• The Jug and Bottle Hotel in Heswall has views of the Liverpool skyline.old boat in liverpool dock image by green308 from Fotolia.com
  
  Heswall is a small town on the Wirral Peninsula just under 10 miles from Liverpool in England. According to the town's website, there are two main areas in Heswall, the upper area, which is newer and has a large shopping district and numerous restaurants, and the lower area, which is the older part of town and is historically protected. The town is mainly residential; however, there are a few hotels within Heswall and nearby on the peninsula.
  
  

The Jug and Bottle

• The Jug and Bottle is a small hotel with only six rooms, with an attached restaurant and a pub. All rooms at the hotel have views, either toward the southern end of the peninsula into Wales or northern views of the Liverpool skyline. Each room has a private bathroom and free wireless Internet access. The restaurant, Tapa Vista, serves tapas and authentic Spanish cuisine. It is only open for dinner. The pub is a local meeting spot; it serves a tapas bar menu and is open for lunch and dinner. The pub also hosts live music on Wednesdays.
  
  The Jug & Bottle
  
  Mount Avenue
  
  Heswall
  
  Wirral
  
  CH60 4RH
  
  United Kingdom
  
  011-44-0151-342-5535
  
  the-jugandbottle.co.uk
  
  

Thornton Hall Hotel & Spa

• This four-star hotel is just over three miles from Heswall. It has 63 rooms and suites, all with private bathrooms, trouser press, wireless Internet access and air conditioning. Some rooms have a balcony or terrace with views of the surrounding countryside. The hotel's spa offers clinical treatments, such as tooth whitening and facials with massage; holistic treatments, including reflexology; a full hair salon, and a leisure club with a gym, swimming pool, two outdoor hot tubs, sauna and steam room. Two restaurants and a bar offer lunch and dinner seven days a week; the Lawns Restaurant features Cheshire Provencal lamb with smoked eggplant, salmon with a beet carpaccio and veal sirloin.
  
  Thornton Hall Hotel & Spa
  
  Neston Road
  
  Thornton Hough
  
  Wirral
  
  CH63 1JF
  
  United Kingdom
  
  011-44-0151-336-3938
  
  thorntonhallhotel.com
  
  

The Ship Hotel

• The Ship Hotel is in the port town of Parkgate, about three miles from Heswall. The hotel has 24 rooms, with private bathrooms, free wireless Internet connection and tea-making facilities. Next to the hotel is a large parking lot with free parking for hotel guests. A full English breakfast is included in the room rate. The hotel's bar serves lunch, dinner and afternoon tea, and according to their website, serves a wide range of cask-conditioned ales, lagers, bitters and stouts. The bar also has quiz night on Wednesdays and a big-screen television with ESPN.
  
  The Ship Hotel
  
  The Parade
  
  Parkgate
  
  Cheshire
  
  CH64 6SA
  
  United Kingdom
  
  011-44-0151-336-3931
  
  the-shiphotel.co.uk