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The Palace Hotel Manchester

Google (3869) 4.5
Tripadvisor (2161) 3.6
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Oxford Street, Manchester M60 7HA, UK
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+44 (0) 1612 881 111

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About this place The Palace Hotel Manchester

This is the former Refuge Assurance building on Oxford Street, a red-terracotta Victorian landmark with a clock tower. It ran as The Palace Hotel for years and has since been relaunched as the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel. It is a mainstream hotel listed as gay-friendly. Rooms vary a lot in size because of the old layout, and there is a large bar and restaurant under the glass-roofed courtyard. It stands opposite Oxford Road station and next to the Palace Theatre. Canal Street and the Gay Village are about a 10-minute walk away. It rates about 4.5 on Google from nearly 4,000 reviews.

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4.5
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3,869 reviews

Based on 3,869 Google reviews.

Tom C
Tom C Jun 2026
★★★★★

Ideally places, stunning building, lovely large room, front desk staff were really pleasant and helpful - can't fault it, highly recommend!

Yonathan Naim
Yonathan Naim Jun 2026
★★★★★

Just a great hotel, definitely will be back!

Matthew Taylor
Matthew Taylor Jun 2026
★★★★★
Andrew Deignan
Andrew Deignan Jun 2026
★★★★★
Delroy Elliott
Delroy Elliott Jun 2026
★★★★★

Nice hotel and very clean ..easy to get to and find and staff very welcoming😃 stopped about 5 times in this hotel BUT ROOMS GOT SMALLER AND LESS INVITING EVERYTIME WE HAVE BEEN (booked with vigin experience days NOT WORTH THE MONEY ANYMORE)😤😤😤 breakfast is great loads to choose from hot and cold 👌location everything walking distance from shops/pubs/clubs ...think it will be last time we stop

Polly Rigby
Polly Rigby Jun 2026
★★★★★
F H (FJH84)
F H (FJH84) Jun 2026
★★★★★

Went here for a conference event rather than staying over. We were in the Director's suite which was very impressive and grand. The downstairs bar/restaurant was equally lovely with massively high cielings and interesting architecture. The building sort of reminds me of the public library in Manhattan. The hotel is about 5 minutes brisk walk from Manchester Picadilly station so is easy to get to.

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Last updated on 9 November 2026

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