Region: England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Gainsborough
Gainsborough is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 21,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Gainsborough, with about 85 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
- HUY34 km · Humberside Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Plugs
- G · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Gainsborough
Gainsborough () is a market town and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population was 20,842 at the 2011 census, and estimated at 23,243 in 2019.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Gainsborough
See
- All Saints Church
- Bransby Home of Rest for Horses
- Dambusters Inn & Heritage Centre
- Gainsborough Heritage Centre
- Gainsborough Old Hall
- Hewitt's Windmill
- Model Railway Museum
- RAF Scampton Historical Museum
Do
- Hemswell Craft & Design Centre
- Trinity Arts Centre
- West Lindsey Leisure Centre
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Gainsborough
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 Gainsborough hotel | 85 | 4.3/5 512 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Gainsborough
6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Plough Inn | 7.1 km | |
| The Tiger Inn | 0.3 km | |
| White Swan Inn | 12.4 km | |
| Black Swan Guest House | 8.4 km | |
| The Black Horse Inn | 6.3 km | |
| White Hart Hotel | 0.3 km |
All 7 hotels in Gainsborough, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Gainsborough
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Gainsborough are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 62 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).
Public holidays in United Kingdom, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Gainsborough: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Humberside Airport (HUY), about 34 km from the city centre in a straight line; East Midlands Airport (EMA, 74 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 78 km) are also within reach.
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Gainsborough
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Gainsborough: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Gainsborough?
By published guest score: Travelodge Gainsborough (4.3 / 5 · 512 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Gainsborough?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Gainsborough are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 62 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Gainsborough?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Humberside Airport (HUY), about 34 km from the city centre in a straight line; East Midlands Airport (EMA, 74 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 78 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Gainsborough?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Gainsborough
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.