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Where to stay in Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 95,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Hemel Hempstead, with about 162 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LTN15 km · London Luton Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead ( ) is a town in the Dacorum district of Hertfordshire, England. It is located 24 miles (39 km) north-west of London; nearby towns and cities include Watford, St Albans and Berkhamsted.
Developed after World War II as a new town, the town has existed as a settlement since the 8th century and has a picturesque old town and a fine Norman church. The new town centre is a planned shopping area with an indoor Mall called Marlowes Centre and an outdoor market. There is extensive, though not free, town centre parking. The town has the only real snow indoor ski centre in the south east. Officially named The Plough and sometimes known as "Moor End Roundabout", a road roundabout made up of 6 small roundabouts arranged in a circle around a single large roundabout.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Hemel Hempstead
See
The Old Town has quite a few period buildings, including, pubs, shops and the Old Town Hall, giving it the feel of a 19th-century market town.
- St Mary's
- The Grand Union canal
- Boxmoor meadows
- Nickey Line
- Frogmore Paper Mill
- Magic Roundabout
Do
Wander north up the Grand Union Canal, pass a few locks, and after about 15 minutes you will come to a pub called "The Three Horseshoes". It dates back to the 16th century, and in summer you can enjoy your beer sitting outside by the canal. Go south for a couple of locks and you come to Apsley Lock marina. This has a canal side pub called "The Papermill" as well as waterfront restaurants and cafés.
- The Snow Centre
- Quasar
- CineWorld
- Planet Ice
- Sportspace
- XC
- Ski Lesson
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Hemel Hempstead
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 Hemel Hempstead Gateway hotel | 73 | 4.1/5 1,832 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Hemel Hempstead hotel | 89 | 4.1/5 379 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Hemel Hempstead to stay in
There are many guest houses, a few B&Bs (usually £25 upwards), and a few hotels.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Hemel Hempstead
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Latimer House De Vere Hotels | 11.0 km | |
| Aubrey Park Hotel | 4.5 km | |
| Old Mill House Hotel | 7.1 km | |
| The Artisan at The Cow Roast Inn | 11.8 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 2.3 km | |
| The Bridgewater Arms Hotel | 10.2 km | |
| The Bull Inn | 6.2 km | |
| The Swan Inn | 3.6 km | |
| Two Brewers Inn | 6.2 km | |
| Crab Tree Inn | 0.4 km | |
| Former Castle Inn | 7.7 km |
All 13 hotels in Hemel Hempstead, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Hemel Hempstead
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hemel Hempstead are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; October is the wettest, with about 72 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 Hemel Hempstead: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Luton Airport (LTN), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 31 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 44 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The town is served by the M1 and M25 motorways and the A41 and A414 trunk roads.
Getting around
There are local buses from the station to town centre and to the Jarman Park leisure complex; apart from that, everything in town is in walking distance. Hertfordshire buses offer an 'Explorer' ticket which permits a maximum of 2 adults, 2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult with 3 children to unlimited travel for £7. It is often worth doing as it can save money even if you are on your own.
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LTN · London Luton Airport
LHR · London Heathrow Airport
LCY · London City Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Hemel Hempstead
Drink
One pub to mention apart from the above "The Three Horseshoes" is the "Full House" in the town centre (on the corner of the Marlowes and Combe Street). Belonging to the Weatherspoon chain of pubs, it is situated in the building of the old cinema, and the decor is something to see! Another canal side pub of note is "The Fisheries" in Boxmoor.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Hemel Hempstead
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
of 2 places
of 2 places
Questions
Hemel Hempstead: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Hemel Hempstead?
By published guest score: Travelodge Hemel Hempstead Gateway (4.1 / 5 · 1,832 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Hemel Hempstead (4.1 / 5 · 379 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Hemel Hempstead?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hemel Hempstead are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; October is the wettest, with about 72 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Hemel Hempstead?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Luton Airport (LTN), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 31 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 44 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Hemel Hempstead?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Hemel Hempstead
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.