Saxon Cross Hotel.
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The Saxon Cross Hotel is situated on the outskirts of Holmes Chapel, deep in the Cheshire countryside, the hotel is a 2 star facility with 52 En-suite rooms all with Television and the usual coffee and tea making facilities.
The Hotel also houses 6 conference rooms with a capacity for upto 120 people in theatre style seating along with this is the usual restaraunt facilities and bar.
The complex is all one storey with the exception of the conference suite which is split over two storeys the rest of the site is laid out in a chalet style something on the lines of a Butlins camp.
Sadly we have no idea when the Hotel originally opened but from what limited amount of information we have come across we would extimate it was constructed some where around the 1960s or 1970s.
Whilst searching for information on the place we did make one rather disturbing and sad find, back in 2001 a diving supervisor from Market Drayton suffering from health fears committed suicide in one of the rooms.
From what we can gather the Hotel had been dwindling for a long time as its facilities where rather limited and its dated design where no match against the other Hotels in the vacinity.
We heard a rumor the place was due to close in late December 2007 so whilst in the area a few of us dropped in to see if it had been closed, unfortunatley to our surprise it was still open, but not being discouraged we went in and asked to look around, our request was denied by a rather disgusted looking manager.
With no chance of an explore we inquired as to when the place was closing down to which we where informed, "In a few weeks" Well with that we smiled and said we will be back.
So one cold night in February 2008 whilst in the area on other business Myself, Bungle and The New Mendoza dropped in.
To our amazement the place was completely wide open so with no further a do we unpacked the cameras in temperatures of upto -4 degrees and went in to explore.
Some sections are immaculate and look like there still in use, there was so much still in situ it was untrue, virtually every room still had a Television in it as well as hair dryers, irons and so on.
The offices where pretty much untouched with paperwork all over the place and the conference rooms well they hadnt been touched at all and you could of held a seminar in them as they where.
And interesting explore this one.
Date : February 2008 : Location : Sandbach : Explorers : Havoc : The New Mendoza : Bungle
