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This weekend, we stayed at Trafford Hall Hotel, Chester. The hotel is part of a registered charity, The National Communities Resource Centre, which offers support and training to people working and living in deprived areas throughout the UK, to develop their skills and ultimately empower them to improve their situations. We chose to book this hotel as a change from the usual faceless corporate hotels we find ourselves in. Trafford Hall is a grade II listed Georgian Manner House situated in beautiful gardens and woodland just a short drive from Chester city centre. We stayed in one of the hotel's 42 eco-chalets, which were clean, comfortable (although very,  very basic), and had a large window overlooking the forest. It was perfectly restful, quiet and tranquil. The room, as I mentioned before, was very basic, the whole chalet is made of wood, meaning creaky floorboards and thin walls. There was little on the walls, a very old carpet, no artwork, nothing to make th...