| wifi is free in public areas. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 10:30 am. breakfast is served in a hip, modern dining room; there's also a gastropub serving lunch and dinner, and a late night bar showing televised sports. adjacent to manchester cathedral, this 1815 hotel lies a block from the arndale centre and an 8-minute walk from the phones 4u arena. most rooms have en suite bathrooms; some add free-standing baths and cathedral views. the individually styled, contemporary rooms are punctuated with splashes of bright colour and offer tvs as well as tea and coffeemaking facilities
Manchester Airport 29 min
People's History Museum (8 min)
Former Edwardian pumping station housing displays on local and national working-class life. Manchester Museum (12 min)
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. Manchester Art Gallery (8 min)
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. Printworks (4 min)
This revamped former printworks is home to restaurants, plus bars, nightclubs, a cinema and a gym. The Lowry (14 min)
Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. Science and Industry Museum (12 min)
Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. The John Rylands Library (8 min)
Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop. Old Trafford (13 min)
Home of Manchester United, offering behind-the-scenes stadium tours and 75,000 seats for matches. Manchester Central Library (7 min)
Monumental 1930s central library of Manchester, with a domed reading room, free Wi-Fi & a cafe. IWM North (16 min)
Permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war, plus family events and activities. The Whitworth (13 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Manchester Cathedral (1 min)
CofE building with 13th-century origins, chapel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and daily tours. Piccadilly Gardens (10 min)
Anchored by a large fountain, this tranquil square features an expansive green space & pavilion. Manchester City Council (7 min)
City hall, victorian architecture, clock tower, gothic revival architecture, and victorian era National Football Museum (3 min)
More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. | 
