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Where to stay in Letchworth Garden City
Letchworth Garden City is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 34,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Letchworth Garden City, with about 95 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
- LTN15 km · London Luton Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Letchworth Garden City
Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth ( ), is a town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is noted for being the first garden city.
The first Garden City, Letchworth, began life in 1903. Built on 3,818 acres of land, this town was the brainchild of Ebenezer Howard who wrote the book titled To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform in 1898, which was reprinted in 1902 as Garden Cities of To-Morrow. Unimpressed with the cities and towns of the 19th century, his belief was that town and country should and could be married together to provide the very best for inhabitants.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Letchworth Garden City
See
- The First Garden City Heritage Museum
- Museum at One Garden City
- Sollershott Circus
Do
- Standalone Farm
- The Broadway Cinema
- The Greenway
- Nuffield Health Letchworth Garden City Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Letchworth Garden City
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 Letchworth Garden City hotel | 95 | 4.7/5 994 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Letchworth Garden City
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Letchworth Hall Hotel | 1.7 km | |
| Lister House Hotel | 4.9 km | |
| The Cock Inn | 4.7 km | |
| The Kings Arms Inn | 4.9 km | |
| The Old George And Dragon Hotel | 3.1 km | |
| The Old George Inn | 3.6 km | |
| The Sun Hotel | 4.8 km | |
| The Three Horseshoes Inn | 2.3 km | |
| Champneys Henlow | 6.7 km | |
| The Red Cow Inn | 4.7 km | |
| Ye Olde Bull's Head Inn | 3.1 km |
All 12 hotels in Letchworth Garden City, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Letchworth Garden City
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Letchworth Garden City 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 Letchworth Garden City: 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 Stansted Airport (STN, 34 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 56 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
From London, use the Great Northern Route service departing London Kings Cross Station. Letchworth or Cambridge are the final stops with the travel time varying between 35 – 50 minutes according to number of scheduled stops en route. The A1(M) Junction 9 is a Short Drive from the town centre. Alternatively, the A505 can be used if you're not using the motorway.
Getting around
It can be traversed by car and is not too large to traverse by walking. However, there are bus services operated mostly by Arriva, that often go to Hitchin and Baldock. Cycling is somewhat supported through the existence of half-maintained combined bike-and-pedestrian paths around the town centre and in some of the newer (circa 1950s) developments. In addition to this, many of the original garden city streets are safe for cycling due to their relatively slim width discouraging driving in totality. This is supplemented by the intersection of the (partially incomplete) National Cycle Route 12.
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LTN · London Luton Airport
STN · London Stansted Airport
LCY · London City Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Letchworth Garden City
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Letchworth Garden City: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Letchworth Garden City?
By published guest score: Travelodge Letchworth Garden City (4.7 / 5 · 994 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Letchworth Garden City?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Letchworth Garden City 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 Letchworth Garden City?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Luton Airport (LTN), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Stansted Airport (STN, 34 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 56 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Letchworth Garden City?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Letchworth Garden City
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.