Preston (M6 J.32)

Barton Grange Hotel

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Monday to Friday: 8.00am-8.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am-5.00pm
Sunday: 10.00am-4.00pm

Barton Grange Hotel Overview

One of the finest 4 star hotels in Preston, the stylish, contemporary Barton Grange Hotel is just minutes from Junction 32 of the M6 motorway.

Barton Grange Hotel offers rooms that are stylish, spacious and comfortable. All are non-smoking and feature satellite television, minibar, in-room safes and free high speed wireless internet access. With a variety of rooms, from single rooms to executive doubles, to luxury suites.

Delicious, traditional cuisine, using the freshest local produce, can be savoured in the Walled Garden Restaurant at Barton Grange Hotel. The restaurant presents a welcoming setting for a delicious meal and has a distinct country home feel. The many different areas of this garden-inspired setting also allows small parties to have an area of their own.

The excellent leisure facilities at this hotel in Preston are exclusively for the use of hotel guests. The leisure club has an indoor swimming pool, sauna and gymnasium.

Barton Grange Hotel has become one of the most popular Conference venues in the North West. It offers four air-conditioned ground floor meeting rooms with the very latest audio-visual equipment, plus six syndicate rooms, which can accommodate up to 300 delegates.

One of the tourist attractions in the area is Barton Grange Hotel's own unique garden centre, located 2 miles north of the hotel, straight up the A6. The Lancaster Canal runs around the garden centre and the River Brock runs through it and it features a farm shop and a narrow boat marina. Other attractions within easy reach of Barton Grange Hotel include the Forest of Bowland, Beacon Fell Country Park and Lancaster Canal.

The centres of Preston and Garstang are close at hand and Barton Grange Hotel is exceptionally well-placed for the M6, putting Blackpool, Blackburn and Lancaster within easy reach.

In competition with the hotels in Lancashire and Blackpool, Barton Grange Hotel was delighted to receive the Business Tourism Award 2008/09 at the recent Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards.

Bedroom Accommodation

All 51 non-smoking en-suite bedrooms are beautifully furnished with luxurious fabrics and are all non-smoking. All rooms offer satellite TV, tea/coffee making facilities, direct dial telephone, hairdryer, heating control, Wifi internet access, electric shaver point, 24 hour room service, radio, trouser press, iron/ ironing board and in-room safe.

Check-in from 1:00pm
Check-out by 11:00 am

Superior Single rooms - single bed
Superior Twin and Double rooms
Executive Double rooms - Very spacious, individually decorated, luxurious rooms with feature beds including one four- poster and sofa seating area.
Family rooms - Guests can choose from Standard, Superior or Executive family rooms

Lift access to all floors
Wheelchair access
Express checkout

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Hotel Heritage & History

Barton Grange was built in 1900, as a country residence for Mr John Healey, a Justice of the Peace and local cotton mill owner.

In 1925 Levi Collison, described in the deeds as 'a country gentleman from St. Annes on Sea', purchased the house. He was still living there in 1940 when the house was requisitioned by the War Office as a mess for officers of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

In 1945 Edward and Ada Topping were running a market gardening business in New Longton, west of Preston. Ada was looking for a large house to run as a bed and breakfast. Barton Grange appeared to be tailor-made and they successfully purchased it at auction. Unfortunately it was not de-requisitioned until 1950, by which time 'it was in a dreadful state'.

Nonetheless Ada set about transforming it and opened for business on the 16th July 1951 with 6 bedrooms. Trade increased steadily, new bedrooms were added in the 1950s and '60s and the ballroom in 1960. Significant expansion in the 1970s added 30 more rooms and a new restaurant and bar.

In 1958, Edward Topping Junior ('Eddie'), returning from his National Service, started Barton Grange Landscapes, operating from the grounds of Barton Grange. In 1963 Eddie started the north west's first garden centre in the grounds of the hotel. This too started out in a very small way, little more than a cabin, but it soon became well established.

Eddie also ran the hotel for 20 years from his mother's retirement in the mid 1970's before handing over to his son Ian.

The latest major changes occurred in 1996/97 when the entire property was re-designed and refurbished. During these works, plans from 1901 were discovered for a Walled Garden to the south of the house. This garden was re-created in faithful detail, had a roof put on it and became The Walled Garden Bistro.

There has been ongoing refurbishment and in 2005/06, Barton Grange was upgraded from a quality 3 star hotel to a 4 star deluxe hotel.

In March 2008, the garden centre was moved two miles north, straight up the A6 to Brock, having outgrown the Barton Grange site.

The fantastic garden centre now occupeis a 50 acre site with the Lancaster Canal running around it and the River Brock running through it and includes a farm shop and narrow boat marina as well as Willows Restaurant and The Riverside Café.

Map & Directions

Barton Grange Hotel

Barton,
Preston,
Lancashire PR3 5AA

Tel: +44(0)1483 776344Fax: +44(0)1483 730202

How to find us

By Road

From Manchester Airport - Follow signs to the M56. Travel West on the M56. Leave the M56 at junction 9, heading for the M6 North. Stay on the M6 and exit at Junction 32 onto the M55. Leave the M55 at the first exit. At the roundabout, take the A6 towards Garstang (Garstang Road) in the opposite direction of Preston. Continue straight on the A6 for a few miles and as you enter the village of Barton, the hotel is on the right hand side.

From South - Get onto the M6 heading north. Stay on the M6 and exit at Junction 32 onto the M55. Leave the M55 at the first exit. At the roundabout, take the A6 towards Garstang (Garstang Road) in the opposite direction of Preston. Continue straight on the A6 for a few miles and as you enter the village of Barton, the hotel is on the right hand side.

Parking: Ample free parking on-site

By Rail and Air

Rail: Preston Station (5 miles)
Air: Manchester Airport (35 miles)
Blackpool Airport (17 miles)

Nearest Cities/Towns

Preston (5.00 miles) (8 km)
Blackburn (14.00 miles) (23 km)
Chorley (16.00 miles) (26 km)
Blackpool (17.00 miles) (27 km)
Lytham St Annes (18.00 miles) (29 km)
Darwen (19.00 miles) (31 km)
Lancaster (21.00 miles) (34 km)
Southport (22.00 miles) (35 km)