Hempstead House Hotel & Restaurant - 4-Star Hotel in Sittingbourne

The hotel offers individually designed, spacious ensuite bedrooms spread across the original Victorian building and a newer wing. Room types include Superior, Executive, and the Ashby Suite, the latter equipped with a kitchenette. All rooms provide bathrobes, slippers, and bottled water, with tea and coffee making facilities available.

The Lakes Restaurant holds an AA Rosette for Culinary Excellence, serving fine dining in a classical setting, while the Brasserie offers a contemporary menu. Themed dinner nights and a jazz lunch with Pimm's on the terrace are organized throughout the year. Three bar areas and a coffee house on site provide additional spaces for drinks and snacks.

The AquaManda Spa includes a 15-metre swimming pool, jacuzzi, steam room, sauna, and a hydrotherapy pool, plus an outdoor heated plunge pool open from May to October. A fitness studio offers group classes, and the gym is equipped with state-of-the-art machines. Spa treatments range from massages and facials to body wraps, manicures, and pedicures, with spa packages available.

Children under 16 can use the pool during family swimming sessions on weekends in term time and daily in school holidays. The hotel offers larger family rooms and a games area with board games. Dogs are allowed in designated rooms and in the bar area for meals, and the hotel provides a private dining room for guests with pets.

Set in 4 acres of landscaped gardens, the hotel is on the A2 near Canterbury and Rochester, with Sittingbourne railway station offering trains to London in about one hour. The hotel has 2 swimming pools (one indoor, one outdoor), a business centre, meeting facilities, and concierge services. Parking is free and includes electric vehicle charging stations.

Dining: AA Rosette Lakes Restaurant

Spa: AquaManda Spa with hydrotherapy pool

Rooms: individually designed, Ashby Suite with kitchenette

Activities: jazz lunches, themed dinner nights

Family: supervised pool sessions for children

Parking: free with EV charging