Saturday, 16 August 2014

Airport Hotel, Liverpool Road

Airport Hotel, Liverpool Road, Barton, Eccles. (c) Tony Flynn [1].

The Airport Hotel opened in 1931 to cater for passengers using Barton Aerodrome, then a busy airport which had opened in 1930 as the country's first municipal airport. 

Airport Hotel, Liverpool Road. (c) Bryan Burton [2].

This converted farmhouse, previously known as Fox Hill Farm, almost didn't get off the ground when a local objection to the license claimed that pilots would use the pub before flying [1]. 

Airport Hotel, Liverpool Road. (c) City Airport & Heliport [3].

The Airport Hotel was owned by the directors of the Grand Hotel, Manchester, and it passed to Whitbread and Chesters before becoming more of a restaurant, although still offering residential accommodation [1].

Airport Hotel, Liverpool Road. (c) City Airport & Heliport [3].

The Airport Hotel was closed and knocked down at some point in the early 2000s.

Airport Hotel, Liverpool Road. (c) Wikipedia under Creative Commons.

Nothing much has been done with the site of the old Airport Hotel.

Former location of the Airport Hotel, Liverpool Road. (c) Google 2014. View Larger Map.

1. A History of the Pubs of Eccles, Tony Flynn (1980).
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10 comments:

  1. Curmudgeon16 August 2014 at 16:41

    Never actually been there, but I was surprised to learn it had closed as I'd always seen it as something of an institution.

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    1. Anonymous23 August 2022 at 15:31

      It was, but it was badly affected by the smell from the local sewage works. They tried to hide the smell of sewage with disinfectant sprays, but all this did was make the place stink of disinfectant AND sewage. I think this must have played some part in its demise as it was obviously intended to be a food led operation when I visited there in the early 1990s. It really was off putting. Very sad though. I bet a lot of famous people have passed through its doors.

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  2. Anonymous12 January 2015 at 00:14

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  3. Anonymous23 February 2015 at 07:02

    Airport Hotel was my home from 1955 to 1965. Dad was manager

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  4. Anonymous23 February 2015 at 07:03

    Dad's name. Jack Stewart

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  5. Unknown21 June 2016 at 16:57

    In about 1969 I used to drink there after the scouts (4th Eccles 1st Barton) on a Friday evening. Very accommodating as we were all somewhat underage. sad to see its gone.

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  8. Sam Anderson23 August 2019 at 11:12

    Airport hotel looks a comfortable inn for tourists and travellers. I think they can stay here during their long trip.
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