England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Loughborough
Loughborough is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 65,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Loughborough, with about 63 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
- EMA11 km · East Midlands Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Loughborough
Loughborough ( LUF-bər-ə) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council and, in the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884.
Loughborough's fortunes were built on engineering and textiles. Now, however, the largest employer is Loughborough University, this has a dramatic impact on the town. The 14,000 students account for around one in four of the town's population. This gives the town a younger profile than you might expect in term time but makes the place relatively quiet during the summer.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Loughborough
See
A major remodelling of the town centre in the 1930s means that large parts of the centre were built in Art Deco style and many of these building survive. Of note is the foyer of Reel Cinema.
- The Sock
- The Carillon
- Great Central Railway
- John Taylor Bellfoundry Museum
- Charnwood museum
- Loughborough Carillon
Do
- Loughborough Meadows
- Town Hall
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Loughborough
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 Loughborough Central hotel | 63 | 4.0/5 947 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Loughborough
16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ragdale Hall | 11.7 km | |
| Anchor Inn | 4.3 km | |
| Burleigh Court Conference Centre and Hotel | 2.6 km | |
| Donington Manor Hotel | 12.0 km | |
| Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel | 2.0 km | |
| Holly Bush Inn | 13.8 km | |
| Yew Lodge Hotel | 9.2 km | |
| Bull's Head Hotel | 3.6 km | |
| Holywell House | 0.3 km | |
| Keepers Lodge | 6.8 km | |
| OYO Sunrise Hotel OYO Rooms | 9.9 km | |
| Quorn Country Hotel | 4.1 km | |
| Sysonby Knoll Hotel | 20.2 km | |
| The Griffin | 0.4 km | |
| The Old Inn | 20.2 km | |
| The Royal Oak | 6.5 km |
All 17 hotels in Loughborough, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Loughborough
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Loughborough are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 67 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 Loughborough: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is East Midlands Airport (EMA), about 11 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 51 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 97 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
East Midlands Airport (EMA) is 7 mi north-west of Loughborough. The town is well-connected to the airport by the Skylink bus service, a more direct link than via East Midlands Parkway railway station. Loughborough station about a mile north-east of the town centre and is served by East Midland Trains travelling from London St Pancras International to Sheffield and London St Pancras International to Nottingham and by Cross Country Trains to Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, and Birmingham.
Getting around
The main bus services within the town are provided by Kinchbus. Services to surrounding areas are provided by Arriva, Trent Barton, South Notts, Centrebus & Paul Winson.
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EMA · East Midlands Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Loughborough
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Loughborough: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Loughborough?
By published guest score: Travelodge Loughborough Central (4.0 / 5 · 947 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Loughborough?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Loughborough are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 67 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Loughborough?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is East Midlands Airport (EMA), about 11 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 51 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 97 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Loughborough?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Loughborough
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.