Victoria Hotel, Chadderton, Oldham
The Victoria Hotel on Hollinwood Avenue in Chadderton, Oldham, is used by the Home Office for asylum accommodation under the Serco North West regional contract. In August 2025 the site became the focus of anti asylum demonstrations met by Stand Up to Racism counter rallies, drawing Greater Manchester Police public order deployment[1]Press[2]Press.
Capacity
80
rooms
Per night
£170
per resident
Annual
£5.0m
estimated
Background
The Victoria Hotel sits on Hollinwood Avenue in Chadderton, on the southern edge of Oldham. The Manchester Evening News and other regional outlets confirm the site is used by the Home Office for asylum accommodation under the Serco North West regional contract[1]Press.
August 2025 protests and counter rally
In August 2025 the site became the focus of anti asylum demonstrations as part of the wider wave of protests across Greater Manchester. Stand Up to Racism held a counter rally opposite the protest, with Greater Manchester Police deploying public order officers between the two groups[1]Press[2]Press.
Cost analysis
At the £170 per person per night Migration Observatory benchmark[3], an 80 room hotel run at full asylum occupancy implies headline taxpayer exposure of about £13,600 per night and roughly £5.0 million per year. That sits below the May 2025 NAO average of about £5.84 million per hotel[4]NAO, reflecting the smaller bedroom count in Chadderton.
Per-person per-day cost stack (benchmark)
£170- Hotel rate (room + three meals)£10059%
- Weekly cash allowance£74%
- Legal aid & casework£127%
- NHS / interpreter / utilities£1911%
- Contractor / security overhead£3219%
Cost in context
Victoria Hotel Oldham
£170
benchmark
UK asylum hotel avg
£170
NAO
Manchester budget hotel
£60
commercial
Hostel bed
£30
commercial
Timeline
Timeline
Pre-2023
Operates as a commercial Victoria Hotel on Hollinwood Avenue
2023
Hotel taken into asylum use
Serco North West regional contract.
Aug 2025
Protests and counter rallies
Anti asylum demonstration met by Stand Up to Racism counter rally; GMP deployed.
Sources
- Crowds gather outside Victoria Hotel in Oldham as asylum protests spread — Manchester Evening News, Aug 2025
Manchester Evening News reports anti asylum demonstrations outside the Victoria Hotel on Hollinwood Avenue in Chadderton, Oldham, where the Home Office places asylum seekers under the Serco North West regional contract.
- Stand Up to Racism: Oldham counter rally outside Victoria Hotel — Stand Up to Racism, Aug 2025
Stand Up to Racism reports a counter rally was held outside the Victoria Hotel in Chadderton, Oldham, opposite an anti asylum protest organised by activists in August 2025.
- Asylum accommodation in the UK — Migration Observatory, University of Oxford, Aug 2025
£170 per person per day in hotels (2024/25 average); used for per-hotel estimates and food/utilities breakdowns.
- The Home Office's asylum accommodation contracts — National Audit Office, May 2025
222 hotels in use; £1.296 billion annual (2024/25); per-hotel approximately £5.84 million.