Image credits

How we source images

Images published on BestUKHotels may include:

• photographs taken or supplied by our contributors;
• images made available under Creative Commons or similar licences;
• public-domain or CC0 material;
• images supplied to us with permission by a photographer, tourism organisation, hotel or other rights holder;
• original maps, illustrations and graphics created for BestUKHotels.

We keep source and rights information for editorial images wherever it is required or reasonably available. This may include the creator, copyright holder, original source, licence and any attribution requirements.

We do not assume that an image found through Google, social media, a hotel website or an online travel agency is free to reuse.

Attribution

Where a licence or rights holder requires public attribution, we provide it alongside the image, in its caption, or elsewhere on the relevant page.

Some images — including public-domain material, CC0 works and graphics created specifically for BestUKHotels — may not legally require attribution. We may still identify their source or creator where doing so gives readers useful context.

Rather than maintaining a separate catalogue of every image on this page, credits are kept close to the content they relate to whenever practical. Images whose licence requires a public credit are also listed in the table below.

Original and generated graphics

BestUKHotels also uses original visual material such as destination maps, diagrams and editorial illustrations. These are intended to help explain destinations and travel decisions rather than represent documentary photography.

Where an illustration has been created or substantially assisted by generative AI, we do not present it as evidence that our editors personally visited a hotel or destination. Photographic-looking generated material should not be used to imply a first-hand stay, inspection or experience that did not occur.

Hotel photographs

Hotel imagery can change as rooms are renovated, properties are rebranded or facilities are updated. An image should therefore be treated as a visual reference rather than a guarantee that a particular room, view, furnishing or facility will look exactly the same when you visit.

Where a hotel or rights holder supplies imagery for editorial use, this does not affect whether the property is recommended or how we describe it.

Copyright and corrections

We make reasonable efforts to identify the correct creator, source and usage rights before publishing an image.

If you are a photographer, copyright holder or authorised representative and believe an image on BestUKHotels has been used incorrectly, attributed incorrectly or requires an updated credit, please contact us with:

• the URL of the page;
• the image concerned;
• your name or organisation;
• details of the relevant copyright or licence; and
• the correction or action you are requesting.

Email hello@bestukhotels.com. The same address is on the contact page.

We will review credible rights or attribution concerns and correct, re-credit or remove material where appropriate.

Editorial independence

Permission to use an image does not buy editorial coverage. Hotels, photographers, tourism organisations and other image providers cannot pay for a favourable recommendation through the supply of photography.

Hotel selections and editorial judgements are made separately from image licensing, affiliate relationships and commercial partnerships.