| bright, unfussy rooms come with limited free wifi, flat-screen tvs and desks. family rooms add sofabeds. up to 2 kids age 15 and under stay with a paying adult at no extra charge. just off the m62 motorway, this informal budget hotel is 3 miles from heaton park, 5 miles from downtown rochdale and 7 miles from manchester city centre. all provide tea and coffeemaking facilities, and custom-designed beds. parking is complimentary, and breakfast is available for a surcharge. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 12:00 pm
Manchester Airport 30 min
Iwm North (21 min.)
permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war plus family events and activities. The Lowry (23 min.)
modern performance venue staging opera comedy dance & theater shows plus art exhibitions. Manchester Museum (25 min.)
free wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs plus a busy events programme. The Whitworth (26 min.)
visual arts collection surrounded by parkland closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. National Football Museum (21 min.)
more than 140 000 football-related items plus a kids discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. Greenhill Farm (10 min) Castleton (17 min) The John Rylands Library (24 min.)
neo-gothic library (part of university of manchester) with rare books & manuscripts a cafe & shop. Manchester City Council (25 min.)
clock tower city hall gothic revival architecture victorian architecture and gothic architecture Heaton Park. (14 min.)
urban park with a championship golf course for grown-ups farm animals and play areas for kids. Science And Industry Museum (22 min.)
museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world s first modern train stations. Manchester Art Gallery (26 min.)
artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. People S History Museum (22 min.)
former edwardian pumping station housing displays on local and national working-class life. Manchester Cathedral (21 min.)
cofe building with 13th-century origins chapel of the duke of lancasters regiment and daily tours. Langley Lane (10 min) Intu Trafford Centre (17 min.)
3-storey mall for fashion and homeware shops department store restaurants and multi-screen cinema. East Lancashire Railway Luxury Dining Trains (15 min.)
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