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Where to stay in Buckingham
Buckingham is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 14,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Buckingham, with about 99 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
- LTN46 km · London Luton Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Buckingham
Buckingham ( BUK-ing-əm) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders with Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. The civil parish of Buckingham had a population of 14,294 at the 2021 census.
The Larkrise to Candleford books by Flora Thompson tell the story of rural Britain at the end of the 19th century, and Buckingham formed the basis of the fictional Candleford. Exhibits from the BBC dramatisation of the books can be seen at the Buckingham Old Gaol museum.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Buckingham
See
Buckingham's town centre is a traditional Georgian market town which is pleasant to wander. A street market fills the Market Hill on Tuesday and Saturday and a flea market takes place in the picturesque High Street in the old cattle pens area. Directly linked to the town centre is the River Great Ouse which winds its way through the town, through Bourton Park to the east, and to Chandos Park to the west. Swans, ducks and moorhens can be seen by the small boardwalk and riverbank by the town centre car park.
- Buckingham Old Gaol
- Chantry Chapel
- Stowe Landscaped Gardens
- St Peter and St Paul Parish Church
Do
There are a number of events organised during the year by the town council and many voluntary organisations. The local paper Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser is published weekly every Friday and is a good source of information.
- The Film Place
- Swan Pool & Leisure Centre
- Buckingham Summer Festival
- Silverstone Circuit
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Buckingham
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 Buckingham hotel | 99 | 4.2/5 687 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Buckingham to stay in
Accommodation in Buckingham is generally good value, but can be in high demand and prices rocket for big events at the nearby Silverstone Circuit, particularly the Grand Prix weekend in July.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Buckingham
18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crown Hotel | 10.7 km | |
| Royal Oak Inn | 3.4 km | |
| The Bell Hotel | 10.4 km | |
| The Dolphin Inn | 20.4 km | |
| The New Inn | 19.7 km | |
| The New Inn | 1.0 km | |
| The Swan Inn | 8.7 km | |
| The Villiers Hotel | 0.8 km | |
| Three Conies Inn | 18.9 km | |
| White Hart Hotel | 0.9 km | |
| Hilton Garden Inn Silverstone | 2022 | 7.9 km |
| Red Lion Hotel | 10.6 km | |
| Thatched House Hotel | 17.3 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 10.5 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 13.8 km | |
| The New Inn | 5.5 km | |
| The New Inn | 13.1 km | |
| Wicken Country Hotel | 7.8 km |
All 19 hotels in Buckingham, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Buckingham
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Buckingham are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 62 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 Buckingham: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Luton Airport (LTN), about 46 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 70 km) and Birmingham Airport (BHX, 72 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Buckingham sits on the convergence of the A413 (north-south), A421 and A422 (east-west) roads. The town was by-passed in the early 1980s by creating a new section of the A421 to the south. From the east the A421 connects from the M1 at junction 13, with roads to the north 15 or 15a, with junctions 9,10 and 11 providing access to the M40 in the west. Taxis serve the town and surrounding villages, and can provide connections to Milton Keynes.
Getting around
Most of the town is easily accessible by foot, with the majority of the visitor attractions within the town centre and the adjoining historic Prebend End. There are numerous walks that provide gentle perambulations around the town including a town trail (map available from the tourist information centre), the circular walk and the railway walk. A town bus service provides connections between the outlying housing areas, the town centre and Maids Moreton.
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LTN · London Luton Airport
LHR · London Heathrow Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Buckingham
Eat
Buckingham has a wide range of food options from fast food to fine dining. Most establishments are within the town centre. For picnics in the park there is a Waitrose supermarket with deli counters and fresh bread, and take out food such as fish and chips, Subway sandwiches and Kebabs can be obtained in the town centre. On market days there are usually stalls selling bread, cakes, olives and fresh fruit and vegetables.
Drink
Buckingham has a large number of pubs and bars ranging from family friendly to youth orientated to the traditional.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Buckingham
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Buckingham: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Buckingham?
By published guest score: Travelodge Buckingham (4.2 / 5 · 687 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Buckingham?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Buckingham are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 62 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Buckingham?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Luton Airport (LTN), about 46 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 70 km) and Birmingham Airport (BHX, 72 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Buckingham?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Buckingham
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.