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Where to stay in Okehampton

Okehampton is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 7,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Okehampton, with about 152 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
Nearest airport
EXT42 km · Exeter International Airport
Currency
GBPpound sterling
Time zone
Europe/London
Language
Cornish, English, Irish

About

About Okehampton

Okehampton ( or ) is a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. Okehampton is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor 21 miles (34 km) west of Exeter, 26 miles (42 km) north of Plymouth and 24 miles (39 km) south of Barnstaple.

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Things to do

What to see and do in Okehampton

See

  • Okehampton Castle
  • Finch Foundry

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Where to stay

The best-rated places to stay in Okehampton

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 stayTypeRoomsGuest score
1Travelodge Okehampton Sourton Cross
Sourton Cross, Okehampton, EX20 4LY, UK
hotel
hotel874.2/5
895 reviews
2Travelodge Okehampton Whiddon Down
A30 Whiddon Down, Merrymeet Junction, Exeter Road, EX20 2QT, UK
hotel
hotel654.1/5
630 reviews
10 km20 kmTravelodge Okehampton Sourton CrossTravelodge Okehampton Whiddon DownOkehampton centre

Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.

Where to stay

More hotels in Okehampton

20 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.

HotelTypeOpenedFrom centreWebsite
Arundell Arms Hotelhotel22.5 km
Half Moon Inninn15.0 km
Lifton Hallhotel22.3 km
Manor & Ashbury Resorthotel19782.9 kmmanorandashburyresorts.co.uk
Peter Tavy Inninn18.9 km
Plume Of Feathers Inninn21.7 km
Ram's Head Inninn17.0 kmramsheadinn.co.uk
Royal Oak Inninn17.0 km
Tally Ho Inninn10.4 km
Taw River Inninn5.6 km
The Manor Hotelhotel15.7 km
The Railwayinn21.7 km
White Hart Hotelhotel0.0 kmjdwetherspoon.com
Malt Scoop Inn Village Storesinn18.0 km
Meadowlea Guest Househotel0.4 kmmeadowleaguesthouse.co.uk
Plume of Feathers Hotelhotel0.1 km
Royal Oak Inninn9.2 km
Stowford House Hotelhotel17.2 km
The Golden Inninn13.7 km
Union Inninn17.1 km

All 22 hotels in Okehampton, with their history and operators

When to go

The best time to visit Okehampton

Okehampton has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; November is the wettest, with about 170 mm of rain.

0°15°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec170 mm
Average highAverage lowRain per monthComfortable months

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 Okehampton: airports and arrival

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Exeter International Airport (EXT), about 42 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY, 77 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 87 km) are also within reach.

Getting in

Trains run daily every two hours from Exeter St David's, with peak hour services starting from Exeter Central, taking 45 min via Crediton. This "Dartmoor Line" re-opened for passenger trains in 2021. The station is half a mile south of the village. It's an unstaffed platform with a ticket machine but no toilets.

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medium airport

EXT · Exeter International Airport

41.5 km from the centreICAO EGTE
medium airport

NQY · Cornwall Airport Newquay

77.4 km from the centreICAO EGHQ
large airport

CWL · Cardiff International Airport

86.5 km from the centreICAO EGFF

Good to know

Accessibility, parking and families in Okehampton

How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.

pets allowed
2

of 2 places

a workspace
2

of 2 places

Questions

Okehampton: questions travellers ask

What are the best-rated hotels in Okehampton?

By published guest score: Travelodge Okehampton Sourton Cross (4.2 / 5 · 895 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Okehampton Whiddon Down (4.1 / 5 · 630 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).

When is the best time to visit Okehampton?

Okehampton has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; November is the wettest, with about 170 mm of rain.

Which airport is closest to Okehampton?

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Exeter International Airport (EXT), about 42 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY, 77 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 87 km) are also within reach.

What currency is used in Okehampton?

pound sterling (GBP).

Nearby

Destinations near Okehampton

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.