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David Prior is an NCTJ-qualified journalist and the editor of Big Family Breaks. He is also a father of five and an experienced traveller, especially with kids.

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Best Family Hotels with Swimming Pools in the UK

Nothing can beat the feeling you get after dipping your feet into a heated indoor swimming pool after a long day of sightseeing....

the titanic hotel
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Hotel Review: Titanic Hotel, Liverpool

The benefits of being six foot six are limitless – when I’m not retrieving a loftily placed tin of beans for the sake...

Oddfellows
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Hotel Review: Oddfellows On The Park, Cheadle

I invented a new game while staying at the Oddfellows. It went a little like this: leave home; fight your way through rush-hour...

Ducie Street Warehouse
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Hotel Review: Ducie Street Warehouse, Manchester

“There’s nothing else like this in Manchester,” they claim. While it’s always tempting to dismiss the propaganda generated by a new operator in...

midland hotel
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Hotel Review: The Midland Hotel, Manchester

Given the present pace of development in Manchester, it is difficult to imagine a time when a decent hotel room was simply not...

Kimpton Clocktower Hotel
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Hotel Review: Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, Manchester

If you’ve ever alighted at St Peter’s Square and taken a march down Oxford Road in Manchester city centre, you will know the...

INNSiDE Liverpool
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Hotel Review: INNSiDE Liverpool, Liverpool

Rarely would I be described as an early adopter of anything, but if there’s one thing I can lay claim to being an...