Bower Hotels
The Bower Hotel was erected by a noble family during the Victorian Era. The hotel's location is an invitation to explore Oldham's countryside. The hotel is minutes from Hartshead Pike, a monument that overlooks all of Greater Manchester. Since its earliest days the hotel has undergone little renovation, so it stands today as it stood almost 200 years ago.
Most rooms give you a view of the hotel's secret garden. The hotel has 90 bedrooms and 28 larger-than-life bedrooms. The hotel's Sheridan restaurant serves choice dishes and wine. All rooms have cable TV sets, room service, tea and coffeemakers, and the traditional English trouser press. The executive rooms, meanwhile, have a desk space for your laptop.
The hotel has built a solid reputation for hosting big occasions in its conference rooms. The latest addition is its Henshaws Conference Centre. It has a lounge and a well-trimmed garden. Standard room rate starts at US$81 a night, while executive rooms are priced at US$92, as of November 2009.
Hollinwood Avenue
Chadderton, Greater Manchester
OL9 8DE
011 ( +0161) 682 7254
gm.bower@crerarmgmt.com
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Best Western Colonial Broadfield Park Hotel
What draws tourists to Best Western Broadfield Park Hotel is its proximity to the Broadfield Park and Rochdale's Town Center. Stretching 34 acres, you can take a stroll on Broadfield Park while taking in the sights of the old town.
The hotel is a few minutes from the M60 motorway. In all areas you get Wi-Fi, more so in its 29 Victorian bedrooms. This is in stark contrast to what is inside these rooms: flat-screen TV, tea and coffeemaker, plus all the modern-day comfort equipment. At any rate, the hotel offers a refuge to anyone who wants to check out the Manchester scene as it is barely 15 minutes away by car, where the world's most famous football team, the Manchester United, plays.
You get the royal treatment as you enter the hotel: You are welcomed by a huge hallway, with the main staircase having a 25-foot stained glass window portrait of Queen Victoria. Standard room rates start at US$86; executive rooms are priced at US$98.
011 (01706) 639 000
011 (01706) 759 398
reception@broadfieldparkhotel.co.uk
broadfieldparkhotel.co.uk
Holiday Inn Machester Central Park Hotel
Manchester Central Park Hotel is the newest Holiday Inn hotel in the city. It is near Manchester City Football Club and Manchester Central. The hotel stands close to the city's shopping centers, which is why if affords you a great chance to scour the city's streets and open spaces.
There are 83 suite rooms in all, each supremely furnished with king-size beds. All rooms have a direct-dial telephone, Wi-Fi, cable channel TV and a host of other modern equipment. The hotel's 888 Bar serves full English meals. On the fifth floor is the Academy Conference Centre for meetings and similar occasions. Since Manchester is a sporting city, the hotel is within easy distance to the National Velodrome, the Tennis Center and the Athletics Stadium. From here you can take bus going to Liverpool, the home of the Beatles.
888 Oldham Road
Manchester, M40 2BS
011 (+0161) 2776910
011 (+0161) 2776929
reservations@himanchestercentralpark.com
himanchestercentralpark.com
