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Shaw Hill Golf & Spa Hotel

Shaw Hill is a Georgian country-house hotel near Chorley, set beside an 18-hole golf course and offering 30 bedrooms. Golf is an obvious reason to visit, but Allamby’s Brasserie & Bar and the leisure facilities also allow a shorter stay built around dinner and a swim. It suits guests who enjoy a country-house setting with an active daytime option, rather than needing a large resort or a city-centre itinerary.

At a glance

• Bedrooms: 30
• Main restaurant: Allamby's Brasserie & Bar
• Spa: Spa on Site

Why we like it

The hotel’s scale keeps dinner, the bedroom and the leisure facilities within one manageable visit. Allamby’s gives non-golfers a reason to join the trip, while golfers can organise a round without requiring everyone in the party to follow the same schedule.

Eat

Allamby’s Brasserie & Bar

Allamby’s is the hotel’s on-site brasserie. The current kitchen describes its food as European-inspired, with a classical French influence and a contemporary treatment of seasonal ingredients. The format is relaxed brasserie dining rather than a formal tasting-menu-only restaurant.

That makes the restaurant useful for several kinds of stay. After golf, a straightforward dinner can be the natural finish to the day. For a couple visiting primarily for food, an earlier arrival leaves time to enjoy the house before choosing a more leisurely meal. The room and restaurant can be booked as a coherent overnight without needing to make the golf course the main attraction.

The brasserie publishes a separate menu, children’s menu and wine and drinks lists. These are the right place to look for the current choices; we would not rely on an older hotel menu now that Allamby’s is the named restaurant. The kitchen’s own description gives the broad expectation of familiar European dishes, seasonal produce and a less formal atmosphere.

Dinner is advertised daily from 5pm to 8.30pm, with Sunday lunch from noon to 2.30pm. Those relatively early evening hours suit a day spent outdoors, but need planning if you are arriving after work. An overnight is much easier when the table is reserved at the same time as the room.

Afternoon tea is a separate option, advertised from noon to 5pm. It may be the better arrival-day meal if you are not planning a full dinner, or a useful way for non-golfers to occupy a quieter afternoon. Give it its own slot rather than treating it as an extra course immediately before supper.

Sleep

The 30 bedrooms are arranged over three floors in the Georgian house. That gives the accommodation a closer relationship to the building than a large block of repeated rooms, but also means access needs a specific conversation. The hotel describes a spiral staircase, so anyone for whom stairs are difficult should establish the room location and route before booking. Choose a room by space, bed arrangement and access rather than simply its category name. A one-night dinner break and a longer golf visit may call for different priorities.

Retreat

The 18-hole course is the most substantial daytime facility and should be booked with suitable tee times if it is central to the visit. The leisure offer includes a heated pool, sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi; selected stays include poolside access, so check the rate’s terms. Spa treatments provide an alternative to golf and need their own reservations. This is a place where couples can spend part of the day differently, then come back together for dinner, rather than forcing every activity into a shared timetable.

What guests say

Guests respond warmly to the setting and atmosphere, and many praise the staff, breakfast and spa. The review profile is less consistent on the bedrooms: room-related comments are divided, while negative sleep comments outnumber positive ones. It is worth choosing a specific room carefully and asking about its location, particularly around weddings or other busy occasions.

The Gourmet Getaway

The indicative Gourmet Getaway price combines one night’s accommodation and breakfast for two with dinner for two at the selected restaurant. Use the current price panel to compare options, then check the room and restaurant for your dates. Any official hotel package is shown separately, with its own inclusions and terms.

Worth knowing

• Poolside leisure access is included with selected stays; confirm the terms of the rate you choose.
• Rooms occupy three floors and the house has a spiral staircase. Ask about the exact room route if access matters.
• Allamby’s advertised dinner service ends at 8.30pm, so coordinate arrival and table time.

The Gourmet Getaways view

Best for a relaxed golf-and-dinner break, or for a couple who want different daytime activities and a shared evening. The new brasserie identity deserves attention when planning meals. We would confirm room access and leisure inclusions first, then reserve a table that leaves enough time after the day’s activity.