Shoreditch House
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Shoreditch House
By Rikke Bruntse-Dahl
The heated rooftop pool at Shoreditch House is the epitome of urban cool. If you don\'t have the dosh for membership - which is required to enter this punchy private club - find yourself a new best friend that does, as members are allowed to bring their friends. Sip cocktails between the swims and enjoy the fab view of East London\'s high-rise offices and old warehouses. You\'ll see and be seen.
Shoreditch House, London, 0207 739 5040, www.shoreditchhouse.com
Trelowarren Estate
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Trelowarren Estate
The Trelowarren estate in Cornwall is famous for its sustainable holiday homes, but you don\'t have to be a greenie to find this place stylish. It\'s all very luxurious and that includes the pool. From March to October it\'s heated to 28C degrees by a carbon-neutral heating system and it\'s lined with river pebbles. If you get bored of the pebbles, lounge on a deckchair and enjoy a glass of wine from the New Yard Restaurant while feeling far, far away from city-life and stress.
Trelowarren, Helston, Cornwall, 01326 222105, www.trelowarren.co.uk
The Grove
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The Grove
This 18th century fancy hotel in Hertfordshire bills itself as \'London\'s Country Estate\' and boasts an enormous walled garden featuring an amazing swimming pool nestled on a white sand beach complete with beach huts and super sleek chill out tipi. If all that laying around gets to you the garden also has tennis courts, a kitchen garden and café inside. The walled garden is only open for guests, but thankfully the inside of The Grove is just as lovely as the outside.
From £260 per night. The Grove, Chandler\'s Cross in Hertfordshire, 01923 807807, www.thegrove.co.uk
Thermae Bath Spa
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Thermae Bath Spa
Do as the Celts and Romans did over 2,000 years ago and bathe in the warm, natural, mineral-rich spring waters of Bath, albeit in an up-to-date style. The Thermae Bath is a day spa featuring a gorgeous rooftop pool with a stunning view of the city of Bath, and the Abbey.
Thermae Bath Spa, Bath, 01225 33 1234, www.thermaebathspa.com
Cowley Manor C-Side Spa
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Cowley Manor C-Side Sp
Head to The Cotwolds for some seriously stylish outdoor water action - either as a guest at the Cowley Manor or as a day spa visitor. The green slate-lined, modernist pool is 17 metres long and open all year round. If you get tired of splashing around, put on your Audrey Hepburn sunglasses and relax in one the dazzling designer-chairs that pride the decking around the pool.
Cowley Manor, Cheltenham, 01242 870 900, www.cowleymanor.com
The Berkeley Hotel
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The Berkeley Hotel
Whether it\'s celebrity spotting, views over Knightsbridge and Hyde Park or a posh pool that makes you tick - The Berkeley\'s got it. The small rooftop pool at The Berkeley has a special roof that slides open when the sun comes out and is said to be frequented by the likes of Helena Christensen and Johnny Depp. What more can we say? Enjoy the high-life; just don\'t turn up in your Primark bikini.
The Berkeley, London, 020 7235 6000, www.the-berkeley.co.uk
Babington House
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Babington House
Alright, so you have to be a member of the exclusive Soho House club to be able to do your lengths in Babington House\'s fantastic outdoor pool, but from the looks of it, it should be worth it. If you want to get your money\'s worth you can always make use of the other spa facilities, which include sauna, steam room, an indoor pool, aroma rooms and nine lakeside treatment rooms.
Babington House, Somerset, 01373 812266, www.babingtonhouse.co.uk
One Spa
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One Spa
Who said you just need to swim in a pool? One Spa\'s rooftop warm-water Hydropool is just for pure relaxation. It\'s located on the 7th floor of the spa building in Edinburgh\'s Sheraton Hotel and is perfect for marvelling at the view of Edinburgh\'s City Skyline while you\'re being massaged to the core by a variety of water jets. You can get access to this soul-soothing pool by splashing out on a one-day spa package.
Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa, Edinburgh, 0131 221 7777, www.onespa.com
The Grand Hotel
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The Grand Hotel
Grand, indeed. This elegant Victorian hotel right on Eastbourne\'s seafront is home to an equally elegant outdoor pool that will take you back to when gentlemen were real gentlemen and swimming costumes covered your entire body. When you don\'t dip your toes in the pool\'s cool water, sip English white wine and flirt with the waiters on the terrace. If it\'s good enough for Churchill and Chaplin - which it was - it\'s good enough for us.
The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, 01323 412345, www.grandeastbourne.com
Tinside Lido
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Tinside Lido
What\'s a Top 10 cool pool list without a lido? Admittedly, it\'s a little difficult finding a stylish one of the kind, but Plymouth\'s Tinside Lido proves that they do exist. It\'s a renovated 1935 Art Deco Lido with a Grade II Listed Building status and right by the sea. When it opened in 1935 it was hailed as "one of the finest open-sea bathing centres in the country" and was often used for beauty competitions.
Tinside Lido, Plymouth, 01752 261915, www.plymouth.gov.uk/leisureandtourism
