Opened 10 July 2026
Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere
Knutsford, United Kingdom. Fairmont, Accor.
- Opened
- 10 July 2026
- Rooms
- 116
- Operator
- Fairmont, Accor
- Type
- Resort
Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere opened on 10 July 2026. Fairmont announced in May that reservations were live for that date. The hotel sits on a 157-acre estate overlooking The Mere Lake, just outside Knutsford, and is the brand's fourth in the UK after The Savoy, Fairmont Windsor Park and Fairmont St Andrews. Select Group carried out the transformation.
The estate has a mention in the Domesday Book of 1086 and has been a leisure estate and a private club. Bergman Design House did the interiors. There are 116 bedrooms. Accor's December 2025 roundup counted 27 suites among them and the July releases count 23. Rooms run from Fairmont and Deluxe categories, some overlooking the lake and golf course, to Junior Suites, a Signature Suite and a Presidential Suite.
Gordon Ramsay at The Mere is the main restaurant, with a terrace over the lake and a speakeasy style bar. The Orangery serves afternoon tea by day and turns into a champagne and oyster bar in the evening, and the Club Lounge serves globally inspired dishes alongside Indian-influenced cuisine. Fairmont Spa occupies a restored Victorian stable block, with a 20-meter pool, a Finnish barrel sauna, ice baths and six treatment rooms. The 18-hole parkland course was designed in the 1930s by James Braid and George Duncan. The Grand Ballroom holds up to 1,000 guests.
Manchester Airport is ten minutes away and the city centre 30. Check-in is from 3pm and check-out at 12pm.
“Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere: Now Open - A Landmark for Luxury in Northwest England”
The operator’s wording, read on its own page and last checked 1 November 2026.
Photographs
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The gatehouse entrance to the estate. Photo: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts -
A Fairmont Deluxe bedroom. Photo: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts -
Dining room at Gordon Ramsay at The Mere. Photo: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts -
The spa pool. Photo: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts -
The 18-hole golf course from the air. Photo: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
The facts
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- Rooms
- 116 bedrooms, including 23 suites (release of 10 July 2026). The hotel page lists Fairmont, Deluxe, Deluxe Lake View and Signature rooms, with a Nespresso machine, tea-making facilities, a complimentary minibar and a 58in TV in the standard categories. Source
- Suites
- Junior Suites (King, and Lake View with a balcony), 1 Bedroom Suites with a Golf View or a Lake View, a Signature Suite Lake View and a Presidential Suite with views over the golf course and lake, a lounge, kitchen and dining area. Source
- Setting
- A 157-acre estate in Cheshire countryside overlooking The Mere Lake, just outside the market town of Knutsford. Manchester is under 30 minutes by road and the Peak District under an hour (release of 10 July 2026). Source
- Address
- Chester Road, Mere WA16 6LJ KNUTSFORD United Kingdom. Telephone +44 01565830155. Source
- Getting there
- Ten minutes from Manchester International airport and 30 minutes from Manchester City centre. The hotel has no airport shuttle but reception can reserve a transfer with a preferred driver. Source
- History
- The estate has a mention in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was a leisure estate and private club before returning to its roots as a hotel (release of 29 May 2026). The 'New Hall' was built in 1834 (Accor release of 2 December 2025). Source
- Designer
- Interiors by Bergman Design House. Source
- Dining
- Gordon Ramsay at The Mere is the main restaurant, with a private dining room, a terrace overlooking The Mere Lake and a speakeasy style bar, and features Gordon Ramsay's signature Beef Wellington. The Orangery serves afternoon tea by day and becomes a champagne and oyster bar in the evening. The Club Lounge serves globally inspired dishes alongside Indian-influenced cuisine. A Spa Cafe serves healthy bites and smoothies. Source
- Spa
- Fairmont Spa is set in a restored Victorian stable block. The thermal suite has a 20-meter swimming pool, a Finnish barrel sauna, ice baths, hammam steam rooms and salt inhalation chambers. Twenty treatments are offered in six treatment rooms, with a Rasul Room, a Technogym gym and a covered outdoor class studio. Skincare partners are Wildsmith Skin, KAMA Ayurveda and 111Skin. Source
- Activities
- An 18-hole championship parkland golf course, originally designed in the 1930s by James Braid and George Duncan, with a driving range (hotel page also lists padel). Source
- Website
- fairmont.com
