The Bothy by Wildsmith at Heckfield Place (Hampshire, England) recently opened its doors. Home to generations of estate gardeners, The Bothy by Wildsmith lies beyond a secret door of the House’s original walled garden and boasts views across the Hampshire countryside. Designed to return guests to a simpler time - a slower time - The Bothy by Wildsmith provides guests a deeper, more meaningful connection to themselves, to each other, and to their natural surroundings, with an integrated approach to wellbeing, offering healing treatments to nurture mental, physical, and spiritual regeneration.
The new 17,000-square-foot space features: six treatment rooms (two doubles); The Waters, a chlorine-free space of relaxation and healing that uses ionization and natural minerals ions of copper, silver, zinc, aluminum, and gold; The Oak Terrace, which is home to outdoor hydrotherapy, healing thermal experiences including sauna, steam room, temperature-and-mood-shifting Experiential Shower and a bucket shower with ice cold water; three movement spaces; The Sun Room, an indoor/outdoor space fueled by the epicurean alchemy of Heckfield Place’s Culinary Director Skye Gyngell, with a small plant-based menu; and The Bothy Shop, a thoughtfully curated selection of pieces from their made-by-many makers, as well as the complete Wildsmith Skin range.
The spa's treatment menu includes massages, facials, meditation, and movement as well as time spent with the master practitioners who specialize in naturopathy, osteopathy, reiki, bodywork, and more.
- Wildsmith Time (135 minutes) provides a bespoke reset, leaving guests reconnected and in balance, incorporating Kinesiology principles and mechanisms of movement to reveal the body’s requirements. A therapeutic massage sequence is applied using essential oil blends specifically formulated to circadian rhythms and the time of day. Each treatment includes craniosacral holds, abdominal massage, and foot zone reflex therapy to help spark up energy pathways.
- The Wildsmith Radical Botany Facial (90 minutes) offers an all-encompassing approach to skin health and wellbeing, delivering immediate results including toned, smoother, plump and radiant skin. It incorporates advanced myofascial release, acupressure, craniosacral holds, and breathwork. The Bothy's concept of integrated wellbeing extends to the outdoors too.
- Wildsmith Movement offers guests physical journeys exploring the grounds including Woodland Movement, Farm Fit, Forest Bathing and Cold Wild Water Immersion Therapy.
"The Bothy is the reknitting of all parts of the estate - it represents the vision of accepting and living by the natural cycles of seasons, appreciating its simplicity and supporting the harmony in which it brings," says Reka Seres-Erdei, Bothy operations director. "Whether it be a mindful walk in the woods, breathing in the scents of nature during a treatment, taking an invigorating cold dip in the Lower Lake in wintertime, or spending time in the Market Garden picking from the land’s bounty used to create Wildsmith Skin products and the daily offerings of tea, these are the rituals of The Bothy.’
