Contractors are in place and construction is expected to begin this summer on the new 85-bedroom Southampton Harbour Hotel & Spa to be built on headland that was used to moor the region’s exclusive yachts and the cross-channel ferries coming into the marina at Ocean Village.

The hotel will also include a spa with a gym and swimming pool and incorporate a restaurant and champagne bar on the top floor, with views across the Solent and the Isle of Wight.

Southampton Harbour Hotel & Spa is scheduled to open in June 2017.

Harbour Hotels currently operate five hotels around the south coast of England. The group has a further two hotels in development in Brighton as well as the one in Southampton.

Details: www.harbourhotels.co.uk