Innkeeper s Lodge Sandbach Holmes Chapel★★★★

This 17th-century former coaching inn offers free private parking just 15 minutes’ drive from Crewe’s town centre. A seasonal menu and breakfast is available in the Bears Head, a wooden-beamed restaurant joined onto the pub.

Each bright and traditionally decorated room has a TV and tea and coffee making facilities. A hairdryer and free toiletries are included in the en suite bathroom.