Talbot Hotel, Oundle

Advantages: Good entertainment venues. Good shopping.
Disadvantages: Parochial

...hotels and a wide range of eateries. Shopaholics will find Northampton to their linking with the city centre housing the usual department stores and branches of the multiples, and a major shopping complex at Weston Flavell having a host of shops. The Grosvenor Centre is another good one-stop shopping complex. Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire often called the "County of Spires and Squires" and is a good base for exploring attractive villages such as Brixworth and Earls Barton, the ancestral home of the late Princess Diana and the lovely old stone town of Oundle. It also has good road and rail connections and is only around 60 miles north of London.... Read review

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Advantages: Fun and cheap
Disadvantages: Busy

...Blackpool is definitely the best place in the UK to go for a night out especially if you are on a hen/stag night. There are loads of pubs and clubs and there is a good mix/variety of them, so there is something for everyone. Blackpool is fairly easy to get to wherever you are coming from. Even from London, you can drive it in around three and a half hours or get the train in under 4 (via Preston). Blackpool is at the end of the M55 which is off the M6. There are 2 stations in Blackpool and you get there directly from Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and via Preston from Scotland, the North East and the South. You cannot move for B&Bs in Blackpool so you are never short of somewhere to stay cheaply if you want or there are more expensive and some quite nice hotels as well (Stakis, Imperial, De Vere). You can turn up at a lot... Read review

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Advantages: Majority of locations are in close proximity to eachother
Disadvantages: Stag and hen nights can make the town feel threatening at night

...Blackpool has a lively and entertaining scene for the gay community. The main street where you can find alot of the pubs is Talbot Road, this is located in front of the North Pier and extends inland towards the train station. There are a variety of day and night spots for all tastes, including quiet bars where you can have a relaxing drink, to cabaret bars where you are entertained by drag artists and strippers. The town of Blackpool seems very tolerant of the hundreds of thousands of gay people who flock to the town each year. It seems extremely well prepared for its popularity as a location for stag and hen nights. These inevitably end in excesses and as a result, the streets can seem threatening to gay people at night, especially if alone. There are almost 200 gay hotels in the resort which vary in price throughout the year. I... Read review

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