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We drove down from London and stayed for 2 nights. It was the perfect get away from the hectic city life. Wigan is beautiful and we really enjoyed the restaurants and cafe. Brought our dog and everywhere was very dog friendly! We went to Alberts Standish for dinner and really enjoyed it especially the mango rum cocktail! Also really enjoyed La Sentidos Loca, a Mexican restaurant. Loved the food and daiquiris, very affordable. Lots of places to walk the dogs and all of the dogs were extremely friendly unlike London. We had him off leash in all the trails we went to! Definitely easier to get around with the car!

Did not get to book in due to being over charged at reception. Even though I showed the receptionist the price I gad booked, it was like talking to a brick wall. I was left with the impression that I was somehow mistaken, the sort of experience that you get from an establishment that is founded on arrogance and not customer service.

A review of Wigan? I'm an ex-northwestener from a nearby rugby league rival town so you're asking a lot. It's hardly a tourist centre and even Wigan Pier remains pretty dismal. The pedestrianised town centre is OK although the paving is looking a bit untidy. And the price of the car parks is ridiculous. It's a nice stroll through Mesnes Park in the town centre though. We were in the area for a wedding and the fact we stayed 3 days was due to the available flights and that my usual nearby family bolthole was taken up by the bride-to-be in readiness for the occasion. Non-celebration time was taken up by shopping - a pastime which, from what I experienced, is a huge part of UK life !!!!

We came to Wigan to take part in an ASA registered swimming event. Wigan has an excellent Short course pool (25 m). The city's club "Wigan Best" where excellent host's. We have visited the city on numerous occasions and always been welcomed.

Wigan is a good point of location to use as a central base if you want to travel to surrounding areas. You have lots of public transport available including being really close to two of our great cities - Manchester and Liverpool. I also managed to get a day trip to Cardiff and there were options to easily get as far as York and Leeds for day trips it you wanted to travel north.

Visited the Edge conference centre for the Elvis tribute concert, Ben Portsmouth he was amazing, it was a brill night. The venue however a bit of a let down because there was no draught lager and the bottles were quite pricey £3.60 each so it worked out £7.20 for a pint.