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Where to stay in Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 141,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Middlesbrough, with about 194 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
- July and August
- Nearest airport
- MME15 km · Teesside International Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( MID-əlz-brə), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town and unitary authority of North Yorkshire, located in North East England. Situated on the southern bank of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Borough of Middlesbrough, the Teesside built-up area and the Tees Valley.
In 1801 the population of Middlesbrough was just 25, a farm hamlet. But from 1829 the region's coalfields and iron ores were exploited, and a new port was needed to ship them. The port area also developed a metal-bashing industry such as shipbuilding and steel production, with a line of smoke-stack works along the coast as far as Redcar. The town burgeoned, only to languish from the 1950s and 1960s as those industries lost out to the foreign competition.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Middlesbrough
See
- MIMA
- Dorman Museum
- Tees Transporter Bridge
- Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
- Ormesby Hall
Do
- Middlesbrough Town Hall
- Middlesbrough Theatre
- Middlesbrough FC
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough hotel | 62 | 4.2/5 1,053 reviews |
| 2 | Leonardo Hotel Middlesbrough hotel | 132 | 82/100 2,952 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Middlesbrough
29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gisborough Hall | 13.3 km | |
| The Zetland | 0.5 km | |
| Zetland Hotel | 16.9 km | |
| Anchor Inn | 12.6 km | |
| Cambridge Hotel | 2.9 km | |
| Duke Of Wellington Inn | 24.0 km | |
| Eston Hotel | 5.0 km | |
| Golden Lion Hotel | 22.6 km | |
| Jolly Sailor Inn | 21.7 km | |
| Linthorpe Hotel | 2.1 km | |
| Mermaid Inn | 12.5 km | |
| Queen Hotel Queen Hotel And The Queens Public House | 16.8 km | |
| Red Barns House and Red Barns Hotel | 11.1 km | |
| The Ship Inn | 5.7 km | |
| The Ship Inn | 14.0 km | |
| Three Fiddles Hotel | 12.3 km | |
| Viking Hotel | 3.5 km | |
| Abbey Guest House | 11.4 km | |
| Angel Inn | 11.8 km | |
| Brockley Hall Hotel | 16.9 km | |
| Downe Arms Hotel | 22.5 km | |
| Grinkle Park Hotel | 24.9 km | |
| OYO The Baltimore Hotel OYO Rooms | 1.0 km | |
| OYO The Leven OYO Rooms | 11.9 km | |
| OYO The Longlands Hotel OYO Rooms | 1.0 km | |
| OYO Victoria Apartments OYO Rooms | 3.8 km | |
| The Angel Inn | 22.6 km | |
| The Fox and Hounds | 24.1 km | |
| The Masham Hotel | 0.4 km |
All 31 hotels in Middlesbrough, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Middlesbrough
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Middlesbrough are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; November is the wettest, with about 74 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 Middlesbrough: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Teesside International Airport (MME), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Newcastle International Airport (NCL, 59 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 84 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Manchester Airport (MAN) has global connections, competitive prices, and an hourly direct train taking 2 hr 45 min. Newcastle Airport (NCL) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) have good European connections and are within 90 min drive. Teesside International Airport (MME is 12 miles west of town. It has only 2 or 3 flights a day, from Aberdeen and Amsterdam. It lacks public transport, and they slap a £6 "facility fee" on departing passengers.
Getting around
You're unlikely to use the train within the city. The Tyne & Wear Metro network doesn't extend south of Sunderland. For James Cook Birthplace Museum and Ormesby Hall take Bus 28 / 28A to Marton. It runs every 30 min towards Nunthorpe, Stokesley, Guisborough and Lingdale. Parking gets busy on Saturdays, especially whenever Boro have a home match. The NCP car park below Dundas Mall is large and usually has spaces, but charges are high. Short stay parking is also available at Captain Cook Square, the Leisure Park and the Cleveland Centre.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
MME · Teesside International Airport
NCL · Newcastle International Airport
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Middlesbrough
Stay safe
The town centre is safe enough day and night. Take the usual care around traffic and aggressive drunks.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Middlesbrough
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Questions
Middlesbrough: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Middlesbrough?
By published guest score: Travelodge Middlesbrough (4.2 / 5 · 1,053 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Leonardo Hotel Middlesbrough (82 / 100 · 2,952 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Middlesbrough?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Middlesbrough are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; November is the wettest, with about 74 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Middlesbrough?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Teesside International Airport (MME), about 15 km from the city centre in a straight line; Newcastle International Airport (NCL, 59 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 84 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Middlesbrough?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Middlesbrough?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Middlesbrough
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.