United Kingdom

Where to stay in Kent

Kent is a city in United Kingdom, home to about 2,743,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Kent, with about 55 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
SEN36 km · London Southend Airport
Currency
GBPpound sterling
Time zone
Europe/London
Language
Cornish, English, Irish

Where to stay

The best-rated places to stay in Kent

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 stayTypeRoomsGuest score
1Travelodge Canterbury Whitstable
A299 Thanet Way, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9EL, UK
hotel
hotel554.2/5
644 reviews
10 km20 kmTravelodge Canterbury WhitstableKent centre

Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.

Where to stay

More hotels in Kent

15 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.

HotelTypeOpenedFrom centreWebsite
The Chequers Inninn11.1 kmthechequerssmarden.com
Bull Inninn21.3 kmthebullatbenenden.co.uk
The Bell Inninn1.0 km
The Bell Inninn10.4 km
The Bowl Innhotel8.4 km
The George Inninn7.1 km
The George Inninn4.4 km
The Park Gate Inninn2.9 kmvintageinn.co.uk
The Pepperbox Inninn3.4 km
The Pilgrims Rest Inninn3.0 km
The Plough Inninn8.7 kmtheploughinnstalisfield.co.uk
The Red Lion Inninn15.0 km
The Red Lion Inninn7.4 kmshepherdneame.co.uk
Chilston Park Hotelhotel4.2 km
No 10 And Hand Rails And Railings Attached The Caravel Hotelhotel3.3 km

All 16 hotels in Kent, with their history and operators

When to go

The best time to visit Kent

The most comfortable months for a city stay in Kent are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; November is the wettest, with about 82 mm of rain.

0°15°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec100 mm
Average highAverage lowRain per monthComfortable months

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 Kent: airports and arrival

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Southend Airport (SEN), about 36 km from the city centre in a straight line; London City Airport (LCY, 52 km) and London Gatwick Airport (LGW, 61 km) are also within reach.

medium airport

SEN · London Southend Airport

35.8 km from the centreICAO EGMC
medium airport

LCY · London City Airport

51.6 km from the centreICAO EGLC
large airport

LGW · London Gatwick Airport

61.0 km from the centreICAO EGKK

Good to know

Accessibility, parking and families in Kent

How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.

pets allowed
1

of 1 place

a workspace
1

of 1 place

Questions

Kent: questions travellers ask

What are the best-rated hotels in Kent?

By published guest score: Travelodge Canterbury Whitstable (4.2 / 5 · 644 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).

When is the best time to visit Kent?

The most comfortable months for a city stay in Kent are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; November is the wettest, with about 82 mm of rain.

Which airport is closest to Kent?

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Southend Airport (SEN), about 36 km from the city centre in a straight line; London City Airport (LCY, 52 km) and London Gatwick Airport (LGW, 61 km) are also within reach.

What currency is used in Kent?

pound sterling (GBP).

Nearby

Destinations near Kent

Sources: city facts from Wikidata; 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.