Mercure Dunkenhalgh Blackburn

Seventeen acres of Lancashire parkland provide the setting for this beautiful seven hundred year old building. Following the completion of a 6 million GBP refurbishment, the Dunkenhlagh Hotel and Spa is Lancashire's choice hotel.

Driving up the long avenue to the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, coming into view of the turrets and porticoes, you will anticipate a variety of good things. Ahead of you lies the pleasure of staying in a seven hundred year old country house where you can enjoy excellent food and the sense of well being conferred by old-fashioned hospitality.

The hotel boasts every modern facility including a fully equipped Vital health and beauty spa, not to mention a wide choice of conference and banqueting rooms. No mass conformity, no bland anonymity. Virtually each of the rooms has its own distinctive character. The Dunkenhalgh has a selection of rooms that have been individually designed to reflect the centuries old tradition of the Dunkenhalgh. The rooms surrounding the hotel's courtyard are always very popular being a stone's throw from the Vital Leisure Club. Over 40 of the rooms are decorated to a higher standard and are among the largest on offer. They offer a seating area and many have views over the surrounding countryside. For you added comfort the Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa now has a non smoking policy.

Rooms: 175
Rate: 60 - 210 GBP
Hotel chain: Mercure

Standards are high in the Cameo Restaurant. They have to be. Our chefs won't serve anything less than prime fresh produce. The restaurant's reputation attracts discerning diners from within a wide radius of the hotel. Cuisine is mainly English and continental, and there are some notable Lancashire dishes, while wines are almost as pleasurable to read about as to drink.

From the m6 North and South: Leave the m6 at Exit 29 and follow the signs for the m65 Blackburn/Burnley. Leave the m65 at Junction 7 and turn left at the roundabout. At the traffic lights, turn left and the Dunkenhalgh Hotel should be on the left hand side. From Manchester/Liverpool/Leeds: Leave the M62 at Junction 18 and take the M66 to the end of the motorway. Follow the signs for A56 Burnley and you should pick up the signs for the M65. Carry on until you reach the M65 motorway and take the left hand turn onto the motorway signposted Blackburn/Preston. Leave at the next exit (Junction 7) and take a right turn at the roundabout (A6185 Clitheroe). Get into the left hand lane before the traffic lights and turn left at the lights. The Dunkenhalgh Hotel should be on the left hand side.

Smoking and non-smoking rooms are available.