The Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels all started with Crieff Hydro. For over 150 years we've been bringing families back to Crieff, excited generation after excited generation. Now we're bringing the same sense of belonging, explorers' spirit and let’s-leave-the-world-behind to even more wonderful locations in Scotland.
Dr Meikle opened his hydropathic spa in 1868. Think clean eating and outdoor gyms – 19th century style.
Could he imagine that today, Crieff Hydro would still be owned and run by his descendants? Or that guests would be zooming about on quadbikes and Segways, instead of taking ice-cold dips on nurse’s orders?
Probably not.
A lot’s changed since we opened our doors, but our family bond hasn’t. Our 850-strong team is really one big extended family – including our CEO Stephen Leckie, Dr Meikle’s great-great-grandnephew.
For a long time the strongest drink you could get here was a double ginger beer on the rocks: we were a dry hotel until we opened our first bar in 1994. You wouldn’t think it now, looking at the wall of whisky and mixologists shaking it out at the Meikle.
Other things have changed too. We built our first self-catering lodges and cabins in 1998. Then we opened Action Glen in 2003, followed by Big Country – the home of our legendary kids’ club.
All told, we’ve invested £40 million in the hotel and facilities in recent years.
Since 2014 we’ve grown to become a family of seven hotels across Scotland. From the dramatic landscapes of Glencoe to the rolling hills of Tweeddale, you can now explore a little further than our 900 acres of Perthshire countryside.
