Hotels within two hours of Liverpool
Tyddyn Llan - Six Course Tasting Menu Special Offer
Corwen
‘One comes for the food, and it doesn’t disappoint,’ reports a trusted Guide reader after a 2018 visit to Susan and Bryan Webb’s Michelin-starred restaurant-with-rooms in a ‘peaceful rural location’.
Bodysgallen Hall and Spa - Spa Break Special Offer
Llandudno
‘Without exception the house and its antique contents are fabulous; it’s an absolute gem,’ wrote a long-term Guide reader after visiting the National Trust hotel overlooking Snowdonia.
Hipping Hall - Gourmet Getaway Break Special Offer
Kirkby Lonsdale
‘A wonderful place,’ write readers this year, of Andrew Wildsmith’s first venture, between Lake District and Yorkshire Dales.
Pen-y-Dyffryn
Oswestry
‘We always look forward to staying.’ Miles and Audrey Hunter’s ‘tranquil’ small hotel on the Welsh border received a flurry of praise from new and regular visitors this year.
The Traddock
Austwick
‘One of my favourites.’ ‘Deserves a glowing account.’ Readers are full of praise for the Reynolds family’s dog-friendly, people-friendly hotel in the Dales.
Mere Brook House - £100 per Night Special Offer
Thornton Hough
Aynsome Manor
Grange-over-Sands
Warm hospitality, centuries-old architecture and ‘beautiful countryside’ again delighted loyal fans of this ‘exceptionally good-value oasis of peace and tranquillity.’
The Inn at Whitewell
Clitheroe
‘A lovely place to stay,’ writes a reader in 2018, of this popular old inn. On the banks of the River Hodder, it has views to the Forest of Bowland.
Biggin Hall
Buxton
‘We were welcomed with a complimentary Pimm’s,’ write Guide insiders, who dined at James Moffett’s historic stone manor house in the Peak District national park.
Underleigh House
Hope
A 19th-century cottage and barn combine as one exceptional B&B on private land within the Peak District national park.
Osborne House
Llandudno
Blond sofas, fluted pillars, chandeliers, paintings, oriental rugs, gilded mirrors… Opulence abounds in this bay-fronted Victorian former gentleman’s residence on the prom.
Bryniau Golau
BALA
There are ‘stunning’ views of Bala Lake and Arenig mountain from the bedrooms of this Victorian house on a hillside in Snowdonia national park.
The Roseleigh
Buxton
Gazing across the lake in Buxton’s ‘elegant, well-wooded main park’, the Victorian B&B’s ‘fine premises’ earned a return visit and more praise from trusted Guide correspondents.
The Bay Horse
Ulverston
Right at the water’s edge, Robert Lyons and Lesley Wheeler’s pub-with-rooms is ‘an amiable, comfortable place’ that draws regular returnees year after year.
Hope Street Hotel
Liverpool
In the buzzing heart of the city, opposite the Philharmonic Hall, a Venetian palazzo facade conceals this contemporary hotel, ‘ideally placed’ for discovering the wonderful history and architecture.
Number One St Luke’s
Blackpool
A three-minute amble away from the famous promenade and Pleasure Beach, Mark and Claire Smith’s South Shore B&B offers comfy, good value, contemporary accommodation.
Clare House
Grange-over-Sands
‘Wonderfully old-fashioned’, the Read family’s traditional hotel ‘continues to tick all the right boxes’.
Shibden Mill Inn
Halifax
Opposite Red Beck, the stream that once powered its machinery, this former mill draws visitors to the wooded Shibden valley.
Escape
Llandudno
Urbane cool design and personal touches fill Sam Nayar and Gaenor Loftus’s stylish B&B in a white-stucco Victorian villa just up the slopes of the Great Orme.
The Cartford Inn
Little Eccleston
Buzzy design and imaginative French-inflected cooking attract visitors from near and far to Julie and Patrick Beaumé’s 17th-century coaching inn.
Northcote
Blackburn
Craig Bancroft’s Victorian country house hotel in the Ribble valley has held a Michelin star since 1996, under former chef/director Nigel Haworth, and now Lisa Allen.
Goldstone Hall
Market Drayton
For ‘a quiet weekend in a friendly, characterful hotel among bucolic surroundings’, John and Sue Cushing’s red brick Georgian manor ‘fits the bill perfectly’.
2 Blackburne Terrace
Liverpool
‘Everything perfect. A real find in this wonderful city.’ Our readers are impressed with this chic B&B, in the Georgian quarter, between the two cathedrals.
Edgar House
Chester
On the broad promendade of the ancient wall of this ‘lovely city’, overlooking the River Dee, Tim Mills and Michael Stephen’s Georgian villa has been made over in a spirit of exuberance.
The Chester Grosvenor
Chester
Grand from every direction, this ‘very smart’ Grade II listed hotel (Bespoke Hotels) is ‘a very good place to stay, peopled with polite, cheerful staff’.
Liverpool is an eclectic, vibrant and joyful city to visit with so much to offer when it comes to history, art, music and culture, while the surrounding area continues to expand the mini break experience with everything from scenic country views to a day at the races. From our 2018 collection of independent hotels, we share our most beautiful hotels within two hours of Liverpool…