| check-in time: 3:00 pm. suites add balconies and tower views; 1 has a fireplace. set in a former coaching inn, this upscale pub with rooms is 2 miles from the landmark peel tower on holcombe hill and a mile from the m66 motorway. parking is complimentary, as is breakfast. rustic-chic, individually decorated rooms come with free wi-fi and stocked minifridges (no alcohol), as well as smart tvs, and tea and coffeemaking facilities. there's a high-end regional restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows and countryside views, while a walled beer garden has a kids' play area, an orchard and a kitchen garden
Manchester Airport 36 min
Manchester Art Gallery (31 min)
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. Science and Industry Museum (26 min)
Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. Bury Market (11 min)
Long-running market with a large hall & outdoor stalls selling groceries, clothing & assorted goods. The Quays (25 min) East Lancs Railway (12 min) Heaton Park (17 min)
Urban park with a championship golf course for grown-ups, farm animals and play areas for kids. Manchester Cathedral (25 min)
CofE building with 13th-century origins, chapel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and daily tours. Rivington Pike (42 min)
This 363-m. high hill features footpaths to the summit, a historic tower, benches & panoramic views. People's History Museum (26 min)
Former Edwardian pumping station housing displays on local and national working-class life. The Lowry (26 min)
Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. Hollingworth Lake (30 min)
130-acre recreational lake for swimming, boating & fishing, with an educational visitor center. National Football Museum (24 min)
More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. IWM North (25 min)
Permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war, plus family events and activities. Manchester City Council (29 min)
City hall, victorian architecture, clock tower, gothic revival architecture, and victorian era The John Rylands Library (28 min)
Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop. | 
