USP Overlooking Lundy Island on the north coast of Devon, Downe Health Spa is an escapist’s retreat — it is one of two places in England that can claim to have no noise or light pollution. The spa is basic and very much in its infancy, but the welcome is warm, friendly and intimate. Ideal for spa virgins who might be intimidated by a more professional and slick set-up.
AMBIENCE For 500 years Downe Health Spa was a working dairy farm, until ten years ago when Jeremy and Linda Roe decided to take on a new challenge in their retirement and converted most of the farm buildings into self-catering cottages. The spa was more of an afterthought and was only added three years ago as