Bridgestreet Corporate Housing Charlotte Cotton Mills, Charlotte

Advantages: Nice room
Disadvantages: Nasty food

...I stayed at the Mill House recently and was simultaneously impressed and depressed by what I found. I liked my room, which was exceptionally pretty and I liked the setting but the food was poor, the service 'patchy' and the public areas just a bit too much like a 1980s country pub with no customers. Location The hotel is in the tiny village of Ashington, about ten miles north of Worthing and just off the A24. If you don't know it's there, you'll struggle to find it as it's located down a pot-holed track off a poorly sign-posted side-road to the dual carriageway. Luckily someone led me to the right road as I think it would have been very easy to miss. First Impressions First impressions were that it looked very pretty, rural and twee but on closer inspection the rather verdant gardens were a bit too overgrown - beyond... Read review

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Advantages: Nice garden, good for family
Disadvantages: No

...Schloss Charlottenburg is the last surviving palace of the city and it's a good example of Baroque architecture. It was built as a summer retreat for Sophie Charlotte, the first queen of Prussia. Inside the palace, the collection of antiques and painting really shows you the passion Sophie has for art and music. There is an impressive mosaic garden inside where you can take a walk. My personal impression of the garden is that it is a replica of the Palace de Versailles-well it is believed that Sophie was a big fan of the design used in the French court. On the garden grounds are two buildings: the mosoleum and the Belvedere.The mosoleum houses the tombs of a few former Prussian royals. As for the Belvedere, it used to be a teahouse but it is now the home of a collection of 18-19 century porcelain.... Read review

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Advantages: Industrial Heritage museum, Excellent guides, Informative
Disadvantages: None

...of the area. The terrace cottages, built for the workers are particularly endearing. The Greg family philosophy was to provide fair wages, comfortable houses and even gardens to grow flowers and vegetables. Every house had a privy, unlike areas in the city where there might be 1 privy for every 100 people. Styal was quite removed from the back to backs or tenements in nearby Manchester and Salford. I lived in the general area in the late 80s and early 90s, and I have always enjoyed a visit to Styal Mill and enjoyed the tour and Christmas events that have taken place there over the years. Cotton made this area and adjoining Lancashire very affluent in years gone by. Perhaps the fact that the village of Lancashire that I lived during my childhood was in fact the richest town in the world between 1919 and 1921 due to its 30+ cotton mills, has... Read review

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