I stayed Wednesday-Sunday at the hotel with my son. We were in the Manchester-area to watch a Saturday football-game. 3 minutes walk to the train-station and 30 minutes train-ride to Manchester Piccadilly. The hotel and it's rooms were quit old-fashioned, but well maintained and clean. The breakfast was good with real eggs, bacon, sausages etc. The Hale-area has a wide variety of restaurants and bars, but few activities when you travel with a teenager. This, in addition to a small TV with few TV-channels in the room, made us spend most of the day in the City. All in all, we think we got a nice stay for a very reasonable price, but a little remote for a restless teenager.