The Prince of Wales Hotel is one of the North of England’s most traditional and renowned hotels, takes you back to a bygone era the moment you walk through the Victorian building’s solid oak, revolving doors. We have one of the best dance floors in the north west and are resident to all types of dance events. All of the hotels 154 bedrooms and suites are tastefully decorated and provide all the comforts one would expect from a hotel of this caliber. The Colonial Restaurant serves delicious homemade food and is proud to offer local and traditional specialties. The hotel boasts various function rooms and boardrooms for every type of meeting, exhibition, wedding and dinner dance, including two architecturally magnificent ballrooms, the Bamber Ballroom and the Windsor Suite. Our function rooms are interconnecting and have events which book the whole hotel and have syndicate rooms, multiple work shops or use the suites for different abilities in dance! Many famous people have stayed at ‘The Prince’, including HRH Princess Margaret, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Eartha Kitt, Andy Williams, Bette Davis, Shirley Maclaine, Prime Minister James Callaghan, Sir David Steele, Elkie Brookes, Hot Chocolate and Sir Cliff Richard. Recently John Prescott has stayed and Jeremy Corbyn has done a speech in our Ballroom. In addition to the worlds top golfers, who over the years have stayed at the hotel during the British Open Golf championship held at Royal Birkdale, including Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo, Jack Nicolas, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Seve Balasteros and Tom Watson. The first ever performance, outside Liverpool, of The Beatles, was held in the hotel’s Bamber Ballroom.