Wrightington Hotel, Health Club & Spa

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We stayed at The Wrightington Hotel for three nights, this is our second visit.
We used the Spa and had breakfast and dinner.
I can recommend this hotel for the comfort, great food, attentive friendly sta. and value.
We visited RHS Bridgwater which is within a reasonable drive for a day out.

Your receptionist where a credit to your business

Great location off the M6, the rooms are of good size and well presented. Good lesuire facilities. Staff were friendly.

Whilst The Wrightington is the best hotel we have stayed at in Wigan - admittedly not against stiff competition - it has issues. I’d sum them up as the unmistakeable sound of corners being cut. It isn’t run as you would expect a good hotel to be run, although it advertises itself as a good hotel.

For example, the room was spacious and nicely-decorated by somebody who knows what he or she is doing. But…

The room smelled of stale cigarette smoke. The smoking ban came in in 2008, I think, so I can’t understand why this would be the case in 2026.

In the bathroom, which was very clean, the tank behind the loo dripped continuously, which was distracting.

Similarly, the plug in the sink didn’t work properly so it was impossible to fill the sink to wash my face: the water kept draining away.

The shower tray filled up with water quickly because somebody needs to put a dose of Mr Muscle down the drain to clear the pipes but clearly nobody could be bothered.

The toiletries were nice but whenever I see those pump dispensers chained to the wall I know with a sense of inevitability that one of the pumps won’t be working properly and that I’ll need to do arm contortions in the shower to extract enough shower gel for one leg. Yes, that happened.

The walls were thin so at 11.45 pm we had to listen to the drunk people in the room next door partying. They later moved to the room above us for some (we assume) clog dancing on the thin ceiling.

The check in/check out process was deeply odd. I booked online via the hotel’s own website. No request for payment. A couple of days later I received an e-mail telling me off for not having paid yet despite the fact that the stay at the hotel was still two days away. What sort of hotel does that? I called reception and spoke to someone who didn’t seem to understand what I was saying but who nevertheless told me that I could pay on arrival, as if this were a huge concession. If the hotel wants guests to pay in advance, why not make it part of the booking process on the website? I assume that it is because the owners are too cheap to pay for a proper payment interface on the website and don’t care what impression that leaves on guests.

When we checked out (at the unusually early check out time of 10.30 am (we made sure to leave by that time as by then we had formed the view that this was the sort of hotel that would enthusiastically enforce a fine for checking out two minutes late) we weren’t asked how our stay had been. I surmise that the hotel doesn’t care!

Overall it felt that The Wrightington was charging an ambitious (for Wigan) £124 room only without breakfast for rather a cheapskate offering.

We have just stayed overnight and had a throughly enjoyable experience.
From checking in things went well, Our room was spacious, beautifully decorated and had everything for a pleasant overnight stay, The Evening Meal in the restaurant and bar was excellent and cooked to perfection. Breakfast was also enjoyable with plenty of choice for everyone. All the staff were Friendly, Helpful and Professional. I'm sure we will be returning in the future.

Nearby and convenient to the motorway
Friendly staff

We’ve stayed here many times over the years & can always guarantee a warm welcome. The rooms are always immaculately presented with the latest addition of wonderful vegan toiletries being a really thoughtful touch. The food is always of superb quality, well cooked & delicious. A special thank you goes to Martin for his personal touch & for developing a really tasty vegan menu. Looking forward to our next visit already 😊
Mick & Renate, Scotland

Checking in and out

The health club facilities

Good location

Very nice ,staff were great food was amazing

Excellent meal as usual 16 of us went and everything was excellent, lovely staff & service will definitely be returning soon.

The shared spaces were nice and clean, the pool area was lovely too
Location is great from the motorway and where we needed to be.