As the year draws to a close, a quiet excitement begins to brew over how this year’s celebrations might unfold. However you choose to spend New Year’s Eve – in a candlelit cottage watching Jules Holland beside the fire with a bottle of save-for-a-special-occasion vintage fizz; or taking over a sprawling country house for the annual get-together with the ever-growing cluster of your dearest folk – our homes are made for merrymaking. Here, we round up eight of the best celebration homes with availability to book for New Year's Eve. 

 

For lovers: The Studio, Cotswolds

The living room and bedroom suite at The Studio in the Cotswolds

With its chic, contemporary interiors and bedroom suite encased in glass, this is no ordinary Cotswolds barn. Here, couples can dance and fix up Champagne cocktails dressed in pyjamas, being careful not to fall victim to the drowsy spell of the fireplace before the clock strikes midnight.

 

For partygoers: Castle Trinity, Yorkshire

The exterior and living room at Castle Trinity in Yorkshire

Owned by two luminaries of the entertainment industry, this opulent Yorkshire castle has soirée-suitability weaved into its very bones. Where rosy-cheeked socialites can host dinner parties or murder mysteries in the company of previous A-list guests who smile from a black-and-white wall of fame.  

 

For families: The Sculptor’s Gardens, Herefordshire

The games room and dining room at The Sculptor´s Gardens in Herefordshire

Comprising two historic homes, here is a place to create memories with family old and new. Where the little ones help to make the pudding for supper – cocoa powder spraying over tutus – and the countdown to twelve is spent between games of charades and “just one sip” of grandpa’s whisky.

 

For health enthusiasts: Drift Farmhouse, Ireland

The swimming pool and exterior with hot tub at Drift Farmhouse in Ireland

For many, the new year is a time to recalibrate and set intentions for the months ahead. After weeks of indulgence, a focus on health can be key, and what better place than Ireland’s newest luxury wellness destination? With a high-spec indoor Endless pool with built-in underwater treadmill, hot tub, sauna and studio space – you’ll leave feeling suitably restored.

 

For cocooners: Tincture, Wales

The exterior and country kitchen at Tincture in Wales

The need to escape after a busy year sounds oh so tempting, particularly if it’s to a chocolate box cottage in Wales’ secret Cambrian Mountains. Running off grid and surrounded by acres of untrodden, protected National Trust land, this home is exactly what it says on the tin – a tincture for the soul.

 

For bon vivants: Winterfell, Lake District

The interior and dining room at Winterfell in the Lake District

In this former hunting lodge meets grand country house, you'll find luxury in every corner. New Year’s Eve here is best spent indulging in a multi-course banquet of caviar, local venison and sticky ginger cake – before starting on the cheese and port, of course.

  

For wave chasers: The Fish Store, Cornwall

The living room with sea view and house with ocean beyond at The Fish Store in Cornwall

This fisherman’s cottage in the Cornish seaside village of Mousehole is a well earmarked destination for city dwellers seeking coastal refuge. New Year’s Eve can be spent jostling with the locals in one of the olde-worlde pubs; sore heads the morning after soothed with a bracing New Year’s Day dip.

 

For adventurists: Selkie, Scotland

The exterior and view over the loch and mountains at Selkie in Scotland

Crisp winter days stomping in welly boots are synonymous with this Scottish home. With awe-inspiring views across Loch Harport to the peaks of the Black Cuillin, there might not be a more beautiful place to sit, sip an Old Fashioned and bid adieu to 2025.

Feeling inspired? Book your New Year's escape, or view our collection of large homes for celebrations.