Where would the American Werewolf in London stay for a short break
June 16, 2017 5:42 AM Subscribe
Accommodation suggestions in England needed, old-timey a must, haunted a plus!
We're planning a trip to England late this summer, and have one last night's accommodation we need to book. I fell in love with the idea of Samlesbury Hall, but it's just too far north for our current trip.
We need to find someplace that's reasonably between Liverpool and the Heathrow car rental places, let's say within an hour's drive from Heathrow coming from the Northwest, and roughly an hour or two drive from Liverpool (we want to be closer to Heathrow than Liverpool, since we'll have a day of sightseeing in London ahead of us after we return the car). Within that vague geographic area, we are open to staying anywhere, provided that the hotel/B&B/inn is interesting.
I would really like to find someplace that looks and is sufficiently pre-Georgian old-timey so I can feel like a time traveler for one night. Tudor style half-timbered a huge plus, or spookily Gothic. If there's a good ghost story associated with the place, all the better. I've tried a ton of Google searching and looking at the hauntedrooms.com website, but this search is harder than you'd think. There must be some UK and well-traveled MeFites who know of some places that will fit this bill! The more suggestions, the better, because we are two adults traveling with one kid, and it also turns out that most hotel rooms have an occupancy limit of two, so finding places that have "family rooms" is a challenge, but not a restriction I'm going to place on your suggestions.
Barring any specific recommendations, I would also happily take a comprehensive map of literally every possible accommodation in England. Google maps is not showing me everything that exists, and the third-party hotel sites are limited, too.
We're planning a trip to England late this summer, and have one last night's accommodation we need to book. I fell in love with the idea of Samlesbury Hall, but it's just too far north for our current trip.
We need to find someplace that's reasonably between Liverpool and the Heathrow car rental places, let's say within an hour's drive from Heathrow coming from the Northwest, and roughly an hour or two drive from Liverpool (we want to be closer to Heathrow than Liverpool, since we'll have a day of sightseeing in London ahead of us after we return the car). Within that vague geographic area, we are open to staying anywhere, provided that the hotel/B&B/inn is interesting.
I would really like to find someplace that looks and is sufficiently pre-Georgian old-timey so I can feel like a time traveler for one night. Tudor style half-timbered a huge plus, or spookily Gothic. If there's a good ghost story associated with the place, all the better. I've tried a ton of Google searching and looking at the hauntedrooms.com website, but this search is harder than you'd think. There must be some UK and well-traveled MeFites who know of some places that will fit this bill! The more suggestions, the better, because we are two adults traveling with one kid, and it also turns out that most hotel rooms have an occupancy limit of two, so finding places that have "family rooms" is a challenge, but not a restriction I'm going to place on your suggestions.
Barring any specific recommendations, I would also happily take a comprehensive map of literally every possible accommodation in England. Google maps is not showing me everything that exists, and the third-party hotel sites are limited, too.
VRBO has a map search that might help. The listings there are mostly modern, but I just checked and some of them are in older settings.
posted by raisingsand at 6:26 AM on June 16, 2017
posted by raisingsand at 6:26 AM on June 16, 2017
A number of historic buildings and halls have been converted into hostels. There's a nice search-by-region page at yha.org.uk. As a plus, many hostels now have family rooms, often ensuite.
posted by penguinicity at 8:13 AM on June 16, 2017
posted by penguinicity at 8:13 AM on June 16, 2017
Best answer: I'd probably work it from the geographical restrictions side of things. Depending on the time of day that you are travelling, Liverpool to Heathrow is anywhere from about 3 hours 30 mins to about 5 hours + , particularly if the M6 has any issues, so you won't get anywhere that is one hour from Liverpool and one hour to Heathrow.
Assuming that the about 1 hour from Heathrow is the most important, I'd be looking at staying somewhere within reasonable striking distance of the M40, from about Stratford upon Avon, down to Oxford. This gives you much of the eastern edge of the Cotswolds as well.
I'd then use the map view in Trip Advisor to explore potential hotels in that area - you'll quickly find a huge number of historic hotels.
posted by Mattat at 11:03 AM on June 16, 2017
Assuming that the about 1 hour from Heathrow is the most important, I'd be looking at staying somewhere within reasonable striking distance of the M40, from about Stratford upon Avon, down to Oxford. This gives you much of the eastern edge of the Cotswolds as well.
I'd then use the map view in Trip Advisor to explore potential hotels in that area - you'll quickly find a huge number of historic hotels.
posted by Mattat at 11:03 AM on June 16, 2017
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