Set in 11 acre grounds on Chester's outskirts, the Crabwall Manor Hotel occupies a grade II listed building dating back to 1066, complete with turrets and a red brick castellated frontage. The hotel's 48 guestrooms are decorated in a country house style with warm colours and wooden furniture. All include televisions, telephones, coffee/tea makers, complimentary bottled water and bathrooms with bathrobes, telephones and hairdryers.
Guests at the manor can indulge in the health club's varied facilities, which include a Romanesque, 17 metre indoor swimming pool overlooking the garden, an air conditioned gymnasium, dance and aerobic studio, along with a spa, sauna, steam room, juice bar and beauty treatment rooms. Guests can also take pre dinner strolls around the manor's 11 acres of gardens and private woodland, followed by sumptuous dinners at the Conservatory Restaurant, which serves refined Modern English cuisine. Breakfast services are available to guests and room service is offered 24 hours a day. Business guests benefit from air conditioned, well equipped meeting rooms with Nature views and natural light, and travellers can use the lobby Internet point. The manor's lounge areas provide a tranquil area for reading the newspaper or warming up beside the fireplace on winter afternoons. Drivers can park their cars for free. Chester city centre is one mile away, with its Tudor buildings, cathedral and shops and traditional pubs. Cheshire Oaks, Europe's largest shopping village, is six miles from the hotel. Liverpool is about 13 miles away. Manchester Airport is 48 miles and a drive of approximately 45 minutes from the hotel.