England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Melksham
Melksham is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 18,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Melksham, with about 96 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
- BRS40 km · Bristol Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Melksham
Melksham () is a town and civil parish on the River Avon in Wiltshire, England, about 4.5 miles (7 km) northeast of Trowbridge and 6 miles (10 km) south of Chippenham. The parish population was 18,113 at the 2021 census.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Melksham
See
- Melksham Spa
- St Michael's church and the old Roundhouse
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Melksham
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 Melksham hotel | 96 | 4.3/5 722 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Melksham
27 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Hotel | 8.1 km | |
| Leigh Park Hotel | 7.7 km | |
| Pear Tree Inn | 3.4 km | |
| The Brewery Inn | 3.8 km | |
| The George And Dragon Inn | 7.4 km | |
| The George Inn | 4.8 km | |
| The Greyhound Inn | 6.0 km | |
| The King's Arms Hotel | 8.3 km | |
| The Kings Arms Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| The Longs Arms | 7.3 km | |
| The Old Bear Inn | 5.8 km | |
| The Old Ham Tree Inn | 5.1 km | |
| The Oliver Cromwell Inn | 7.3 km | |
| The Raven Inn | 7.5 km | |
| The Red Lion Inn | 4.7 km | |
| The Three Magpies Inn | 4.9 km | |
| The Toll Gate Inn | 5.2 km | |
| Conigre Farm Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| Court Hall The Woolpack Inn | 7.7 km | |
| Hilbury Court Hotel | 6.8 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 7.2 km | |
| The George | 7.6 km | |
| The George Hotel | 7.6 km | |
| The George Inn | 10.7 km | |
| The Lamb Inn With Railings | 4.3 km | |
| The Three Daggers | 10.9 km | |
| Whaddon Grove House | 1.8 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Melksham
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Melksham are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 101 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 Melksham: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bournemouth Airport (BOH, 69 km) and Southampton Airport (SOU, 72 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Melksham is situated on the main North/South A350 trunk road. It can be reached by leaving the M4 at J17 and following the A350 south for approx 10 miles (16 km). Melksham station is served by 2 trains per day on the Swindon - Southampton line. The train station is commonly known as 'the bus stop' due to its small size and appearance of a bus shelter. Melksham is served by buses from Bath, Chippenham, Trowbridge & Devizes on a regular basis. The nearest airport to the town is Bristol Airport (BRS). Heathrow Airport (LHR) is 1 hr 30 min away.
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BRS · Bristol Airport
BOH · Bournemouth Airport
SOU · Southampton Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Melksham
Drink
Beware of drunken idiots on weekend nights as Melksham is famous for it. The town was once named in a list of the top 10 most violent places in the UK.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Melksham
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Melksham: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Melksham?
By published guest score: Travelodge Melksham (4.3 / 5 · 722 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Melksham?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Melksham are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 101 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Melksham?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bournemouth Airport (BOH, 69 km) and Southampton Airport (SOU, 72 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Melksham?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Melksham
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.