England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Basingstoke
Basingstoke is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 107,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Basingstoke, with about 84 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- SOU40 km · Southampton Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Basingstoke
Basingstoke ( BAY-zing-stohk) is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest settlement in Hampshire without city status.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Basingstoke
See
- Milestones Museum
- Steventon
- Wote Street Willy
- L'Arc Sculpture
- Viables Roundabout
- Crockford Lane Roundabout
- Basing House
- The Vyne
Do
- Conference South Football at The Camrose
- Basingstoke Blues Club
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Basingstoke
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Basingstoke hotel | 84 | 4.3/5 950 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Basingstoke
12 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Oakley Hall | 8.2 km | |
| Tylney Hall | 7.8 km | |
| Crown Hotel | 14.8 km | |
| Flintz The Anchor Inn | 0.1 km | |
| Great Western Hotel | 0.7 km | |
| Swan Hotel (Excluding Adjoining Dickens Bar) | 14.9 km | |
| The Jubilee Tap | 21.0 km | |
| The Wheatsheaf Inn | 9.4 km | |
| White Hart | 14.6 km | |
| Alton House Hotel | 14.8 km | |
| Audley's Wood | 2.0 km | |
| Village Hotel Basingstoke | 1.1 km |
All 13 hotels in Basingstoke, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Basingstoke
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Basingstoke are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 92 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Basingstoke: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Southampton Airport (SOU), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 49 km) and London Gatwick Airport (LGW, 64 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Basingstoke has a decently-sized town centre including a shopping centre, cinema and variety of pubs and restaurants all walking distance from the train or bus station. Furthermore, there is a leisure park on the western side of town including an ice rink and cinema that's also walking distance, albeit crossing a few busy main roads. Basingstoke is well served by buses. The central bus station is situated in the town center and most buses stop at the station. The buses are regular and serve most outlying areas of the town.
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SOU · Southampton Airport
LHR · London Heathrow Airport
LGW · London Gatwick Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Basingstoke
Eat
The Basingstoke area has many restaurants of different types and costs and it clearly isn't possible to list them all here.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Basingstoke
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Basingstoke: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Basingstoke?
By published guest score: Travelodge Basingstoke (4.3 / 5 · 950 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Basingstoke?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Basingstoke are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 92 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Basingstoke?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Southampton Airport (SOU), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 49 km) and London Gatwick Airport (LGW, 64 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Basingstoke?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Basingstoke
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.