City with good hotel for mother daughter getaway

[FrogGog]

Looking for a UK city and hotel suggestion to take my adult DD away. Happy to spend a bit but not extortionate prices.

Somewhere with cultural things to do, good shopping, easy train or car/parking from London area, spa perhaps, not too massive so we can walk everywhere.

I have done Bath and Winchester in the past.

What is “spend a bit”? And then might get more relevant help!

Bristol or Brighton?

Or Cambridge?

I guess up to around £300 per night (we would be sharing a room)

Cambridge or York- although obviously Yorks quite a trek from London!

To be honest you can’t go wrong with a Premier Inn 😊 I would much rather spend the budget on eating out / buying stuff / doing things and save money on the hotel side of things.

Oxford or Cambridge both great cities for walking and museums etc, easy train access too although you might want a taxi from station. Plenty of hotels at all price-points.

DH and I stayed here in Carlisle for my 60th birthday.

Carlisle is an unexpected gem and has great places to eat, good shopping, a castle, a fascinating museum and an old quarter for a lovely mooch around.

It is worth going via Leeds so that you can take the scenic Settle Carlisle route to get there. The Halston is a few minutes walk from the station.

What about a staycation if you are in London? We are in Sydney and DD (20) and I regularly do this. We will often go to the theatre and yes, could just go home, but a night or two of cocktails and fancy dinners makes for a great city break.

I'd second Cambridge. Easy to get around on foot, beautiful in the spring. The varsity hotel has a fab roof terrace and a spa and is right next to the river.

Manchester. Fantastic hotels and restaurants, museums, art galleries….shopping. Liverpool similarly, but hotels are really booked up all the time (don’t stay at the Adelphi).

i really like Bristol, visit often as have friends there, but I don’t think it’s great as a weekend break…

Edinburgh or York

Edinburgh!!

Edinburgh York Newcastle Chester Liverpool Harrogate

Bath? Lots to see there and nice place for a wander

Chester. Stay at the Grosvenor and have an afternoon tea there. Lots of cultural things to do including the lovely Storyhouse theatre and cinema. History in spades despite the city council's determination to prioritise retail and restaurants over everything else.
The Queen Hotel is nice too and is right opposite the railway station.

Bath - the hiding space st Catherine's hospital is a brilliant place to stay. Chez Dominique's for dinner. Great shops, the thermal baths and the Roman baths.

Chester, good choice of hotels, lots of places to eat, plenty to see and do culturally. Quite compact, so easily walkable, good shopping, river trip possible, nice park or river walk close to the centre. Old pubs, posh afternoon teas......

Done this with DD - Malmaison in Manchester is fab, walkable from train station

Also done Liverpool with her, lots of nice hotels in Albert Dock area, a taxi ride from the rail station

York is easy on the train from London and a very walkable city for sightseeing. I don’t know specific hotels though, my budget is more premier inn end of the range!

I'd stay in London, at the Charlotte Street hotel here or the premier in. Hub by Premier Inn here

Act like a tourist, get tickets for everything, pop into the National Gallery and the National Portrait gallery just for 30mins each. Look at one item, then continue on your way.

Enjoy.

York
2 hrs from London on the train, fares can be very reasonable if booked in advance.

Loads of hotels, the Malmaison is nice.

Would second York and Cambridge. Have you considered Buxton?

Not enough to see and do in Buxton compared to York IMO.

York, we stayed in an apartment that was in the centre and £280 per night. Had a bedroom and a lounge/kitchen so a bit more space than a hotel. Car park was opposite

Edinburgh definitely, somewhere around royal mile or grass market