Kemble Nursery, housed in a bungalow in the grounds of the Bath Spa Hotel, has been instructed by the hotel's solicitors to leave by the end of this month. The hotel wants to use the bungalow for staff accommodation instead.
The nursery was set up in 1993 and has a two-year waiting list.
Nursery owner Carol Holland is now seeking new premises. 'We were looking for one year's grace but the hotel wouldn't get back to me,' Ms Holland said. 'Then six weeks later we had a letter from its lawyers saying "no".
'All I want is a stay of execution so I can relocate. I always felt that as long as Kemble had its life, the setting would be based in the hotel grounds. I'm just sorry it should have to end like this.'
The Bath Spa, a five-star hotel where room charges start at 230 a night, is frequently used by visiting actors and film stars.
Bath and North East Somerset councillor Tim Bullamore, whose three-year-old daughter Rebecca attends the nursery, is one parent urging a boycott. 'Bath Spa sets itself up as a hotel for the local community,' he said. 'But you can't do that and then turn out the children - the community involves children as well.
'We've been told of people who were planning Christmas dinner there and now won't be doing so, and I know of some who won't be renewing their gym membership.'
Councillor Andrew Furse said, 'There's a big demand for full-time nursery places in Bath. We can ill afford to lose any. Both my children went to this nursery and loved it. It has always received good reports from Ofsted.
'I will be avoiding the Bath Spa Hotel whenever possible. It may have five stars for its facilities, but it has zero stars for civilised behaviour and compassion.'
Kemble Nursery takes around 40 children a week from the age of two. For many years its nursery facilities were available to hotel guests for their children to use at weekends.
Michael Grange, regional general manager for Macdonald Hotels, which owns the Bath Spa, said, 'The matter is being dealt with in a sympathetic manner by our solicitors. We have followed to the letter correct procedure and do not wish to engage in an ill-judged media debate.
'I am very disappointed about the campaign to boycott the hotel,' he added.
