England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Northampton
Northampton is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 246,000 people. This guide covers 4 hotels in Northampton, with about 276 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 4
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LTN54 km · London Luton Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Northampton
Northampton is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the unitary authority of West Northamptonshire.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Northampton
See
- Guildhall
- Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
- The Express Lifts Tower
- 78 Derngate
- Delapré Abbey
- Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust
- Northampton & Lamport Railway
- Althorp
Do
- Northampton Saints
- Northampton Town
- Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
- Royal & Derngate Theatre
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Northampton
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 Northampton Round Spinney hotel | 73 | 4.0/5 399 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Northampton Upton Way hotel | 69 | 3.9/5 715 reviews |
| 3 | Travelodge Northampton Wootton hotel | 71 | 3.9/5 586 reviews |
| 4 | Travelodge Northampton Central hotel | 63 | 3.8/5 507 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Northampton
19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Black Lion Inn | 0.5 km | |
| Sedgebrook Hall | 7.0 km | |
| The Abington Hotel | 2.4 km | |
| The Brave Old Oak | 12.7 km | |
| The Old Cherry Tree Inn | 4.2 km | |
| The Old Sun Inn | 9.2 km | |
| The Red Lion | 11.5 km | |
| The Saracens Head Hotel | 12.7 km | |
| The Walnut Tree Inn, Blisworth | 6.3 km | |
| The Windmill Inn | 4.3 km | |
| Angel Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| Hopping Hare | 3.5 km | |
| Melbourne Arms Inn | 3.2 km | |
| Northampton Marriott Hotel | 1.9 km | |
| Park Inn by Radisson Northampton Town Centre | 0.6 km | |
| Queen Adelaide Inn | 3.3 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 0.4 km | |
| The Cock Hotel | 2.9 km | |
| Ye Olde Watling Well Hotel | 12.9 km |
All 23 hotels in Northampton, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Northampton
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Northampton are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 62 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 Northampton: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Luton Airport (LTN), about 54 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 63 km) and East Midlands Airport (EMA, 73 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
There are numerous routes into Northampton. If you're driving in, you'll find that Northampton is well connected by road with many distribution companies being based in and around the town. The M1 motorway passes right through South Northamptonshire, and from here it is about 15 minutes to the town centre. Junctions 15, 15A, and 16 all serve the town. Alternatively, National Express offer coach services across the country from Northgate bus station, and a coach park near the mounts baths in the town centre. flixbus also operates some services.
Getting around
The most common way of getting around is by car, but on Saturdays expect queues because of the football and rugby games that go on. Northampton also offers a comprehensive bus service. The main operator in the town is Stagecoach Northampton. Service tends to be more patchy on Sundays; however, Monday to Saturday the bus is a viable method of transportation around the town. Stagecoach Northampton also offer a number of regional bus routes to the outlying villages and towns in Northamptonshire making exploring small towns like Bugbrooke possible.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
LTN · London Luton Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
EMA · East Midlands Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Northampton
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 4 places
of 4 places
Questions
Northampton: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Northampton?
By published guest score: Travelodge Northampton Round Spinney (4.0 / 5 · 399 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Northampton Upton Way (3.9 / 5 · 715 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Northampton Wootton (3.9 / 5 · 586 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Northampton?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Northampton are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 62 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Northampton?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Luton Airport (LTN), about 54 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 63 km) and East Midlands Airport (EMA, 73 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Northampton?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Northampton
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.