A NORTH-EAST hotel has been named the number two golf resort in the country by the country’s leading hoteliers.

Rockliffe Hall, in Hurworth, County Durham, which earlier this year picked up Large Hotel of the Year at the VisitEngland Awards, is also the highest ranking North-East hotel to feature in the Hoteliers’ Hotels Top 100.

Compiled by leading names in the hotel industry and verified by some of the nation’s pre-eminent hotel experts, the full list was revealed at a glittering reception at London’s Ham Yard hotel.

Rockliffe Hall came second only to the famous Gleneagles in Scotland and its chief executive Eamonn Elliott said: “We are thrilled to feature in this prestigious list.

“To be the highest ranking hotel in the North-East and the second best hotel golf resort in the country, only behind Gleneagles, is a fabulous achievement for Rockliffe and everyone who works here.”

One of the judging panel Bronwyn de Cholewa, director for hotels at Sky, said: “These awards recognise the exceptional level of detail that goes in to ensuring every guest has a perfect stay.

“Congratulations to all of you that have been included in the Hoteliers Hotels Top 100 and to those who voted to create this most definitive list of the UK’s greatest hotels.”

Rockliffe recently invested £1 million in a new Spa Garden and has plans for further investment to enrich its services in 2016 and beyond.