It is true what they say, don't judge a book by its cover, and I must admit I did exactly that when we drove up to the Manor House Hotel in Cheshire.
I was here to check out their facilities and brand new spa garden but as I approached the grounds, which isn't far from a housing estate and a nursery, I was a little dubious. The Manor House sits on Audley Road, in Alsager on the border of Cheshire and Stoke-on-Trent, and is around an hour and 15 minute drive from Manchester city centre.
Independently family owned, the hotel started life as a 17th century farmhouse and has just finished its second phase of spa developments with their spa garden, which is said to embrace the English countryside and rural location.
