The Cottage B&B

Wanted somewhere to stay near the JLR Halewood plant and decided to try a quieter area than near John Lennon Airport at Speke. Hale village fits the bill in terms of location, being only 10 minutes or so from the plant. "The Cottage" B & B takes a bit of finding and has a small car park at the front. Check in or "reception" is actually through a metal gate in the rear garden as the front cottage on the right is nothing to do with the lodgings as such (according to a sign) so you need to knock on the door round the back as the bell by the gate didn't seem to work. I stayed in one of the external converted barns; pleasant enough; warm and clean. Good serviceable bathroom.

A couple of signs, one with directions how to find the place and a second , explaining how to get checked in, wouldn't go amiss. Indeed such information could easily be sent out with the room confirmation. Hale is also a small place with no restaurants as such and only two pubs. The Wellington Hotel wasn't serving food on the Monday evening I visited and was completely deserted so The Childe of Hale proved to be Hobson's choice since I didn't fancy driving about in the pouring rain looking for somewhere to eat. Very busy, the food was fairly average, and the beer a bit lacking so it was two pints of Guinness and an early night. It was certainly worth a look, but I'll probably try somewhere else next time. However no complaints about the room nor the breakfast; but just a bit remote in terms of location and things to do. Oh and it seems its on the flight path from the airport, albeit not a problem after midnight.

The room, cleanliness, host, breakfast...

Being about 100m under the final approach for aircraft landing at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Very friendly staff

Property is under airport flight pass.