| 3 miles from the peak district national park. 6 miles from manchester airport and 8. conference facilities are available. full breakfast is free, and there are 2 upscale restaurants, a bar, a lounge and picnic area. other amenities include a garden, a gym, an indoor pool, and a posh spa with a sauna and steam room. elegant rooms have designer toiletries, flat-screen tvs with satellite channels, free wi-fi, and tea and coffeemaking facilities. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. suites add extra living space and/or bedrooms. there's also a golf course and free parking. surrounded by parkland, this polished hotel is set in an elegant redbrick mansion dating from 1721. it's 7
Manchester Airport 22 min
The Whitworth (30 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Bramall Hall (18 min)
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Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre (19 min)
Educational observatory museum with science exhibits, the Lovell Radio Telescope, plus outdoor cafe. Old Trafford (30 min)
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Green space donated to the people of Manchester, with original features, sports facilities and cafe. Science and Industry Museum (33 min)
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Imposing house, used as Pemberley in TV's Pride and Prejudice, with 1300-acre estate and deer park. Poole's Cavern & Buxton Country Park (36 min)
Tours of natural underground limestone caves, plus a park with picnic areas & wooded trails. Quarry Bank (12 min)
Heritage site from the early Industrial Revolution and home to Europe's most powerful water wheel. National Football Museum (39 min)
More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. Manchester Cathedral (37 min)
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Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. Tatton Park (28 min)
Historic estate with Tudor hall, neo-classical mansion, lavish gardens, a deer park and playground. | 
