tub lodges in Shropshire, though several houses here are large enough for a whole group.

In Snowdonia the soak comes with a view, and the real choice is where. The coast around Harlech and Barmouth backs its beaches with mountains, while the Conwy Valley keeps you among woods and rivers near Betws-y-Coed. Bala and its lake make a quieter base to the south. The lodges with hot tubs in Snowdonia sit inside the park or right on its edge, from couples' boltholes to cottages for groups.

Somerset works best when you choose by area first. The Mendip villages put Cheddar, Wells and Bath within reach, the Quantock Hills suit walking and coast days, and the Levels are quieter and more rural. The hot tub lodges here range from small retreats for two to larger farmhouses for families and groups, and many welcome dogs.

Staffordshire's hills are in the north, where the county rises into the Peak District. Up here, the lodges with hot tubs sit across the Moorlands, around Leek, Rudyard Lake and the Churnet Valley, within easy reach of Alton Towers and open walking country. They run from waterside cottages for two to farmhouses for a dozen, each with a private hot tub for the evenings.

Suffolk hot tub lodges can be anything from a shepherd's hut for two to a cottage that sleeps sixteen. Most sit in quiet farmland or beside a fishing lake, with the heritage coast and the old wool towns an easy drive away. It is a county you explore from one base. Several have a wood-fired or log-fired hot tub, and most take dogs.

In Sussex the first choice is coast or countryside. East Sussex carries most of the seaside, from Rye and Hastings through Pevensey Bay to Brighton and Hove, while West Sussex leans inland to Arundel, the South Downs and the quieter Weald villages. The lodges with hot tubs in Sussex cover both, with cottages and cabins for couples and sea-view houses for groups on the coast, many of them dog-friendly.

How far from the sand do you want to be? Around Tenby you can book a cedar cabin in the town itself, a sea-view house on the Amroth coast, or a quieter cottage in the lanes around St Florence and Narberth. The hot tub lodges and cottages here suit couples, families and bigger groups, sleeping two up to sixteen, with most happy to take the dog.