This guest house in the heart of York offers a licensed lounge and bar and easy access to ... more
the city centre.The guest house is tastefully furnished throughout and offers 15 well-equipped, en suite bedrooms. The Clifton Bridge Guesthouse prides itself on ...
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Advantages: The Best Hotel in Lytham St Annes. Disadvantages: Whoa! is it pricey!
This Hotel is in the prime position in Lytham. It faces the 2 or so miles of Lytham Green. There are scenic views of the Welsh hills and the Pennines in the distance and views of the Ribble Estuary. Close by is the famous windmill.
The hotel takes its name from the Clifton family. They were the main landowners in the area. There are many references to the Clifton family locally. Their family seat was Lytham Hall. This is open to the public on occasion. It is now owned by an insurance company. (AXA)
The Clifton Arms Hotel was first erected on Clifton Street, in the space that is now Park Street, on or around 1794. This was apparently a coaching inn. Its successor, the current hotel, was built in 1840 on West Beach. In 1875 all buildings comprising the hotel were raised to the same height. Clearly the hotel was built at the height ...
would go about getting out! We did have to leave the keys on reception (so they could move the car if required - which they did as it wasn't in the same place when we returned). For us the car park wasn't too much of a problem as we didn't use the car for the break, however it was hard work getting in the small space!
Staff were friendly on arrival and we were seen to our room quickly.
Location
The hotel is ideally located in the centre of York. It is right near the York Dungeons, only 10minutes walk from York Minster. We visited most of the main areas of interest on York and everywhere was close to the hotel. Because we came at Christmas we were also right near a temporary ice rink, which was situated only a few minutes from the hotel.
The Room
We were pleased with the room which was spacious, modern and clean. The room consisted ...
Advantages: A Lasting Tribute to a Great British Engineer. A National Landmark. Beautiful Setting. Disadvantages: That I do not Live Closer to it!
with us from Poland for the summer, a couple of Sundays ago, in late August, we decided to drive down to Bristol and show her the ss Great Britain and of course the Clifton Suspension Bridge. I also wanted to see the Brunel 200 exhibition in the maritime Centre building, which I believe finishes in October.
THE IDEA IS HATCHED
When Brunel launched the Great Britain from its current home, in July 1843, the Avon Gorge was without a bridge, although in a sense it had already been in the "planning stage" since 1754. A wine trader by the name of William Vick, who had made his fortune in Bristol, died in that year, leaving £1000 in trust, intending that when it had grown to £10,000 it would fund a stone bridge, crossing the Avon Gorge from Clifton Down to Leigh Woods.
The mystery is quite why Mr Vicks should want to see such crossing built ...
