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Where to stay in Gloucester
Gloucester is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 146,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Gloucester, with about 73 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
- BRS63 km · Bristol Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Gloucester
Gloucester ( GLOSS-tər) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west.
The city of Gloucester is the furthest inland port in the UK, situated beside the River Severn.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Gloucester
See
- Gloucester Cathedral
- Gloucester Docks
- Baker's Jewellers
- Prinknash Abbey
- Eastgate Viewing Chamber
- The Severn Bore
- College Court
- Gloucester Life
- The City Museum & Art Gallery
- National Waterways Museum
- Beatrix Potter Museum and Shop
- Soldiers of Gloucestershire Military Museum
Do
Take a look around the absolutely stunning cathedral. Various parts of the cathedral were used as Hogwarts Castle in the Harry Potter films.
- Gloucester Rugby
- GL1 Leisure Centre
- Gloucester Guildhall
- Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Gloucester
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 Gloucester hotel | 73 | 3.9/5 1,578 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Gloucester to stay in
There are several hotels in Gloucester. Many of the pubs offer B&B. There are a few campsites dotted around, and, in the countryside, there are many, many good hotels and pubs, some of which are luxury ones.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Gloucester
37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brockworth Court | 6.1 km | |
| Fountain Inn | 0.2 km | |
| Lower George Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| The Fleece Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| Coach And Horses Inn | 0.5 km | |
| Cross Keys Inn | 0.1 km | |
| George Hotel | 13.1 km | |
| Imperial Inn | 0.2 km | |
| New County Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Old Victoria Inn | 16.8 km | |
| Station | 0.4 km | |
| The Black Swan Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 17.2 km | |
| The Kilcot Inn | 15.0 km | |
| The Old Passage | 15.4 km | |
| The Vauxhall Inn | 0.9 km | |
| Watersmeet | 8.0 km | |
| Bell Inn, Barton Street, Gloucester | 0.6 km | |
| Bowden Hall Hotel | 5.2 km | |
| Central Hotel Gloucester | 0.3 km | |
| Criterion Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Cross Keys | 3.5 km | |
| Delaney's Hotel And Restaurant, Middle Court And West Wing, Stardens | 13.3 km | |
| Greyfriars Inn In Range Behind Number 31 Southgate Street Service Range At Rear Of Number 31 | 0.1 km | |
| Hatherley Manor Hotel | 5.0 km | |
| Hatton Court Hotel | 5.3 km | |
| Lamprey Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Manor House Hotel | 14.9 km | |
| Newent Golf Club and Lodges | 14.7 km | |
| Red Lion Hotel | 13.1 km | |
| Spalite Hotel | 0.6 km | |
| The Edward Hotel | 1.0 km | |
| The Fleece Hotel (Part) | 0.1 km | |
| The Lodge, Hatherley Court Hotel | 4.8 km | |
| The Victoria Inn | 0.6 km | |
| Twigworth Lodge Hotel | 3.4 km | |
| Victoria Hotel | 15.7 km |
All 38 hotels in Gloucester, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Gloucester
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Gloucester are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 84 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 Gloucester: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 63 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 74 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 92 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Gloucester is well served by the motorway system and can easily be accessed by junctions 11, 11a and 12 on the M5. It also lies on the A38 and is easily accessible from Wales (Gloucester is the most southerly point on the River Severn with a bridge—apart from the motorway Severn Bridges near Bristol and Newport). Because Gloucester was a major Roman city, it has very good A road connections throughout Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds.
Getting around
Stagecoach operates most of the local bus services and between Gloucester and Cheltenham. There are many bus services to the Forest of Dean, South Wales, Gloucestershire, the South West and the Midlands. There are several cycle routes around Gloucester and it is possible to have a fairly stress-free cycle ride around the city and its suburbs. There are also cycle routes to Cheltenham and to Bristol. The centre of Gloucester is quite compact and flat so you can easily walk around it. The best way to get to the countryside around Gloucester is by car.
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BRS · Bristol Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
CWL · Cardiff International Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Gloucester
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Gloucester: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Gloucester?
By published guest score: Travelodge Gloucester (3.9 / 5 · 1,578 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Gloucester?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Gloucester are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 84 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Gloucester?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 63 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 74 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 92 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Gloucester?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Gloucester
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.