Farmhouse Treatments. Exclusive setting.
The Farmhouse Treatment Rooms at Holdsworth House Hotel: two treatment rooms, two relaxation lounges, a private infrared sauna and the Soak Room. GROUND Wellbeing rituals tailored to how you feel that day. Come for an hour, an afternoon, or an overnight escape.
Double finalist in the Good Spa Guide Awards 2026, for Best New Spa and Best Spa in the North East. Picked out by British Vogue in its guide to Brontë Country.Seventy-four reviews on Google, rated 5.0
Wild weather, warm stone
When the wild weather rolls across the tops, The Farmhouse is there to warm the soul and soothe the mind. Escape the wind and the rain, settle into a luxurious heated Lemi bed and lose yourself in a treatment designed just for you.
At Holdsworth House we’ve been looking after people for more than sixty years, and The Farmhouse brings wellness to what we offer. Open to residents and non-residents alike, a visit to The Farmhouse can be an afternoon on its own or part of your stay.
Outside: the gate and the path
Inside: the lounge fire
Outside: the Soak Room window
Inside: a heated eye mask in the lounge
Outside: The Farmhouse from the lawn
Inside: the sauna, the door shutAn afternoon, start to finish
More than a treatment, a visit to The Farmhouse is an experience. With relaxation lounges before and after your treatment, there is no rush to leave. Whether you are here for a treatment, a spa day or a stay at the hotel, The Farmhouse is there to be enjoyed.
The lounge and the staircase at Holdsworth House
The sensory test: choosing a GROUND aroma with your therapist
A head massage at The Farmhouse
Reading in a robe in the lounge
Two cocktails in the Long Bar at Holdsworth House- Reception, then the walk overPark at the door of the house, free. We meet you in reception and walk you through the gardens and across the paddock, whatever the weather; there are umbrellas.
- A robe, and your aromaSlippers, a robe, and a short sensory test: you choose a GROUND oil by how you feel today, and that is the one your therapist uses.
- Mallow or ThymeYour ritual, one to one, on a heated bed that adjusts to you. Then a sixty-minute, ninety-minute or two-hour treatment.
- The lounge, the fireA heated eye mask, a herbal tea or spring water, or something from the spa menu, for as long as you like. There is also a private garden to enjoy when the sun is out.
- Back to the houseAfternoon tea in the lounge, dinner in the restaurant, a bed upstairs. Or the car, if you must.
This season at The Farmhouse
The Autumn Spa Day
Just as the seasons change, so do our spa days. This autumn: a warm mocktail and a light bite on arrival, a foot ritual, a warming-balm massage of the back, neck, face and scalp, the lounge with a heated eye mask, refreshments and a one-course lunch. Four hours.
- Monday to Thursday£140
- Friday to Sunday£150
The Christmas Spa Evening
Pour the fizz, slip off your shoes and let the season begin. One-hour sessions from 4pm to 8.30pm: a glass of fizz and festive nibbles, a hand and arm massage, a 15-minute LED mask or sauna session, discounts on GROUND, and a gift with anything you buy or book on the night. Bring a friend.
- A ticket£20
New: the private infrared sauna
The newest room at The Farmhouse: a private infrared sauna suite for one to four, an hour at a time, with robes and slippers and the lounge with refreshments afterwards. Gentler heat than a traditional sauna, so most people stay the hour.
- One person£40
- Two£60
- Three£80
- Four£100
The Farmhouse wellness breaks
Two stays built round The Farmhouse. Prices are per person or per room as marked, on our quietest nights; the booking page shows the exact price for your dates before you pay.
The Couples Spa Retreat
A whole day of it, with a bed at the end. Check in from noon, cross the paddock for a four-hour spa day, come back to the house for dinner, and nobody has to drive.
- Early check-in from 12 noon, late check-out to 12 noon
- A four-hour spa day each: robe and slippers, your aroma chosen, a smoothie and pastries, a 60-minute massage or facial, the lounge with a heated eye mask, a one-course lunch
- A two-course dinner from the chef’s set menu
- Bed and breakfast at Holdsworth House
The Wellbeing Escape
The one for a night away that happens to include a massage. Bed and breakfast, dinner in the restaurant, and a 60-minute ritual at The Farmhouse for one of you; add a second when you book.
- A night in a House room, breakfast cooked to order
- £40 a person towards dinner in the restaurant
- A 60-minute massage ritual of your choice at The Farmhouse
- Parking at the door, and the gardens between the two
Any stay can have a treatment added: book the room, then ring 01422 240024 and we put you in the diary before you arrive. The Ultimate Autumn Escape, two nights with two dinners, carries £25 towards a treatment. Every package.
Massage and facial rituals, on a heated bed
Every ritual uses GROUND Wellbeing, the Irish range that is 100% natural, vegan and plant-based. If you are pregnant or have a medical condition, just let us know on the consultation form when you book.
A massage ritual in Mallow
A Biome facial ritual
A back massage at The Farmhouse
A foot ritual at The FarmhouseFour or five hours, one proper treatment, lunch
Arrive at 10am, 11.30am, 1pm or 2.30pm. A robe, your aroma, a ritual, the lounge with a heated eye mask, and a one-course lunch from the spa menu, or supper on a later start. No pool, no queues, no clock.
Three friends in robes in the relaxation lounge
Lunch for two in robes
A guest in a robe on the sofa in the lounge
A couple in robes with a drink by the fire
The infrared sauna
The Soak RoomAn hour of heat, or forty-five minutes of water
The infrared sauna is a cedar cabin in its own suite, booked by the hour for one to four of you, with robes and slippers and the lounge with refreshments afterwards: £40 for one, £60 for two, £80 for three, £100 for four. Infrared warms you rather than the air, so it runs gentler than a traditional sauna and most people are comfortable for the whole hour. Have it before a massage and the muscles are warm when the therapist starts.
Next door is the Soak Room: a deep freestanding bath under the window of a stone room, drawn to temperature with Himalayan salts and GROUND oils, a body scrub to start and a body oil and face balm to finish, 45 minutes with a heated eye mask and your choice of quiet music or a guided meditation. Five rituals: Deep Sleep, Awakening, Restore, Warming Muscle Recovery, and the Mother to Be soak with pregnancy-safe salts. The Soak Room is booked by phone.
The Farmhouse to yourselves
For a hen party, a baby shower, a big birthday or the bridal party on the morning of the wedding: both treatment rooms, both lounges and the garden, closed to everyone else for six hours. Arrive at 9.30am, 12.30pm or 4pm; robes and slippers, your aromas chosen, a 60-minute treatment each, a welcome drink (Prosecco, a cocktail or a lager), a buffet or a one-course lunch with sweet treats, your own music, and the garden in season.
£1,600 for six. The Luxury Exclusive Hire, £1,750 for six, adds half an hour more of the place, a facial masterclass and a gift to take home. More than six, and the spa team build the day round you. Extras if you want them: a guided meditation, yoga, a 20-minute LED mask session, drinks packages.
Two treatment rooms, designed around The Farmhouse
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Mallow, the larger treatment room, with its heated Lemi bed
A striped chaise under the round mirror in the lounge
Thyme, the smaller treatment room, the window over the bed
Lavender and a lamp on the sill
Mallow from the door
Thyme, the bed and the chair
The log burner, lit, in the Farmhouse lounge
A wool throw and dried flowers in the lounge
Dried flowers and a lamp in the Farmhouse loungeMallow and Thyme
Two treatment rooms, Mallow the larger and Thyme the smaller, in warm farmhouse colours with daylight from the old windows. Every treatment is on a heated Lemi bed that adjusts to you, so you are warm from the first minute. Dried flowers, stone, wool: the moors, brought in.
The relaxation lounges
Two of them, with deep sofas, cosy armchairs and open fires. Stay as long as you like after your treatment with a herbal tea or spring water, or order drinks, cocktails and light bites from the afternoon tea and Garden menus. On a fine day take it out into the spa garden.
The Farmhouse gallery
Irish, 100% natural, and made for slow hands
We work with GROUND Wellbeing, the award-winning Irish skincare company whose oils, balms and Biome range are 100% vegan and made from sustainably sourced botanicals, for rituals that calm the mind, nourish the body and put things back in balance. You pick your aroma at the start of every visit, and the rituals are built round it.
To carry on at home, the GROUND collection is on the dresser at The Farmhouse: skincare, the sleep rituals, essential oils and gift sets. Ask your therapist what she used.
The gift that is an afternoon off
Every GROUND ritual, every spa day and the sauna can be bought as a voucher, or an amount to spend. Valid for twelve months, bought online or on 01422 240024, sent by email in minutes or posted in a proper envelope. Each one includes time in the lounge. The 60-minute massage or facial voucher is £95; a couples spa day voucher from £280.
The 17th-century manor house hotel
Holdsworth House is a four-star, award-winning hotel offering the very best of Yorkshire hospitality: thirty-two bedrooms, three panelled dining rooms, secluded bars and cosy corners. The house is full of history and charm, but what makes us special is our incredible staff.
Thirty-two bedroomsSuites with four-posters, House doubles under the eavesHave a look
Dinner in the restaurantThree panelled dining rooms, each with a fireHave a look
Afternoon teaEvery day from 1pm, in the lounge or on the terraceHave a look
The gardensThe knot garden, the Colonnade Courtyard, the walk across the paddockHave a lookBook a treatment, a spa day or the sauna
Choose what you would like, the day and the time, and pay securely. Two of you? Book one each, or ring 01422 240024 and we put you side by side in Mallow and Thyme.
If the booking panel does not load, open the booking page or ring 01422 240024.
The treatment listEvery ritual and price on one pageLate availability
The next free appointments at The Farmhouse, straight from the diary. If one suits, book it here; the rooms are small and these go quickly.
Nothing showing? Open the late availability page or ring 01422 240024.
Seventy-four reviews, in their own words
Every review of The Farmhouse on Google, from the day we opened. These are a dozen of them, each quoted as it was written.
“The most tranquil afternoon, in the most soothing, calm, happy environment. The Farmhouse is a real 5-star addition to this beautiful place.”
Sally, on Google“I spent four hours there but it felt so much longer in terms of how relaxed and rejuvenated I felt. I’ve already booked another!”
Heidi, on Google“Not really a get naked and relax kinda girl but this was wonderful.”
Chops, on Google“From the moment we stepped through the doors, the outside world simply melted away.”
Huda, the Couples Retreat, on Google“The decor is stunning and no hard sell of products like other spas. Both therapists were excellent.”
Candace, on Google“So utterly relaxing I dozed off a few times, which I NEVER do.”
Caitlin, the Comforting pregnancy ritual, on Google“A really gorgeous setting which manages to combine historic Yorkshire charm with modern spa sensibilities and most importantly, a really expert massage which left me feeling really relaxed for the first time in a long time.”
Liz, on Google“Beautiful waiting room with big cosy couches and an open fire. Such a wonderful experience.”
Kerry, on Google“We had the most amazing hen do spa day and created memories we’ll always remember.”
Rini, on Google“Wonderfully relaxing treatments in the Farmhouse Treatment Rooms, followed by festive afternoon tea, cocktails and an overnight stay with breakfast.”
Naomi, on Google“I’ve never been treated with such care. I fell asleep during the most relaxing massage.”
Rachel, on Google“I wasn’t a guest at the hotel either, I just booked for the treatment as I am lucky enough to live near Holdsworth House.”
Tina, on GoogleSixteen questions, answered
Do we need to book ahead?
Yes. There are two treatment rooms and they fill, especially at weekends, so book online as soon as you know the day. The late availability panel on this page shows what is free this week if you are hoping for sooner.
What should we wear?
Whatever is comfortable; you change into a robe and slippers when you arrive, and there is a changing room with a toilet at The Farmhouse. No pool, so no swimwear needed for a treatment or a spa day; for the sauna bring swimwear or use a towel. Leave valuables at home or in your room, as there are no lockers.
Do we have to be staying at the hotel?
No. The Farmhouse is open to everyone, and most of the people in the lounge on any given day have driven over for the afternoon. Hotel guests simply have the shortest walk back to bed.
Are the treatments for everyone?
Yes. Every ritual on the menu suits men and women; the only ones with a condition attached are the two pregnancy rituals.
Can we ask for a particular therapist?
Yes, add the name in the booking notes when you book online, or tell us on the phone. We will do our best; it depends on the day.
What if we have a health condition, or are pregnant?
Tell us before you come, on the consultation form you fill in when you book, and Claire, the Spa Manager, will ring if there is anything to talk through. Some rituals are not suitable in pregnancy or with certain conditions; the two pregnancy rituals and the facials usually are, from the second trimester. Please note that there are steps into The Farmhouse and up to the treatment rooms.
How do we pay, and what if we need to cancel?
Treatments and spa days are paid in full when you book, by card, unless they are part of a hotel package or paid with a voucher. The cancellation terms are shown before you pay; if your plans change, ring us as early as you can on 01422 240024 and we will do what we can with the diary.
How do we use a gift voucher?
Ring 01422 240024 with the voucher number and we book you in against it. Vouchers are for any treatment, spa day or amount, and last twelve months. Buy one here.
Is there an age limit?
The Farmhouse is for guests aged 18 and over.
Is there a pool or a steam room?
No. The Farmhouse is a treatment-led spa: two private treatment rooms, two relaxation lounges, a private infrared sauna you book by the hour, and the Soak Room. If you want a thermal suite and a pool, we are not it; if you want an hour and a half of quiet and a treatment done properly, we are.
Is there a relaxation lounge?
Two, with an open fire, and you can stay as long as you like after your treatment. Every treatment and spa day includes time in them; arrive fifteen minutes early for a treatment and settle in before it.
Can we book a spa day?
Yes: the half day, the Signature day, the Pregnancy Pause, the Couples Retreat and the seasonal day, for one to four of you, all bookable online above. For a group with the place to yourselves, see private hire.
What makes The Farmhouse different from a spa?
No pool, no thermal suite, no crowd. Two private treatment rooms, two lounges, a private sauna and the Soak Room, with every ritual using 100% natural, vegan GROUND products and a therapist who has an hour for you. People come for the treatment, done properly, and the quiet either side of it.
Can we book more than one treatment, or book for two?
You can book consecutive treatments for yourself online. For two of you, book one each (each person needs their own booking) and add a note that you are together, or ring 01422 240024 and we will put you side by side in Mallow and Thyme.
Where do we park?
In the hotel car park, free, by the front door. Come into reception and we walk you over to The Farmhouse through the gardens; it takes two minutes.
Where exactly is The Farmhouse?
In the grounds of Holdsworth House, Holdsworth Road, Halifax HX2 9TG, across the paddock from the hotel. Ten minutes from the centre of Halifax, twenty from Hebden Bridge, under an hour from Leeds. Satnavs find the hotel; follow the signs for the car park.
Pick a day, we will do the rest
Book online in a minute, or ring reception on 01422 240024 if you would rather talk it through, are booking for more than one of you, want a treatment added to a stay, or have a voucher to use.
