England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Bradford
Bradford is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 293,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Bradford, with about 298 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June and July
- Nearest airport
- LBA10 km · Leeds Bradford Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Bradford
Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the 1974 reform, the city status has belonged to the larger City of Bradford metropolitan borough.
Bradford has been a wool-processing town for centuries, but remained small until the 19th century. It then burgeoned as the textile industry evolved from cottage weaving to mass production, related trades such as dyeing and fashion retail developed alongside, and the metal-bashing industries arrived. Bradford sucked in skills and labour: German-Jewish wool merchants and dye-makers, Irish flax and linen workers from County Mayo, and Yorkshire folk drifting away from an agricultural way of life.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Bradford
See
- Little Germany
- National Science & Media Museum
- Bradford Industrial Museum
- Peace Museum
- Bolling Hall Museum
- Bradford Police Museum
Do
- Alhambra
- Theatre in the Mill
- Bradford Playhouse
- Cineworld
- Odeon
- The Light on Broadway
- IMAX
- St George's Hall
- Valley Parade
- Odsal
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Bradford
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 | Leonardo Hotel Bradford hotel | 198 | 82/100 4,701 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Bradford Central hotel | 100 | 4.0/5 501 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Bradford
14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Midland Hotel Peel Hotels | 1890 | 0.1 km |
| Bowling Green Hotel | 1.2 km | |
| George Hotel | 4.8 km | |
| The Black Horse Hotel | 4.8 km | |
| The Bowling Cafe | 1.1 km | |
| The Bradford Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| The Carlisle Hotel | 1.8 km | |
| The Commercial Inn | 0.3 km | |
| The Talbot Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| The Victoria Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Corner Block Of The Midland Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| Rawson Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| The Windmill Inn | 3.3 km | |
| Trivelles Bradford | 0.8 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Bradford
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bradford are June and July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; December is the wettest, with about 109 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 Bradford: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 10 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 61 km) and Teesside International Airport (MME, 82 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Leeds Bradford Airport LBA is ten miles (16 km) north-east of city centre along A658. There's a good choice of flights from Western Europe, e.g. Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and Dublin, and within UK from Southampton, Exeter, Belfast and Glasgow. See Leeds for more info. LBA doesn't have a motorway or rail link so the journey through traffic can be slow and anxious. Buses 737 and 747 between them run every 30 mins from Bradford Interchange Station to LBA, taking 50 mins; the 737 runs via Shipley, the 747 runs via Greengates and continues to Harrogate.
Getting around
By bus: see West Yorkshire Metro for timetables and route maps. Your likeliest bus trip is to Leeds, see above. By taxi: there are many taxi ranks in city centre, but it's often cheaper to call and book. Hackney Carriage white cabs can be flagged down anywhere within the city.
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LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
MME · Teesside International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Bradford
Stay safe
The city's crime rate is lower than that of similar large cities such as Leeds or Manchester. Use common sense and avoid wandering off the beaten track. The city centre is well-policed and seldom sees trouble, but avoid Lidget Green, Manningham and Low Moor after dark.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Bradford
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Bradford: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Bradford?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Bradford (82 / 100 · 4,701 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Bradford Central (4.0 / 5 · 501 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Bradford?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bradford are June and July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; December is the wettest, with about 109 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Bradford?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 10 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 61 km) and Teesside International Airport (MME, 82 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Bradford?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Bradford?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Bradford
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.