My honest review of Surrey’s ‘£10 spa’ hotel just 30 minutes from London

Lovely views from the small but pleasant spa (Picture: Guildford Harbour)

Staring at the glass front of Surrey’s Guildford Harbour Hotel, I must admit, my heart sank.

I could picture it already: grayscale decor, meeting rooms galore and lots of loud business-people on serious-sounding calls.

But behind the clinical facade is a welcoming space that feels like fun.

Just 30 minutes by train from London, it is just the ticket for a weekend getaway: a spa from a tenner an hour, two excellent restaurants and a pretty cobbled High Street right around the corner...