MacDonald Craxton Wood Hotel, Chester
MacDonald Craxton Wood
After you drive through richly wooded grounds on the mature, 27 acre estate, this traditional whitewashed country house emerges from among carefully tended lawns and gardens. Dating from the turn of the last century, the original house is an architectural delight.
The hotel is only 10 minutes from the heart of Chester where shoppers will find no shortage of doors to walk through, whether in the Cheshire Oaks designer shopping village or further afield in the vast Trafford Centre.
Chester’s quaint historical centre, North Wales, Aintree and championship standard golf are also only a short distance from this much-loved hotel.
Receiving excellent natural light, the number of spacious bedrooms at MacDonald Craxton Wood has reached 73 after a major redevelopment, and the elegance is on an even higher level now. Indeed, woodland orchard and rose garden colours bring a little of the grounds into your room, while chrome detailing and Italian marble continues the attention to quality.
Long regarded as one of the finest in the whole North West, the hotels restaurant takes enormous satisfaction from its 2 AA rosettes and Egon Ronay recommendation. Its single-minded focus is on classical cooking, which is prepared by internationally-trained chefs. Well into the evening you can still walk into the new leisure club’s brasserie for lighter snacks in a friendly environment.
Work up an appetite with a few laps in the leisure club’s 18 metre swimming pool, or tone up at your own pace in the well-equipped gymnasium. Shed some calories in the popular aerobics studio, and if that all sounds like too much hard work, let the trained masseur help you relax with a calming aromatherapy massage!
Surrounding Area
- Ellesmere Port Boat Museum
- Liverpool's Albert Dock
- Chester Races
- Llangollen Railway
- Bodelwyddan Castle
- Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Village
- Snowdonia National Park
- Chester Zoo
- Erddig Hall
- North Wales Theatre
- Blue Planet Aquarium
MacDonald Craxton Wood Hotel, Chester
