Alexander House

Location. The Alexander House Hotel and Utopia Spa is located in the village of Turners Hill, England, four miles from East Grinstead and Wakehurst Gardens. Gatwick airport is nine miles away. Hotel Features. This spa hotel is set in a 17th century stone mansion in a 170 acre garden. Famous past residents include the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The marble floored lobby, with cream Romanesque pillars and antique furnishings, is home to a 24 hour front desk and concierge desk operated by multilingual staff. The Utopia Spa, entered through a Gothic corridor of marble and granite, houses three pools, steam rooms, saunas, and rainfall showers set among stone columns and domed ceilings. The spa also offers a range of treatments including Caci Quantum facials, seaweed body wraps, and hot stone massages. The hotel provides 24 hour room service. Complimentary parking is available. Alexander House Hotel hosts two onsite restaurants. Alexander Restaurant serves modern European dishes and a selection of rare wines and vintage ports. Light meals and salads dominate the menu in Reflections Brasserie, which has a champagne bar and overlooks 'Flames Courtyard' containing a log fire pit. Breakfast is available for a surcharge. The hotel's business centre comprises of two conference suites and four meeting rooms. Fitness equipment and aerobics classes are available onsite. The hotel also organises horse riding activities. Guestrooms. The 38 individually decorated guestrooms have bold Art Deco style wallpaper prints, warm toned fabrics, and dark wood furnishings. Beds are fitted with Egyptian cotton sheets. Rooms are equipped with satellite television, DVD players, wireless Internet access, direct dial phones, coffee and tea facilities, safes, and bathrooms with hair dryers, bathrobes, and slippers. A daily complimentary newspaper is provided.

Check-in Time:

1500

Check-out Time:

1100

Year Renovated:

2002

Total Rooms:

1 rooms.1

Total Floors:

1 floors.

Rooms:

Standard Double, Feature Double, Deluxe Double, Superior Double, Everest Room

Directions

From London Gatwick Airport (LGW): Distance to Alexander House Hotel and Utopia Spa is 9 miles, approximately 15 minutes' drive. Getting there. Direct taxis to Alexander House Hotel and Utopia Spa cost approximately 17 GPB. Alternatively, regional trains run from Gatwick Airport to East Grinstead. From here guests can take a taxi to the hotel. Getting around. A car is recommended for exploring the surrounding countryside. Driving directions. From Gatwick Airport: Turn left at the roundabout at join the M23 at Junction 9. Exit at Junction 10 and join the A264 towards Crawley. In Crawley, take the third exit at the Dukes Head roundabout onto Turners Hi ll Road (B2028). Follow the B2028 road for 2.5 miles. Turn left onto East Street (B2110). Follow the B2110 for one mile.

Area

West Sussex.

Attractions

Places Of Interest Distance/Dir Gatwick Airport...................8 Miles Nw Brighton.........................30 Miles S Turnbridge Wells.................15 Miles Ne London...........................35 Miles N East Grinstead....................4 Miles E Hever Castle.....................12 Miles Ne Ashford Eurotunnel .............35 Miles E Crawley...........................6 Miles W Horsham...........................9 Miles Sw Ashdown Forest....................5 Miles S Penshurst Gardens................10 Miles Ne Wakehurst Gardens.................3 Miles S Ardingly..........................4 Miles S Lingfield Race Track..............6 Miles E Glyndboune Opera House...........20 Miles Se Hickstead Showground.............20 Miles S Pooh Corner.......................8 Miles S Poohstick Bridge..................8 Miles S

Dining

RestaurantAlexander's Restaurant is renowned for its fabulous modern European cuisine, rare wines and vintage ports. Menus emphasizes the goodness of fresh, natural foods carefully prepared and artistically presented, with much of their ingredients being selected from the local area. Guests are offered an extensive world-class wine. Guests can relaxed dining in a sleek modern environment, overlooking a beautiful central courtyard, serving freshly prepared food. The menu offers a wide variety of mouth-watering meals, to include classic favorites, light bites, salads and great vegetarian options. The restaurant comes complete with its own Champagne bar and funky interiors. Flames courtyard guests can dine alfresco throughout the summer and well into the crisp autumn months, when a log fire pit will be lit on colder evenings.PLEASE NOTE: the fine dining restaurant is closed on Sunday and Monday evenings, however the Reflections restaurant is open 7 days a week.

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