Center Parcs has announced that work on the 75-bedroom ‘Hotel’ at Woburn Forest is now complete as the The Blackstone Group-owned resort operator targets a late spring opening for what will be its fifth UK location.

The overall project is expected to cost £250m and will become the nearest Center Parcs to the capital, sitting just a 50-minute train ride from central London by train.

The company is eager to attract city-dwellers seeking a weekend or midweek break and the rare construction of a hotel – Elveden Forest is the only other site to feature one – was carried out with couples in mind, a Center Parcs spokesperson told Leisure Opportunities

The Hotel boasts 75 Austrian-inspired double or twin rooms nestled within the woodland landscape, close to the resort’s Aqua Sana spa, gym, watersports lake, restaurants and shops.

Featuring exterior design by Holder Mathias Architects and interior from Sparc Studio, the hotel will supplement the 625 lodges at Woburn Forest, serving as a lodging alternative for couples and smaller parties.

“I first saw this room design in the Tyrol Valley while on holiday and it was perfect for the new Center Parcs Village,” said Woburn construction director, Don Camilleri.

“Like Center Parcs, it’s the connection with the outside that guests want and every aspect of the room design embodies that. They are simple, stylish and comfortable, offering luxury accommodation for pairs, close to nature.”

Woburn Forest is on track to open this spring, according to Center Parcs, with guests currently able to book short breaks for between 20 June 2014 and 27 April 2015.

Center Parcs first announced that it was looking to open a fifth site back in 2004 and later the same year announced that it had entered into an agreement with the Bedford Estate to lease a site at Warren Wood, near Woburn.

The plans initially attracted opposition from local residents and councils, including what was then Mid Beds Council which rejected the company's initial application for the site in 2006.