Naked ambition: Residents at The Clover Spa and Hotel in Birmingham – Britain’s first dedicated health spa for nudists set up by owner Tim Higg, standing (Pictures: Birmingham Post and Mail)

Britain’s first naturist spa hotel has applied for an alcohol licence, sparking concerns from local residents it could encourage ‘lewd behaviour’ by some of the guests.

Councillor Robert Alden said he feared the licence would turn the Clover Spa and Hotel, in Erdington, Birmingham, into a strip club and that it would attract ‘local youths and troublemakers’.

‘There will be a rise in inappropriate behaviour and displays of flesh,’ he said, as he pointed out the establishment in Chester Road was visible from a children’s nursery.

Overlooked: The Clover Spa and Hotel in Erdington, Birmingham (Picture: BPM MEDIA)

An unnamed local resident complained to the council that ‘naturism (predominately male), alcohol and children should not be in close proximity’.




However, the owner of the hotel, Tim Higgs, says the objections are unfounded as he only wants to serve guests a glass of wine with their dinner, or on the lawn.

‘I do not get where the objectors are coming from,’ said Mr Higgs, who opened the Clover Spa in 2011.

‘It is a spa, a respectful, quality establishment for naturists, not a pub, you can’t just come in off the street.’

He claimed there had been no objections from the police and councillors were free to visit the premises whenever they wished.