England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Oldham
Oldham is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 97,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Oldham, with about 130 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
- MAN24 km · Manchester Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Oldham
Oldham () is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Rochdale, and 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Manchester City Centre.
This area was little more than sheep farms until well into the 18th century. Oldham manufactured hats, but the early industrial revolution passed it by: the town is perched on a chilly ridge some 700 ft (200 m) above sea level, with no rivers to drive waterwheels or canals to transport materials. 19th-century steam power made all the difference, fired by coal from the town's own coalfield, and Oldham suddenly became the world's leading cotton-milling town, outstripping Manchester and Bolton. This textile industry crashed in the late 20th century and the town has yet to reinvent itself.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Oldham
See
- Gallery Oldham
- Alexandra Park
- Daisy Nook Country Park
- Tandle Hill
- Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery
- Hollingworth Lake Country Park
Do
- Oldham Coliseum
- Oldham Athletic
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Oldham
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 Oldham Chadderton hotel | 65 | 4.2/5 433 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Ashton Under Lyne hotel | 65 | 4.0/5 827 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Oldham
7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Keys Inn | 6.0 km | |
| Pack Horse Inn | 4.4 km | |
| The Swan Inn | 7.1 km | |
| White Hart Public House | 5.2 km | |
| Angel Hotel | 6.5 km | |
| Royal Hotel | 0.8 km | |
| The Boarshaw | 4.6 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Oldham
Oldham has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 156 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 Oldham: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Manchester Airport (MAN), about 24 km from the city centre in a straight line; Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 47 km) and Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL, 54 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Manchester Airport (MAN) to the south of the city has frequent trains to city centre. Pick a train that continues through Piccadilly to Victoria, where you change for the tram to Oldham as below. You can ride the tram all the way from the airport and change trams at Deansgate, but it's much slower for scant fare saving. Oldham is a motorists' shortcut to the airport: A663 through Chadderton cuts off an angle between M62 and M60 for transpennine traffic.
Getting around
Transport in Greater Manchester is co-ordinated by TFGM, branded as Bee Network. See their website for fare deals and journey planner, a day ticket is often a good option. Trams (above) are often the quickest transport even if you have to go into city centre then out again. It's worth riding one extra stop beyond town centre just to get off at a place called Oldham Mumps - a mumper was a beggar. Oldham Bus Station is north side of town centre.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
MAN · Manchester Airport
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
LPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Oldham
Stay safe
Be careful along Yorkshire Street late evening, and you have no reason to venture into the rough estates of Glodwick, Fitton Hill or Sholver.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Oldham
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
of 2 places
Questions
Oldham: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Oldham?
By published guest score: Travelodge Oldham Chadderton (4.2 / 5 · 433 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Ashton Under Lyne (4.0 / 5 · 827 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Oldham?
Oldham has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 156 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Oldham?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Manchester Airport (MAN), about 24 km from the city centre in a straight line; Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 47 km) and Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL, 54 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Oldham?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Oldham
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.