England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Ely
Ely is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 20,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Ely, 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
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- STN57 km · London Stansted Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Ely
Ely ( EE-lee) is a cathedral city and civil parish in the district of East Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies 14 miles (23 km) north-east of Cambridge, 24 miles (39 km) south-east of Peterborough, and 80 miles (130 km) from London.
Built on a chalk hill, the city is thought to be named after the eels in the nearby River Ouse. The hill was once an inaccessible island in the middle of the Fens. It was also the last stronghold of Anglo-Saxon resistance, under Hereward the Wake who hid in the original cathedral until the Normans crossed the Fens in 1071. The surrounding landscape has been transformed from watery marshland to fertile farmland, and nearby Cambridge is continuing to grow, but Ely remains apart.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Ely
See
- Ely Cathedral
- Oliver Cromwell Museum
- Welney Wildfowl Centre
- Wicken Fen
- Stretham Old Engine
- Ely Museum
Do
Ely is a compact city and so well-suited to walking tours. Tour providers include the established Visit Ely tours and newer option Elver tours. Travellers who prefer to show themselves around may enjoy Visit Ely's self-guided Eel Trail.
- Eel Day Festival
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Ely
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 Ely hotel | 84 | 4.2/5 1,487 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Ely to stay in
Various Bed & Breakfast establishments can be found in the city. A web search should turn up a vacancy. Most are within walking distance from the train station.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Ely
11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Keys Inn | 15.7 km | |
| George Hotel | 15.7 km | |
| Lamb Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Royal Standard Public House | 0.3 km | |
| Three Kings Inn | 8.9 km | |
| Ye Olde Griffin Hotel | 20.5 km | |
| Club Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Poets House | 0.2 km | |
| Riverside Inn | 0.6 km | |
| The Old Hall Ely | 2.4 km | |
| White Hart Hotel | 0.3 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Ely
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ely are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 59 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 Ely: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Stansted Airport (STN), about 57 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Luton Airport (LTN, 72 km) and Norwich Airport (NWI, 76 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The nearest major international airport is London Stansted (STN), with flights from destinations throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Trains by CrossCountry and Greater Anglia link Stansted Airport with Ely. The airport is less than 50 mi from Ely by road. Alternatively, Norwich Airport (NWI) is around 60 mi away from Ely by road, served by a small number of UK and European flights.
Getting around
Ely's small city centre can easily be traversed on foot. Local villages are served by buses running from Market Street, check the boards or tourist information centre for departures.
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STN · London Stansted Airport
LTN · London Luton Airport
NWI · Norwich Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Ely
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Ely: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Ely?
By published guest score: Travelodge Ely (4.2 / 5 · 1,487 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Ely?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ely are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 59 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Ely?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Stansted Airport (STN), about 57 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Luton Airport (LTN, 72 km) and Norwich Airport (NWI, 76 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Ely?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Ely
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.