Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport

I’ve stayed at a few Crowne Plaza Hotels throughout the country and they have all been really good.
This one, for some reason, felt so much nicer than the others!
Being a musician I get put up in hotels when I have gigs far away from home, and usually I’m lucky if I get a travelodge! So to stay in a Crowne Plaza that was really decent was a bonus. My room was just a standard room apparently, but it felt much better than that. It was really spacious, with plenty of room to put your clothes away. Bathroom was a decent size, with shower and bath and complementary showergels, soaps etc.
There were free bottles of srping water in the room, as well as a kettle, biscuits, tea, coffee and hot chocolate.
The bed felt huge! The pillows were so comfortable. I wanted to watch a bit of TV once I got into bed, but I was so comfortable I fell asleep straight away.
The hotel bar area was nice, and the staff were attentive.
Breakfast was included — both Full English and continental, which was lobvely. The Hash browns were delicious!
Overall an excellent stay.

Of the places we stayed on our family vacation to England, the Crowne Plaza Liverpool airport was one of my favorites. The room felt «fancier» than the Crown Plaza we lodged at in London. We had 4 in our party, and they gave us a complimentary upgrade to a larger room. The bathroom was very nice. The toiletry amenity items were good too. We didn’t eat breakfast there, but heard from several guests that it was delicious.
The listing for the hotel we saw said that there was free wifi. But alas, like every other hotel in the UK, you only get a limited amount of free wifi time. But we got free parking instead (which was supposed to be 8 quid per day) so I can’t complain too much.
I didn’t get a chance to shop, but there is a large shopping center directly across the road from the hotel (South Mersey Shops). It’s always a plus when a hotel near the airport has shopping and dining options nearby.

It’s always good when a business moving in somewhere has a respect for the site they now occupy. This hotel is a fantastic Grade II-​listed art deco building in the former terminal building that catered for the city. The rooms are spicker than span and the breakfast buffet is one of the few hangover cures I’ve tried that actually worked.
As for the building, it’s famous for appearing in certain grainy 1960s TV footage. You know those balconies pouring with shrieking, dewy-​knickered Beatles fans watching the fab four return from the States? They’re here.
Even manlier, it’s the site of the quickest air-​to-​air combat kill of the Battle of Britain, perhaps even of all time. In October 1940, Flight Lieutenant Denys Gillam took off in his Hurricane from Speke to be confronted by a Junkers 88 passing across him. Even before his landing gear had folded away, he shot the German down, in my mind with a wry one-​liner uttered from beneath a glorious moustache.
I feel particularly pathetic for being hungover here now.