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Where to stay in Nottingham
Nottingham is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 289,000 people. This guide covers 4 hotels and 1 aparthotel in Nottingham, with about 591 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 5
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- EMA18 km · East Midlands Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located 42 miles (68 km) south-east of Sheffield and 54 miles (87 km) north-east of Birmingham.
Nottingham is one of three major cities in the East Midlands of England, the others being nearby Leicester and Derby. Its prosperity was historically derived mostly from the lace making and coal-mining industries, little of which remains. Nottingham has moved towards a more service-based economy. In the 1960s it was famed for having a gender imbalance. The centre of Nottingham lies on the River Leen and its southern boundary follows the course of the River Trent, which flows from Stoke to the Humber. Nottingham has an estimated city population of 320,000 (2021).
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Things to do
What to see and do in Nottingham
See
- Nottingham Castle
- Robin Hood statue
- Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Inn
- City of Caves
- National Justice Museum
- Nottingham Contemporary
- Wollaton Hall
- Nottingham Council House
- Industrial Museum
- Green's Windmill
- Haunted Museum
- Newstead Abbey
Do
- Nottingham Forest FC
- Notts County FC
- Lady Bay
- National Ice Centre
- National Watersports Centre
- Nottinghamshire CCC
- Nottingham Tennis Centre
- Nottingham Hockey Centre
- Nottingham Activity Centre
- Nottingham & District Gun Club
- Arboretum
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Nottingham
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 | Leonardo Hotel Nottingham hotel | 264 | 88/100 9,102 reviews |
| 2 | Roomzzz Aparthotel Nottingham City aparthotel | 92 | 4.5/5 980 reviews |
| 3 | Travelodge Nottingham Riverside hotel | 74 | 4.0/5 1,142 reviews |
| 4 | Travelodge Nottingham Wollaton Park hotel | 93 | 4.0/5 723 reviews |
| 5 | Travelodge Nottingham Central hotel | 68 | 3.8/5 2,007 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Nottingham
20 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 Boy Hotel | 1900 | 0.2 km |
| Colwick Hall | 3.1 km | |
| Bestwood Lodge Hotel And Terrace Wall | 6.4 km | |
| Bentinck Hotel | 0.8 km | |
| Crown And Plough Inn | 19.8 km | |
| Ferry Inn | 2.3 km | |
| Granby Hotel | 0.8 km | |
| Lace Market Hotel | 0.6 km | |
| Lion Hotel And Associated Caves | 0.1 km | |
| Mortimer House The Old Castle Inn | 0.5 km | |
| Test Match Hotel | 3.3 km | |
| The Wheatsheaf Inn | 13.1 km | |
| Wheatsheaf Inn | 12.0 km | |
| DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Nottingham - Gateway | 2015 | 4.9 km |
| Edwalton Hall Hotel And Adjoining Outbuildings | 5.4 km | |
| Hilton Nottingham | 0.2 km | |
| Mercure Nottingham City Centre Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Regency House Hotel And Attached Basements And Railings (Brunel Terrace) | 1.1 km | |
| Sunny Mount Bed And Breakfast | 3.2 km | |
| Walton's Hotel | 1.2 km |
All 25 hotels in Nottingham, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Nottingham
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Nottingham 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 Nottingham: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is East Midlands Airport (EMA), about 18 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 69 km) and Humberside Airport (HUY, 87 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Nottingham has excellent public transport served by buses, train and trams. The city is combat and walkable. The city centre is best explored on foot as many of the historic streets are pedestrianised or have good pedestrian access. Nottingham Express Transit (NET) is the city's modern tram system. There are two branches which run on the same tracks in the city centre and then diverge at both ends to serve 4 destinations (Hucknall, Phoenix Park, Toton Lane and Clifton South). The system has Park and Ride sites along it, which make travel into the city centre easy.
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EMA · East Midlands Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
HUY · Humberside Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Nottingham
Eat
Nottingham also has the usual range of chain restaurants and bars that you can find in many cities across the UK. For a budget meal (and drink), JD Wetherspoons is always worth trying. There are also some budget restaurants along Mansfield Road not far from the Victoria Shopping Centre. There is a pedestrianised street full of eateries of varying quality next to the Cornerhouse. These restaurants range from a Pizza Hut and a Subway, to a brassiere (Punchinellos) with an excellent pre-theatre menu. There is also a wide variety of takeaways in Nottingham, catering for many different tastes.
Drink
There are at least three pubs in Nottingham which claim to be amongst the oldest in the city (and the country), so there is no shortage of drinking establishments for visitors. The city has a range of pubs and bars serving drinks late into the night. A good place to start is the trendy Lace Market area east of Market Square where you will also find many good restaurants. Pubs around the Market Square tend to appeal to younger drinkers with a Wetherspoon's and Yates's Wine Lodge, but the area on the canal side around the Canal House pub tends to be a little more discerning. The Hockley area also provides a range of pleasant bars to suit a range of budgets.
Stay safe
While overall a safe city, Nottingham has been highlighted by the media for gun and knife crime in its suburbs, acquiring the (mostly tongue-in-cheek) nickname 'Shottingham'. It is best to avoid walking late at night through St Ann's (a council estate northeast of the Victoria shopping centre) and The Meadows (between the railway station and the river). Normal precautions for large western European cities should be undertaken by individuals after dark, especially for lone females.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Nottingham
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Nottingham: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Nottingham?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Nottingham (88 / 100 · 9,102 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Roomzzz Aparthotel Nottingham City (4.5 / 5 · 980 reviews · www.roomzzz.com (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Nottingham Riverside (4.0 / 5 · 1,142 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Nottingham?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Nottingham 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 Nottingham?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is East Midlands Airport (EMA), about 18 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 69 km) and Humberside Airport (HUY, 87 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Nottingham?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Nottingham?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Nottingham
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.