England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Cheltenham
Cheltenham is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 116,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Cheltenham, with about 182 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 to September
- Nearest airport
- BHX66 km · Birmingham Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Cheltenham
Cheltenham ( CHELT-ən-əm) is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the most complete Regency town in Britain.
Cheltenham (pronounced Cheltnum) is now probably most famous for the Gold Cup horse race which takes place in mid-March every year. You'll need to book early to find a room, possibly as early as the previous year. Many people accept rooms anywhere within about a 50 mi radius. It's also famous for housing the top-secret Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) responsible for signals intelligence (SIGINT) for UKUSA by Britain's best computer scientists and mathematicians, in its doughnut-shaped building (designed that way for security reasons).
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Things to do
What to see and do in Cheltenham
See
- Promenade
- Imperial Gardens
- Pittville Park
- Cleeve Hill
- The Wilson Art Gallery & Museum
- Holst Birthplace Museum
- Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake
- Leckhampton Hill
- St. Mary's Church
- Chedworth Roman Villa
- Hailes Abbey
- Sudeley Castle
Do
- Pittville Pump Room
- Cheltenham Racecourse
- Cheltenham Town FC
- Swim at Sandford Parks Lido
- Cineworld Cinema
- Bacon Theatre
- Everyman Theatre
- Playhouse Theatre
- Town Hall
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham hotel | 122 | 85/100 4,179 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Cheltenham hotel | 60 | 3.9/5 274 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Cheltenham
50 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| DoubleTree by Hilton Cheltenham-Cotswolds | 2017 | 3.0 km |
| Ellenborough Park Hotel | 2011 | 4.2 km |
| Cotswold Grange, Cheltenham | 1.4 km | |
| Colesbourne Inn | 10.2 km | |
| Frogmill Inn | 8.8 km | |
| George Inn | 10.1 km | |
| Golden Ball Inn | 23.0 km | |
| Golden Heart Inn | 8.3 km | |
| Hotel du Vin Cheltenham | 0.4 km | |
| London Inn | 1.8 km | |
| Lords of the Manor Hotel | 20.9 km | |
| Mousetrap Inn | 21.8 km | |
| Queens Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| The Beehive Hotel With Attached Coach House | 0.4 km | |
| The Green Dragon Inn | 8.1 km | |
| The Lansdown Hotel | 0.8 km | |
| The Manor House | 21.9 km | |
| The Mill Inn | 10.7 km | |
| The Old Swan Inn | 0.6 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 15.9 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 18.3 km | |
| The Restoration Inn | 0.5 km | |
| The Royal George | 7.9 km | |
| The Sun | 10.1 km | |
| The White Hart | 10.0 km | |
| Wesley House | 10.1 km | |
| Ye Old Corner Cupboard | 9.5 km | |
| Beaumont House | 1.3 km | |
| Burston House And Kingsmuir Hotel | 1.3 km | |
| Central Hotel | 0.7 km | |
| Central Hotel Cheltenham | 0.7 km | |
| Charlton Park Hotel | 3.0 km | |
| Clarence Court Hotel | 1.1 km | |
| Cleeveway Hotel | 6.0 km | |
| Cowley Manor Hotel | 7.4 km | |
| Dawn Run Inn | 0.7 km | |
| Delta Hotels by Marriott Cheltenham Chase | 7.3 km | |
| Laurel House Bed and Breakfast | 1.2 km | |
| No38 The Park | 1.2 km | |
| Old Farmhouse Hotel | 23.0 km |
All 52 hotels in Cheltenham, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Cheltenham
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Cheltenham are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December 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).
Getting there
Getting to Cheltenham: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 66 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bristol Airport (BRS, 72 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 104 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Cheltenham is relatively easy to get around by car. Tourists should be aware of the one-way system when driving in the town centre, although there are plans to possibly alter this under the Cheltenham Transport Plan. Most parking in the town is paid and is run by NCP or the town council.
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BHX · Birmingham Airport
BRS · Bristol Airport
CWL · Cardiff International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Cheltenham
Stay safe
Cheltenham is mostly a safe town. The so-called "bad areas" though are Hester's Way to the west of the town centre and Whaddon to the north-east, these areas have large amounts of social housing and are unlikely to be of interest to visitors.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Cheltenham
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Questions
Cheltenham: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Cheltenham?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Cheltenham (85 / 100 · 4,179 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Cheltenham (3.9 / 5 · 274 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Cheltenham?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Cheltenham are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 84 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Cheltenham?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 66 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bristol Airport (BRS, 72 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 104 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Cheltenham?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Cheltenham?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Cheltenham
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.