Experiences

How people actually spend the day

Some of it is ours and some of it is simply nearby, and we will tell you which is which.

Gaming chips and cards on the table felt

Gaming

The Card Room

Continuously licensed since 1893 and still the most civilised room in the building. Two hundred machines in the east hall and eighteen tables under the original skylight.

  • 18 table games beneath the 1893 skylight
  • 200 machines in the east hall
  • Poker nightly from 6 PM

Racing

The Meeting

The track is a nine-minute walk. We hold a block of grandstand seats for guests through the summer meeting and the concierge can usually get you into the clubhouse.

  • Nine minutes' walk to the track
  • Grandstand seats held for guests
  • Breakfast at the trackside barn, 7 AM
The beach and the water beyond it
A spa treatment room prepared for a guest

Spa

The Baths

Mineral baths drawn from the same springs the town was built on, in a bathhouse restored in 2019. Eight treatment rooms upstairs.

  • Private mineral baths
  • 8 treatment rooms
  • Steam room and cold plunge

Quiet

The Library

Two thousand books, four fires, and a rule about telephones that we enforce politely but completely.

  • Four fireplaces, lit October to April
  • Afternoon tea, 3–5 PM
  • No telephones, genuinely
A performance on the stage, seen from the room

This week

What is on, every week

The standing programme. One-off events are listed in the lobby and on the board at the desk.

Recurring programme
WhenWhatDetail
Every dayThe Card RoomOpen from 9 AM
TuesdaySilksTasting flight, 7 PM
ThursdayThe LibraryGuided session, 10 AM
Friday and SaturdaySpring HouseLive music from 9 PM
SundayThe MeetingLong lunch, from 1 PM

The programme can change on public holidays and during private events. The desk always has the current week.

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