England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 24,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Chester-le-Street, with about 84 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
- July and August
- Nearest airport
- NCL21 km · Newcastle International Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street () is a market town in County Durham, England. It is located around 6 miles (10 km) north of Durham and 9 miles (14 km) south of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
"Chester" indicates the Roman fort of Concangis, and "le-Street" was what they marched along sinister-dexter. But when the Romans left Britain in 410 AD the settlement lay deserted for almost 500 years until monks fleeing Lindisfarne arrived. They brought with them a long-dead saint, a real live bishop (making this tiny place a cathedral city) and a Latin gospel which they translated into Old English. The monks moved on in 995 but the village was still astride the main road north, so it became a stop-over for those on foot or horseback.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Chester-le-Street
See
- St Mary and St Cuthbert Church
- Chester Burn viaduct
- Lambton Castle
- Beamish Open Air Museum
Do
- Riverside Ground
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Chester-le-Street
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 Chester-le-Street hotel | 84 | 4.4/5 503 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Chester-le-Street
7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lumley Castle | 1389 | 1.2 km |
| Beamish Hall | 7.2 km | |
| King's Head Hotel | 18.6 km | |
| Queens Head Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| Deneview | 20.2 km | |
| Imperial Hotel | 8.4 km | |
| South Causey Inn | 8.0 km |
All 8 hotels in Chester-le-Street, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Chester-le-Street
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Chester-le-Street are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; November is the wettest, with about 76 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 Chester-le-Street: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Newcastle International Airport (NCL), about 21 km from the city centre in a straight line; Teesside International Airport (MME, 40 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 111 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Chester-le-Street railway station is on the London-Newcastle-Edinburgh main line, but most trains thunder through. An hourly Transpennine train calls on its way from Liverpool Lime Street via Manchester Victoria, Leeds, York, Darlington and Durham, heading for Newcastle. From Scotland or Northumberland change at Newcastle. From London Kings Cross or Birmingham you usually change at York, but Newcastle-Chester takes only 10 minutes so it's sometimes quicker to double back.
Getting around
Most attractions are within walking distance, but you could take Bus 71 or 78 for the golf course and Lumley Castle. Take Bus 21 not X21 for Angel of the North.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
NCL · Newcastle International Airport
MME · Teesside International Airport
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Chester-le-Street
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Chester-le-Street: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Chester-le-Street?
By published guest score: Travelodge Chester-le-Street (4.4 / 5 · 503 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Chester-le-Street?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Chester-le-Street are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; November is the wettest, with about 76 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Chester-le-Street?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Newcastle International Airport (NCL), about 21 km from the city centre in a straight line; Teesside International Airport (MME, 40 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 111 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Chester-le-Street?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Chester-le-Street
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.