Bovey Castle

Bovey Castle is history, excitement, glamour, adventure and the perfect retreat. 

Where else can you wear your Hunter wellies at 8am, golf spikes at 3pm and Manolo Blahniks for dinner? But while we offer our guests luxury and indulgence, this isn't a stuffy hotel where you can’t sit on the furniture or let your kids enjoy themselves.

The golf course at Bovey Castle is a challenging and beautiful 18-hole championship course, designed in 1926 by J F Abercromby, one of the finest British golf course designers of the last century. When the course opened in 1930, it quickly gained national acclaim for its reputation as one of the most enjoyable places to play golf. 

Designed to rival its sister courses at Gleneagles and Turnberry, this course has been described as an experience of golf never to be forgotten, presenting the pure challenge of golf to professional and amateur alike. The course meanders through the hotel estate, surrounded by idyllic landscape and challenges to meet any handicap.

Bovey Castle also offers a fully-equipped club house, driving range, golf academy and bistro for pre and post match meals and snacks.

Bovey Castle is a place where you can live out your dreams, then put your feet up.

The Hotel;

Awarded 5 Red Stars by the AA

We are delighted to announce that Bovey Castle has been awarded 5 Red Stars by the AA.

Bovey Castle’s Great Western Restaurant awarded 3 AA Rosettes

We are delighted that the Great Western Restaurant has been awarded three rosettes by the AA for its culinary excellence. Restaurants with the coveted three rosettes are deemed to be outstanding establishments that demand recognition well beyond their local area and just 10% of the AA’s restaurants achieve this level.

Award-winning Luxury

Well established as one of the finest 5 Red Star, luxury castle hotels and restaurants in Devon, Bovey Castle has won a host of awards, including being recognised as one of the top ten family hotels in the world by Mr & Mrs Smith and ‘England’s Best Course and Resort – West’ by Today’s Golfer Travel Awards.

AA Small Hotel Group of the Year

In 2014 -15 we were proud to have been awarded  ‘Small Hotel Group of the Year’ category at the AA Hospitality Awards. View our press release and find out more about this prestigious award!