Mollie’s Manchester feels designed for the person who says she doesn’t want a hen do, she just wants a really good weekend with her friends. Inside the former Granada TV Studios, it mixes mid-century furniture, natural oak, terrazzo and a slightly Soho House-ish finish with enough useful tech to stop the whole thing becoming style over substance.

The rooms are unusually well thought through for getting ready. Dyson hairdryers, GHD straighteners, rainfall showers and proper mirrors immediately remove several items from the shared packing list, while Classic Twins give two people separate beds and Bunk Rooms sleep four in actual bunks.

Downstairs there’s an all-day diner, a cocktail and live-music bar and a library-style lounge, so nobody needs to stand awkwardly beside reception waiting for the last room to finish getting ready. It is polished, sociable and very easy to make a weekend out of.

Important: Mollie’s currently has an explicit no-hen policy, so this is for a genuine girls’ or bridesmaids’ weekend where the bride has opted out of a traditional hen — not a hen booking under another name.