Hotel description Mercure Blackburn Foxfields Country Hotel
This exclusive all-suite property features an award-winning restaurant and an extremely impressive leisure club. Most of the 44 suites boast their own private lounge and dining room with patio or balcony overlooking the spectacular Pendle Hill. It is the perfect setting for the ultimate family celebration and it holds a license to carry out civil wedding ceremonies in the newly refurbished Pendle Suite. Guests are welcomed into a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service, and on-site facilities include Internet access (fees apply), room and laundry services and a car park.
Room description
The luxurious and fully equipped suites come with an en suite bath and shower, TV with selected satellite channels, a hairdryer, a trouser press, a modem point & complimentary WiFi, a direct dial telephone, an iron and ironing board and complimentary tea and coffee making facilities. The De-Luxe suites have all the same facilities as a standard suite, plus a separate lounge and dining room with sofa, armchair, coffee table, desk, dining room table and chairs. Guests can choose from a ground floor room with patio doors opening onto the gardens or an upstairs room with patio doors opening onto a balcony (subject to availability).
Sport activities description
Guests can relax and unwind in the on-site leisure club. The leisure club features a light exercise room, a steam room and a sauna, as well as an indoor swimming pool. Guests wishing to play a round of golf can visit the Billingham course, which can be reached in just 3 minutes by car.
Meal service description
A full English and continental breakfast buffet is served in the morning. The half-board establishment also offers set menu dinners.
Comments from hotel
The hotel features a 24-hour reception desk.
Hotel location description Mercure Blackburn Foxfields Country Hotel
This family-friendly hotel enjoys a picturesque location, just off the A59 in the heart of the beautiful Ribble Valley. It offers outstanding panoramic views of Pendle Hill and the surrounding countryside and is within easy reach of the village of Whalley and its monastery ruins. The market towns of Clitheroe and Skipton are also nearby, whilst guests wishing to go further afield can visit such attractions as Blackpool, the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. A number of restaurants, bars, pubs and nightlife spots can be found in Whalley, whilst the nearest train station is in Blackburn, which is a 15-minute drive away. Manchester is 40 minutes away by car and nearby airports include Blackpool International Airport (47 km), Manchester International Airport (77 km) and Liverpool John Lennon (86 km).
Payment methods description
The following credit cards are accepted as methods of payment: American Express, MasterCard and VISA.
How to get there
By car from Blackburn: Turn left on to the A59 at the first set of traffic lights for Clitheroe. Go straight over the first roundabout and continue straight ahead at the lights. Take the second exit at the next roundabout marked Whalley; the hotel is about 0.5 miles down the road, on the right-hand side.
Description Mercure Blackburn Foxfields Country Hotel
- » Number of floors (annex building): 2
- » Year of construction: 1960
- » Suites: 28
- » Annex buildings: 16
- » Number of floors (main building): 2
- » Last renovated: 2009
- » Junior Suites: 16
- » Total number of rooms: 44
- » Disabled rooms: 1
- » Double / twin rooms: 44
Hotel type
- » Family friendly hotel
- » Conference hotel
- » Historic hotel
Methods of payment
- » Visa
- » American Express
- » MasterCard
- » Solo
- » Visa Electron
- » Maestro
- » Switch
- » Diners Club
Room facilities (Standard room)
- » Radio
- » Lounge
- » Balcony
- » Shower
- » Satellite / cable TV
- » Wheelchair accessible
- » TV
- » Hairdryer
- » Bathroom
- » Bath
- » Central heating
- » Tea / Coffee
- » Internet access
- » Disabled bathroom
- » Direct dial telephone
- » Carpeted
- » Iron and board
- » King size bed
- » Double bed
Facilities
- » Room service
- » Wheelchair accessible
- » Laundry service
- » 24h. Reception
- » Public Internet (*)
- » 24h check-in
- » Restaurant - non-smoking area
- » WLAN access point
- » Sauna
- » Restaurant - Air-conditioned
- » Indoor pool
- » Car park
- » Gym
- » Bar-s
- » Air-conditioned in common areas
- » Conference room
- » Reception area
- » Restaurant -s
Restaurant
- » Breakfast buffet
- » Continental breakfast
- » Half board
- » Dinner menu choice
- » Lunch menu choice
- » Bed and breakfast
Interest points
- » Clitheroe Castle Museum: 9.8km
- » Blackburn Cathedral: 10.6km
- » Witton Country Park & Visitor Centre: 12.2km
- » Blackburn Rovers Football Club: 12.3km
Distances (in meters)
- » Town centre / Blackburn: 9.3km
- » Next big city / Manchester: 49.5km
- » BLK Airport - Blackpool: 47km
- » MAN Airport - Manchester: 71km
- » LPL Airport - Liverpool: 89km
- » EMA Airport - East Midlands: 194km
- » BHX Airport - Birmingham: 201km
- » DSA Airport - Doncaster: 163km