Verdene Hotel
Manchester, Lancashire

The Verdene hotel is an ideally situated family run hotel where you will find a typically warm northern welcome. Nearby you will find the M.R.I., Manchester University, and the Metropolitan University. The city centre and Picadilly station are 7 minutes away and the airport is only 15 minutes away. The hotel overlooks the picturesque Whitworth Park and art gallery, and Platt Hall is only a few minutes away. Other attractions are the Man. City and Man. United grounds, Granada tours and the Castlefield Science Museum. The hotel is family run by Jim, Ann and James. Each room is equipped with tea/coffee making facilities and T.V.'s and en-suite facilities are available.

Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester in North West England. The epicentre of a large conurbation, the City of Manchester has a population of 441,200, whilst the wider Greater Manchester Urban Area is home to 2,240,230 people, making it England's third largest conurbation after those of Greater London and the West Midlands. In medieval times, this area included a fortified manor house. Thomas De La Warre, a manorial lord who also happened to be a priest, gave the site to the church for use as a College of Priests around 1422, and commenced the construction of the Collegiate Church. The former is now Chetham's School of Music, and the latter Manchester Cathedral. Manchester became a market town in 1301 when it received its Charter. In this period Manchester grew heavily due to a influx of Flemish settlers who founded Manchester's new cotton industry and sparked the growth of the city to become Lancashire's major industrial centre. The ancient parish of Manchester covered a wider area than today's metropolitan borough (although not including its full extent), with the various townships and chapelries becoming recognised as separate civil parishes in 1866.