Region: England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Bristol
Bristol is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 472,000 people. This guide covers 6 hotels in Bristol, with about 573 rooms between them. 5 of them carry a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 6
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- BRS11 km · Bristol Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Plugs
- G · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Bristol
Bristol is a city and ceremonial county in South West England. It is on the River Avon, and bordered by Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south, with a short coastline on the Bristol Channel to the west.
Bristol is the United Kingdom's 8th most populous city (approximately 483,000 as of mid-2023) and the most populated city in South West England, making it a core city in England. It received a Royal Charter in 1155 and was granted county status in 1373. From the 13th century, for half a millennium, it ranked among the top four English cities (after London and alongside York and Norwich) until the rapid rise of Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester during the Industrial Revolution in the latter part of the 18th century.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Bristol
See
Bristol is a very diverse city. From the historic Old City and Harbourside to Georgian Clifton, there is something to be found for everyone. Every neighbourhood has its own attractions and sights.
- Street Art
- Bristol Blue Glass
- Whitchurch Airport
- Aerospace Bristol
- Cheese Lane Shot Tower
- Purdown AA Battery
- Brunel's SS Great Britain
- We The Curious
- Bristol Aquarium
- M Shed Museum
- Arnolfini Gallery
- Pero's Bridge
Do
- Ferry Boat Co.
- Pirate Walks
- Jump
- Undercover Rock
- Leigh Woods
- Wake The Tiger
- Bristol City
- Bristol Rovers
- Gloucestershire CCC
- St Paul's Carnival
- Bristol Open Doors Day
- Upfest
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Bristol
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 Bristol Central Mitchell Lane hotel | 61 | 4.1/5 2,336 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Bristol Filton hotel | 60 | 3.9/5 294 reviews |
| 3 | Travelodge Bristol Emersons Green hotel | 84 | 4.1/5 18 reviews |
| 4 | Travelodge Bristol Avonmouth hotel | 68 | 3.6/5 604 reviews |
| 5 | Travelodge Bristol Central hotel | 103 | 3.3/5 2,066 reviews |
1 more place to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Leonardo Hotel Bristol City hotel | 197 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Bristol to stay in
There are a lot of hotels and guest houses in the Bristol area. A selection is listed below.
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Where to stay
Where the places to stay in Bristol are
35 places to stay in this guide with known coordinates, grouped by straight-line distance from the city centre (the point Wikidata gives for Bristol), nearest first. Distance on foot or by road is longer.
17 places
- Radisson Blu Hotel · 0.1 km
- Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel · 0.2 km
- HallPass · 0.3 km
- Brooks Guesthouse Bristol · 0.3 km
- The Rummer Hotel And Attached Cellar Steps, Railings And Gate · 0.3 km
- Bristol Bridge Inn · 0.3 km
- Hotel du Vin Bristol · 0.3 km
- The Grand Hotel · 0.4 km
- The Bristol · 0.4 km
- Premier Inn Bristol City Centre (Lewins Mead) · 0.6 km
- Travelodge Bristol Central · 0.6 km
- White Hart Inn And Attached Wall · 0.6 km
- The Greyhound Hotel · 0.7 km
- Berkeley Suites · 0.7 km
- Travelodge Bristol Central Mitchell Lane · 0.7 km
- Hampton by Hilton Bristol City Centre · 0.9 km
- Leonardo Hotel Bristol City · 1.0 km
6 places
- Beech House · 1.1 km
- OYO Flagship The Regency · 1.1 km
- The Albion Inn · 1.4 km
- Clift Guest House · 1.8 km
- White Lion Inn · 1.9 km
- St Vincent's Rocks Hotel And Attached Front Area Walls, Railings And Piers · 1.9 km
7 places
- The Wellington · 4.0 km
- Ferndale Mews · 4.3 km
- The George Inn · 4.4 km
- The Ship Old Inn · 6.0 km
- Travelodge Bristol Filton · 8.2 km
- Backwell House · 9.3 km
- Travelodge Bristol Emersons Green · 9.5 km
5 places
- Travelodge Bristol Avonmouth · 10.5 km
- Hampton by Hilton Bristol Airport · 10.9 km
- The Black Horse · 11.3 km
- Royal Hotel · 12.0 km
- The New Inn · 16.1 km
Where to stay
More hotels in Bristol
29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Backwell House | 9.3 km | |
| Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| The Grand Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| Bristol Bridge Inn | 0.3 km | |
| Radisson Blu Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| Royal Hotel | 12.0 km | |
| The Black Horse | 11.3 km | |
| The Bristol | 0.4 km | |
| The George Inn | 4.4 km | |
| The Greyhound Hotel | 0.7 km | |
| The New Inn | 16.1 km | |
| The Wellington | 4.0 km | |
| White Hart Inn And Attached Wall | 0.6 km | |
| Beech House | 1.1 km | |
| Berkeley Suites | 0.7 km | |
| Brooks Guesthouse Bristol | 0.3 km | |
| Clift Guest House | 1.8 km | |
| Ferndale Mews | 4.3 km | |
| HallPass | 0.3 km | |
| Hampton by Hilton Bristol Airport | 10.9 km | |
| Hampton by Hilton Bristol City Centre | 0.9 km | |
| Hotel du Vin Bristol | 0.3 km | |
| OYO Flagship The Regency OYO Rooms | 1.1 km | |
| Premier Inn Bristol City Centre (Lewins Mead) Premier Inn | 0.6 km | |
| St Vincent's Rocks Hotel And Attached Front Area Walls, Railings And Piers | 1.9 km | |
| The Albion Inn | 1.4 km | |
| The Rummer Hotel And Attached Cellar Steps, Railings And Gate | 0.3 km | |
| The Ship Old Inn | 6.0 km | |
| White Lion Inn | 1.9 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Bristol
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bristol are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 101 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).
Bristol travel calendar 2027: every day with public and school holidays, sunrise and sunset and the typical high and low (also as JSON).
Public holidays in United Kingdom, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Bristol: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 11 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 52 km) and Bournemouth Airport (BOH, 92 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Visit Bristol, the official tourism website for Bristol has maps of the city to download. Distinctive blue A3 tourist maps which cover the city centre, the Harbourside and Clifton, are available for free from locations such as libraries, shops, Temple Meads railway station, hotels and the YHA hostel. These really are excellent maps and you should obtain a copy or two. They indicate main streets, attractions, hotels and areas of the city in the central area and in Clifton. You can also buy commercially produced maps before you leave from sites such as Amazon.
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Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Bristol
Eat
Bristol has a huge choice of bars and restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets. There are many around the Harbourside and the West End's Park Street and Whiteladies Road, but do not be dissuaded from trying those outside the centre as many are superior to those that attract passing trade due to their location. After a night out, or if your hotel allows food delivery, you will also be able to find many takeaways in Bristol, with different varieties of food.
Drink
The fact that it's the home to around 44,000 students probably says a lot for the quality of the city's nightlife. Surprisingly, though, it's relatively expensive, with prices similar to those in London. Mainstream nightlife centres around 3 main areas - Corn Street in the 'old city', Park Street/Whiteladies Road, and the Harbourside. These areas get extremely busy, if not rowdy, at weekends, however there are plenty of places in Bristol where you can have a good time without mixing with more student type crowds. Venue magazine is a good source of information.
Stay safe
Like many other big cities in the UK, Bristol has its rough areas. Use common sense while getting around. While some of the following information may sound a little scary, many locals insist that Bristol is a lovely and safe city. In the 2020s problems with drunken violence have become worse. Drunken brawls can occur in the centre of town on Friday and Saturday nights as pubs and clubs close, especially near the waterfront area, the Centre, taxi queues and fast food joints. This has been reduced somewhat by a heavy police presence and security guards monitoring the taxi queues. Avoid Baldwin Street at the 11PM and 2AM kickout times.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Bristol
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Bristol: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Bristol?
By published guest score: Travelodge Bristol Central Mitchell Lane (4.1 / 5 · 2,336 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Bristol Filton (3.9 / 5 · 294 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Bristol Emersons Green (4.1 / 5 · 18 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Bristol?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bristol are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 101 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Bristol?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 11 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 52 km) and Bournemouth Airport (BOH, 92 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Bristol?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Bristol
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.