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Hotel★★★

Britannia Manchester

Portland Street, 35 6, Manchester M1 3LA

  • Nearest airportManchester Airport16 km
  • Year of construction1851
01

About

Set in a magnificent Victorian building, Britannia Hotel is just a 10 minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station.

The impressive building boasts a grand balconied staircase with original chandeliers. The bedrooms each have a private bathroom and some have seating areas and a work space. All rooms have a TV and tea/coffee making facilities. WiFi is included with your stay.

The hotel is 1 mile from Manchester Cathedral.

The Wave Bar is open late with live DJs and a dance floor. Cromptons Bar features a relaxing lounge for casual drinks.

Just metres from lively Chinatown, Britannia Manchester is only 0. 6 miles from Manchester Oxford Road Train Station. There is a Metrolink Tram stop just outside the hotel and the Granada Studios are a 20-minute walk away.

  • Wi-Fi
  • Bar
  • Accessible
02

Facilities

Facilities

  • Wheelchair-accessible
  • Key Collection
  • 24-hour reception
  • Check-in hour (15:00–23:30)
  • Check-out hour (00:00–10:00)
  • Wi-fi
  • Multilingual staff
  • Smoke detector
  • Hotel safe
+ 3 more
  • Lift access
  • Luggage room
  • Towels and bed linen

Catering

  • Bar
  • Non-smoking area
  • Smoking area
  • Highchairs
  • Banquet hall

Entertainment & pools

  • TV lounge

Business

  • Conference room
  • Meeting room (9)
  • Business centre

Meals

  • Breakfast (07:30–09:30)
  • Breakfast buffet
  • Buffet lunch
  • Special dietary options
  • Vegetarian meal

Payment methods

  • American Express
  • MasterCard
  • Visa

Good to know

  • Early Check-in
  • Identification card at arrival
  • Non-smoking establishment
  • Minimum check-in age (18)
  • Cash Free

Green programmes

  • Green Tourism
03

Rooms

  • Family room

    Family Room (2 Adults + 2 Children)

  • Single room

    Single Room (No Window)

  • Single room

    Standard Single Room

  • Double room

    Superior Suite

  • Triple room

    Standard Triple Room, 3 Twin Beds (3 Twin Beds)

  • Twin room

    Twin Room

  • Triple room

    Standard Triple Room

  • Twin room

    Twin Room (No Windows)

  • Double room

    Double Room

  • Double room

    Double Room (No Windows)

Occupancy by room type
Room typeGuestsAdults / children
Double roomup to 44 adults / 3 children
Double roomup to 22 adults
Double room (single use)up to 21 adults / 1 children
Family roomup to 42 adults / 2 children
Junior suiteup to 55 adults / 3 children
Quadruple roomup to 64 adults / 3 children
Single roomup to 11 adults
Triple roomup to 53 adults / 4 children
Triple roomup to 33 adults / 1 children
Triple roomup to 33 adults / 2 children
Twin roomup to 44 adults / 3 children
Twin roomup to 22 adults

Room types and occupancy come from the Hotelbeds catalogue and have not been confirmed by the hotel, so treat them as indicative. Ask the hotel for current rooms, bed layout and the number of guests.

04

Location

Portland Street, 35 6, Manchester M1 3LA

  • Land's End452 km
  • Penzance441 km
  • St Ives430 km
  • Falmouth420 km
  • Newquay395 km
  • Padstow378 km
  • Bude337 km

Straight-line figures from the hotel's coordinates. Cornish lanes and the coast path are slower than the map suggests, and rail and bus services can be sparse outside summer; see the walks.

Nearby, from the catalogue

  1. City centre0 m
  2. Manchester Airport16 km
  3. Liverpool John Lennon53 km
  4. East Midlands Airport144 km
  5. Birmingham Airport156 km

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05

Meals

Meal plans

  • Bed And Breakfast
  • English Breakfast
  • Half Board
  • Room Only

Type of stay

  • Business hotels
  • Sustainability certification
  • Most popular

Key facts

Year of construction
1851
Year of most recent renovation
2025
Total number of rooms
390
Number of floors (main building)
6
Single rooms
38
Twin rooms
76
Double rooms
93
Suites
12

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Gromavel is not a booking site and shows no live prices. Contact the hotel for current rates, VAT and cancellation terms; Cornish coast rooms in July and August go months ahead.

Hotel data: Hotelbeds, updated 02/08/2026.