Sporting Lodge Inns

Sporting Lodge / Greyhound Hotel I spent a night at this hotel just a few days ago, so thought I would write a review while it's all fresh in my mind. Firstly, let me explain how this came about - we wanted a couple of days in the Cheshire area to take the kids to a couple of local attractions (Blue Planet Aquarium at Ellesmere Port and Knowsley Safari Park at... er... Knowsley!). We wanted somewhere that was reasonably priced and not too far from Knowsley as we wanted to go there straight after breakfast. I used one of those internet searches to find a cheap hotel, and this one looked pretty good. We usually stay at a Premier Lodge, which costs around ...  Read the complete review

It looks like the reviewer did not sleep in the bed of this hotel. It is not possible to spend a night in it, you can feel every single spring. In fact it feels as if the bed only exists of springs, the material must have desintegrated

I travel extensively and it is not often you come across a hotel that blows you away. I recently stayed at the Sporting Lodge Inn on Highfield Rd in Bradford. My room could only be described as very spacious, I would say two to three times the size of Travel Inn room (it had a couple of two seater sofas). Not only was the room equipped with its normal double bed and tea tray. It had a BIG TV (with a good 12 satellite channels), you also get a video recorder and CD midi HIFI. Hairdryer, Ironing board / trouser press. The hotel is in the process of being refitted and so there is no phone in the room - yet, a minor point. The hotel has its own health club (with a pool) ...  Read the complete review