voco Reading by IHG
Indoor pool, hot tub and spa after the round
About this hotel
voco Reading pairs contemporary rooms with a genuine wellness setup: indoor pool, hot tub and spa alongside a fine-dining restaurant, roughly eight minutes' walk from the Reading Gate retail park. For a couple splitting rounds and downtime, the hot tub does real work after a wet parkland round, turning what could be a stiff evening into a recoverable one. Free parking and a fitness centre round out the practical side, while the business centre keeps it workable for a mixed-purpose trip. It's roughly thirty-nine minutes from Heathrow by taxi, close enough for an airport-adjacent stay without sitting directly beside the motorway. A business centre rounds out the offering for a mixed-purpose trip, and free parking removes the usual roadside friction of finding space for a group's cars.
- Indoor pool
- Hot tub
- Spa
- Fitness center
Our take
This is the clear pick for a couple who want the golf and the recovery handled by the same hotel. The pool, hot tub and spa aren't token gestures here; they're built into the stay. Groups purely chasing the cheapest bed near the course should look toward the Travelodge or Premier Inn cluster instead, where the wellness facilities simply don't exist.
- Book a spa treatment alongside the room during peak weekends, since slots fill before arrival.
- Use the hot tub the evening of a wet round rather than waiting until the trip's last night.
- Walk the eight minutes to Reading Gate retail park for a change of scene from the hotel restaurant.
Why we love it
- Indoor pool and hot tub for real recovery
- On-site spa treatments after a long round
- Fine-dining restaurant beats the usual hotel menu
- Eight minutes' walk to Reading Gate retail park
Why guests love itThe hot tub after a soaked April round genuinely saved our second day — legs that would have been stiff all morning felt fine by breakfast. We walked to Reading Gate for dinner on the one night we wanted a change from the hotel restaurant, and the spa treatment booked ahead meant no scrambling for a slot once we'd arrived.