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Where to stay in Cornwall
Cornwall is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 576,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Cornwall, with about 80 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
- Nearest airport
- NQY17 km · Cornwall Airport Newquay
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Cornwall
Cornwall is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people.
Cornwall is a county within the United Kingdom. Prince William, by virtue of being heir to the throne, holds the title Duke of Cornwall, and his wife Catherine is the Duchess. The "Duchy of Cornwall" is a crown body that owns land in Cornwall, Devon and other parts of the UK. Although Cornwall was part of the Roman Empire, Cornish archaeological evidence points more to a neolithic culture than to a Roman culture. After the Romans left Britain, the Saxons invaded. The native Celtic population was not assimilated but was pushed westwards retaining their language and culture.
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Cornwall
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 St Austell hotel | 80 | 4.1/5 493 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Cornwall to stay in
Cornwall has a large range of tourist accommodation, ranging from 5-star luxury hotels to B&Bs, guest houses and hostels. There is also a large number of serviced holiday cottages that can be rented from anything from a long weekend to upwards of a month. There are Tourist Information Centres (TICs) in most major towns. These are normally run by the local council and can check the latest availability on the day to save having to phone around a number of B&Bs and guest houses. They are unbiased and won't express an opinion on accommodations, more than giving its tourist board rating and facilities.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Cornwall
32 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alverton Manor Hotel | 10.9 km | |
| Fistral Bay Hotel | 18.9 km | |
| Driftwood | 12.9 km | |
| Idle Rocks Hotel | 17.6 km | |
| Plume Of Feathers Public House | 9.7 km | |
| Ship & Castle Hotel | 17.7 km | |
| The Barley Sheaf Inn | 8.8 km | |
| The Britannia Inn | 11.3 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 4.8 km | |
| The Dolphin Inn | 0.1 km | |
| The Market Inn | 11.5 km | |
| The Ship Inn | 9.1 km | |
| The Victory Inn | 17.7 km | |
| Alverton Manor Hotel, Former Stable Block | 10.9 km | |
| Bissick Old Mill | 4.9 km | |
| Breakers Guesthouse | 18.6 km | |
| County Arms | 13.1 km | |
| Esplanade Hotel | 19.1 km | |
| Fistral Beach Hotel and Spa | 19.2 km | |
| Merchant House | 12.1 km | |
| OYO Minerva Guesthouse OYO Rooms | 18.2 km | |
| Pengelly Farmhouse B&B | 8.4 km | |
| Pillars Hotel | 1700 | 9.6 km |
| Royal Hotel | 11.5 km | |
| Smugglers House Hotel | 10.3 km | |
| St George's Hotel And Attached Rear Wall | 12.0 km | |
| The Lewinnick Lodge | 19.8 km | |
| The New Inn St Austell Brewery | 9.2 km | |
| The Quies | 18.1 km | |
| The Rosevine | 13.5 km | |
| The White House Hotel | 17.9 km | |
| Townhouse Rooms | 12.0 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Cornwall
Cornwall has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; November is the wettest, with about 153 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 Cornwall: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY), about 17 km from the city centre in a straight line; Exeter International Airport (EXT, 116 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY) lies north-east of Newquay, with year-round flights from destinations throughout the UK and Europe, including some London airports. Some routes operate on a seasonal (usually summer only) basis. Land's End Airport (LEQ) is between Land's End and St Just, around 6 mi by road from Penzance. It is a small airport with flights arriving from the Isles of Scilly. In next-door Devon, a small number of flights operate into Exeter (EXT) from UK and European destinations, including from resorts along the Mediterranean and in the Canary Islands.
Getting around
Thanks to Transport for Cornwall, all bus tickets are interchangeable across the different companies (except certain town buses in St Ives and Fowey). The Cornwall All Day ticket allows unlimited travel for a calendar day. As of 2025, day passes are £8 for adults and £5 for under-19s and £3 singles, regardless of age. Payment is by cash or contactless.
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NQY · Cornwall Airport Newquay
EXT · Exeter International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Cornwall
Eat
Cornwall has become famous for its Michelin-starred seafood restaurants, with Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein opening swanky restaurants in the county/country.
Drink
Because of its climate, Cornwall also has a number of vineyards and produces decent wine not to be sniffed at. Camel Valley Vineyard northwest of Bodmin offers guided tours. Cornwall is also well known for its production of mead (an alcoholic drink based on fermented honey). It is often combined with wine or liqueur in which case it is sold as "mead wine" or "mead liqueur" which typically have an alcoholic content by volume of 14% or 17% respectively.
Stay safe
Visitors to Cornwall should at all times be aware of the unpredictable and dangerous nature of some of the tides and currents around the Cornish coast and seek advice from local lifeguards before swimming or surfing. There is a small chance of getting great white or tiger sharks off the south coast, but don't let this worry you as they are very very rarely seen, and there have been no known attacks. Cornwall's roads become very dangerous in summer due to the influx of tourists to the region. The local infrastructure is very poor and often cannot cope with the traffic. Drive sensibly and with caution.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Cornwall
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Cornwall: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Cornwall?
By published guest score: Travelodge St Austell (4.1 / 5 · 493 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Cornwall?
Cornwall has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; November is the wettest, with about 153 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Cornwall?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY), about 17 km from the city centre in a straight line; Exeter International Airport (EXT, 116 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Cornwall?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Cornwall
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.