Hartwell House, lying in the vale of Aylesbury and just forty miles north west of London, is one of Buckinghamshire's most celebrated country houses. Built in the early seventeenth century for the Hampden family, the house has both Jacobean and Georgian features with outstanding decorative plaster-work and panelling. Its fine elegant reception and dining rooms create the ambience of a great country house. The forty-six bedrooms, including those in the adjacent Hartwell court, are individually furnished with prints, pictures and antiques. The Hartwell Court, formerly a coach house, has been restored and extended to provide excellent conference and meeting rooms, with Hartwell Spa offering an indoor swimming pool and an extensive range of exercise possibilities and beauty treatments.

Owned and restored by Historic House Hotels, who also own Bodysgallen Hall in North Wales, and Middlethorpe Hall in York, Hartwell House is a member of Pride of Britain, has 4 Red Stars and 3 Rosettes from the AA, also a Gold Ribbon from the RAC.