Region: England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Berkshire
Berkshire is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 918,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Berkshire, with about 80 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
- LHR38 km · London Heathrow Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Plugs
- G · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Berkshire
Berkshire, officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London to the east, Surrey to the south-east, Hampshire to the south, and Wiltshire to the west.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Berkshire
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 Windsor Central hotel | 80 | 3.9/5 1,751 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Berkshire
5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Voco Reading | 1.1 km | |
| Highfield House De Vere Hotels | 9.4 km | |
| The Swan Inn | 2.5 km | |
| The Wheatsheaf Inn | 2.5 km | |
| Hilton Reading | 2.0 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Berkshire
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Berkshire are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; October is the wettest, with about 84 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).
Public holidays in United Kingdom, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Berkshire: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), about 38 km from the city centre in a straight line; Southampton Airport (SOU, 58 km) and London Gatwick Airport (LGW, 64 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The M4 motorway from London to Bristol, Cardiff, and Swansea goes through Berkshire and is close to Reading, Maidenhead, and Slough. The A34 expressway from Winchester to Bicester, bypassing Newbury, brings traffic to Berkshire from the South Coast and Midlands. Reading, Maidenhead and Slough are on the Great Western Main Line from London Paddington to Penzance and Swansea (also Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Plymouth etc) served by Great Western Railway (GWR).
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Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Berkshire
Eat
Bray has 3 Michelin-starred restaurants, the most in one place outside of London.
Stay safe
On the whole Reading is a safe place, but, like most towns and cities in the country it can have its problems. The centre on a Friday and Saturday night can be intimidating for someone if they are not used to the kind of atmosphere generated. Just west of Reading town centre, and in particular the Oxford Road district, though improved, has suffered from drug abuse and the sex trade. These areas are similar to those found around London, and are best avoided at night. The Forbury Gardens and Abbey ruins, though attractive during the day, are best avoided after dark.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Berkshire
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Berkshire: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Berkshire?
By published guest score: Travelodge Windsor Central (3.9 / 5 · 1,751 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Berkshire?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Berkshire are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; October is the wettest, with about 84 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Berkshire?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), about 38 km from the city centre in a straight line; Southampton Airport (SOU, 58 km) and London Gatwick Airport (LGW, 64 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Berkshire?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Berkshire
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; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.