Wales · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Newport
Newport is a city in Wales, United Kingdom, home to about 160,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Newport, 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
- BRS30 km · Bristol Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
Things to do
What to see and do in Newport
See
- Fourteen Locks Canal Visitor Centre
- Newport Museum & Art Gallery
- Newport Castle
- Roman Legionary Museum, Caerleon
- Caerleon Roman Fortress
- Somerton TARDIS
- St Woolos Cathedral
- Tredegar House
- Transporter Bridge
- Newport Ship
- Penhow Castle
Do
- Wellington Orbit
- Newport Fugitives Cricket Club
- Newport Golf Club
- Rodney Parade
- Newport Rugby Club
- Newport County FC
- Tiny Rebel Brewery
- Newport Marathon Festival
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Newport
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 Newport Central hotel | 96 | 4.2/5 1,068 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Newport
15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celtic Manor Resort | 1982 | 4.8 km |
| Westgate Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| Former Tredegar Arms Hotel and Lloyd's Bank (Yates's) | 0.1 km | |
| Queen's Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| Rock & Fountain | 11.9 km | |
| The Bell Inn PH | 4.0 km | |
| The Olde Bull Inn PH | 3.8 km | |
| The Priory Hotel | 3.8 km | |
| Cwmbran Gardens Hotel | 8.6 km | |
| Mercure Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| OYO Newport Lodge OYO Rooms | 0.4 km | |
| Parkway Hotel & Spa | 5.3 km | |
| Ponthir House Inn | 4.9 km | |
| The Malt House Hotel | 3.8 km | |
| The Old Barn Inn | 8.4 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Newport
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Newport are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 103 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 Newport: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 30 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 32 km) and Exeter International Airport (EXT, 99 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The M4 motorway skirts Newport to the North. It connects to Cardiff and Swansea to the West and London, via the Severn Bridge, to the East. This is used by the National Express and other coach companies to connect to the London (2hrs), Bristol (45 mins), and Cardiff (35 mins) airports and the rest of the UK. Newport railway station is on the main line between London Paddington and South Wales. It is also the junction of the main line to the West Midlands. Train companies that serve Newport are Arriva Trains Wales, Cross Country and First Great Western.
Getting around
The local bus services are provided by Newport Transport. They cover all parts of the city and there are also routes to nearby Cwmbran and Cardiff. From April to September open-top sightseeing tours by bus last 75 min. Every 90 min from the Bus Station.
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BRS · Bristol Airport
CWL · Cardiff International Airport
EXT · Exeter International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Newport
Stay safe
While Newport is a safe city, like many others crime can occur. Usually you will encounter no problems. Newport can be rough at night. Bars such as Meze Lounge and Lloyds Queens Hotel are considered to be safer than Revolution. Your personal safety in Newport on the whole is not at risk. In the unlikely event that a threatening situation occurs, it is best to simply move on and avoid offending anybody.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Newport
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Newport: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Newport?
By published guest score: Travelodge Newport Central (4.2 / 5 · 1,068 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Newport?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Newport are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 103 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Newport?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 30 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 32 km) and Exeter International Airport (EXT, 99 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Newport?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Newport
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.