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On this site you will find Manchester Hotels many with 70% off standard rates. They offer the best prices in the best areas of Manchester.
In the northwest of England, Manchester is England's third largest city, 200 miles from London and 85 miles from Birmingham. The major attractions include the world famous football team Manchester United at Old Trafford stadium, the Urbis Museum of the Modern City in Manchester's Millennium Quarter, and G-Mex/MICC, the state-of-the-art exhibition and international convention centre in the heart of Manchester. If Manchester can be said to have a centre, it's St Peter's Square and the cluster of buildings focused on it. South of here, the former Central Station now functions as the G-Mex exhibition centre, with the Hallé orchestra's home, Bridgewater Hall , opposite; Chinatown (Britain's largest) and the Gay Village are just a short walk to the east; while to the northeast, the revamped Piccadilly Gardens provides access to the so-called Northern Quarter , the funkiest of the regenerated inner-city areas. To the southwest is the Castlefield district, site of the Museum of Science and Industry . Eastern spine of the city is Deansgate , which runs from Castlefield to the Cathedral and, in its northern environs, displays the most dramatic core of urban regeneration in the country, centred on Exchange Square . Other city-centre diversions string out along the main southern artery Oxford Road . Southwest of the centre, trams run out to Salford Quays where the renovated docks and quays now maintain two high-profile visitor attractions, The Lowry arts centre and the Imperial War Museum North ; and no soccer fan will want to miss the tour of nearby Old Trafford , home of Manchester United. Year-round, two-hour guided walks (£4) can be booked at the Visitor Centre in St Peter's Square - there are usually two or three departures a week. From Manchester Airport , ten miles south of the city, direct trains run to Piccadilly (every 15min 5.15am-10.15pm, reduced service through the night; 25min). Mainline trains pull into Piccadilly Station , on the city's east side, from where you can walk the few hundred yards west into the centre (or catch the free Centreline bus #4 every 10min, not Sunday, to all main locations). Regional trains to points south, east and west call both here and at Oxford Road Station , south of the centre, while Victoria Station , in the north, services the northern hinterland and Bradford. National Express and long-distance buses use Chorlton Street Coach Station , a few hundred yards west of Piccadilly train station. The Manchester Visitor Centre is in the town hall extension on Lloyd Street, facing St Peter's Square (Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm, Sun 11am-4pm; tel 0161/234 3157 or 0906/8715 533; ). To find out what's on , buy the fortnightly City Life magazine from any newsstand. Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station is the hub of the urban bus network, though a new transport interchange at Shudehill may affect the location of some routes. Information about all services is available from the Travel Shop, in Piccadilly Gardens (Mon-Sat 7am-6pm, Sun 10am-6pm); or call the GMPTE Travel Line (tel 0161/228 7811; daily 8am-8pm). A Day Saver ticket gives unlimited travel on any city bus. Metrolink (tel 0161/205 2000) - the electric tram service - whisks through the city centre and out to the suburbs (every 6-15min 6am-11.30pm). There are stations at Piccadilly Station, Piccadilly Gardens, St Peter's Square, G-Mex, Market Street and Victoria Station, though (trips to Salford Quays aside) you're unlikely to use the system for getting around, unless you simply fancy the ride. Manchester City Manchester's universities are the University of Manchester, UMIST and Manchester Metropolitan University. There are a number of museums and galleries, including the Whitworth Art Gallery and the Manchester City Art Galleries, Bridgewater Hall, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Museum of Transport, the Pump House People's History Museum, and the Imperial War Museum in the Salford Quays area. Greater Manchester Hotels in Manchester provide a base for exploring some of market towns outside of the city, including Oldham and Bolton. Other nearby attractions include the Irwell Sculpture Trail in Bury, the new Arts and Heritage Centre at Rochdale and Western Europe's largest railway viaduct at Stockport. Further afield, there is the Transpennine trail, which includes the old railway line through Trafford to Stockport. National Express Coaches operates coach services from Manchester to a number of cities. |
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Britannia Airport Hotel, Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester M22 4FH
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