Region: England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Chester
Chester is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 88,000 people. This guide covers 4 hotels and 1 aparthotel in Chester, with about 443 rooms between them. 4 of them carry a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 5
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LPL15 km · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Plugs
- G · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Chester
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, very close to the England–Wales border. It had a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester.
Chester originated in the Romano-British period at the latest, when it formed the settlement known as Deva or Castra Devana, the fortress city of the 20th Legion (Legio XX Valeria Victrix). As a result, some parts of Chester are around two thousand years old. It was a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War in the 1640s, and along the walls, one can see the tower from which King Charles I watched his troops do battle. A native of Chester is called a 'Cestrian'.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Chester
See
- Cathedral
- The Eastgate Clock
- St John the Baptist's Church
- Walls
- Amphitheatre
- Roman Gardens
- Minerva's Shrine
- Grosvenor Museum
- Dewa Roman Experience
- The Cheshire Military Museum
Do
- The Groves
- Grosvenor Park
- Boating
- Chester Racecourse
- Chester Zoo
- Open-top Bus Tour
- Christmas Lights
- The Spa Chester
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Chester
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 | Roomzzz Aparthotel Chester City aparthotel | 107 | 4.5/5 1,185 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Chester Central Bridge Street hotel | 64 | 4.1/5 1,276 reviews |
| 3 | Travelodge Chester Central hotel | 85 | 4.4/5 122 reviews |
| 4 | Travelodge Chester Warrington Road hotel | 93 | 3.9/5 709 reviews |
1 more place to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Leonardo Hotel Chester hotel | 94 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Chester to stay in
There are many good hotels in and around the city. Contact the tourist office for details. Most B&Bs are clustered to the east of the city in Hoole. This has its own centre, with good local pubs, some restaurants and shops. It's about a mile into the city centre and not a very attractive walk, but is convenient for the train station.
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Where to stay
Where the places to stay in Chester are
29 places to stay in this guide with known coordinates, grouped by straight-line distance from the city centre (the point Wikidata gives for Chester), nearest first. Distance on foot or by road is longer.
9 places
- Town Crier · 0.4 km
- Queen Hotel, Chester · 0.5 km
- Stone Villa Chester · 0.5 km
- Ba Ba Guest House · 0.5 km
- The Catholic Club · 0.7 km
- Kilmorey Lodge · 0.7 km
- Bull and Stirrup Hotel · 0.9 km
- 47 and 49, Foregate Street · 0.9 km
- Hotel Indigo Chester · 1.0 km
12 places
- Pied Bull Hotel · 1.0 km
- Travelodge Chester Central · 1.2 km
- The Mill at Upton · 1.2 km
- Leonardo Hotel Chester · 1.3 km
- Travelodge Chester Central Bridge Street · 1.4 km
- Oddfellows' Hall · 1.4 km
- 19, City Walls · 1.5 km
- Roomzzz Aparthotel Chester City · 1.5 km
- Golden Eagle Public House · 1.5 km
- Ye Olde Edgar · 1.6 km
- ABode Chester · 1.7 km
- Travelodge Chester Warrington Road · 2.8 km
4 places
- The Anchor · 3.4 km
- Mickle Trafford Manor · 3.9 km
- The Old Swinging Gate Inn · 5.7 km
- Red Lion Inn · 8.0 km
4 places
- Willington Hall · 12.2 km
- Broxton Lower Hall · 14.9 km
- Peckforton Castle · 15.3 km
- The Pheasant Inn · 15.5 km
Where to stay
More hotels in Chester
24 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peckforton Castle | 1844 | 15.3 km |
| Queen Hotel, Chester | 1860 | 0.5 km |
| Oddfellows' Hall | 1.4 km | |
| Pied Bull Hotel | 1.0 km | |
| Town Crier | 0.4 km | |
| Willington Hall | 12.2 km | |
| Ye Olde Edgar | 1.6 km | |
| Bull and Stirrup Hotel J D Wetherspoon | 1889 | 0.9 km |
| Golden Eagle Public House | 1.5 km | |
| Red Lion Inn | 8.0 km | |
| The Anchor | 3.4 km | |
| The Catholic Club | 1914 | 0.7 km |
| The Mill at Upton | 1.2 km | |
| The Pheasant Inn | 15.5 km | |
| 19, City Walls | 1.5 km | |
| 47 and 49, Foregate Street | 0.9 km | |
| ABode Chester | 1.7 km | |
| Ba Ba Guest House | 0.5 km | |
| Broxton Lower Hall | 14.9 km | |
| Hotel Indigo Chester | 1.0 km | |
| Kilmorey Lodge | 0.7 km | |
| Mickle Trafford Manor | 3.9 km | |
| Stone Villa Chester | 0.5 km | |
| The Old Swinging Gate Inn | 5.7 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Chester
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Chester are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; October is the wettest, with about 87 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).
Chester 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 Chester: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 43 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 110 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
The city centre is relatively small with everything within walking distance. For areas a little further away, there are good bus services from the bus station on Gorse Stacks on the north side of the city to nearby villages like Blacon and Saltney, as well as more distant towns such as Mold, Wrexham and Liverpool. Or one can take a taxi.
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Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Chester
Drink
Chester has plenty of historic, old-fashioned English pubs, with beer at around £2.50-3 a pint. However, most places will stop serving at around 11:30PM, and even a little earlier on Sundays. The only true exception being Watergates which trades until 2AM on Fridays and Saturdays.
Stay safe
Chester is not an especially dangerous city, with no particular reputation for crime. The general rule is the nearer the racecourse (thus more expensive), the safer the area. However, the usual UK rules apply. Be aware that, between midnight and 3AM or so, especially on Friday and Saturday nights, there will be plenty of drunken people about, so stick to well-lit areas and main roads. If you are one of these people and don't know the city well, consider taking a cab home. Some parts of the city, especially Blacon and The Lache should be strongly avoided if you don't know the area, as they are considered unsafe.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Chester
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Chester: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Chester?
By published guest score: Roomzzz Aparthotel Chester City (4.5 / 5 · 1,185 reviews · www.roomzzz.com (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Chester Central Bridge Street (4.1 / 5 · 1,276 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Chester Central (4.4 / 5 · 122 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Chester?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Chester are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; October is the wettest, with about 87 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Chester?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 43 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 110 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Chester?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Chester?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Chester
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.