England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Paignton
Paignton is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 64,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Paignton, with about 100 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 and July
- Nearest airport
- EXT35 km · Exeter International Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Paignton
Paignton ( PAYN-tən) is a seaside town on the coast of Tor Bay in Devon, England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the borough of Torbay, which was created in 1968.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Paignton
See
- Paignton Zoo
- Kirkham House
- Greenway
Do
- Paignton Pier
- Palace Theatre
- Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway
- Splashdown Quaywest Waterpark
- Vue Torbay Cinema
- Paignton Beach
- Fairy Cove Beach
- Goodrington Sands
- English Riviera Air Show
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Paignton
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 Paignton Seafront hotel | 100 | 4.0/5 510 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Paignton
86 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| 62–70 Victoria Street | 0.2 km | |
| Churston Court | 4.4 km | |
| Redcliffe Hotel | 0.8 km | |
| Royal Castle Hotel | 1639 | 9.4 km |
| The Torbay Inn | 0.6 km | |
| Anchor Hotel | 19.3 km | |
| Bay Horse Inn | 9.2 km | |
| Bayards Cove Inn | 9.7 km | |
| Buckland Tout Saints Hotel | 19.7 km | |
| Bull Inn | 9.1 km | |
| Castle Hotel | 9.1 km | |
| Church House Inn | 11.5 km | |
| Church House Inn | 9.4 km | |
| Church House Inn | 20.5 km | |
| Church House Inn | 3.9 km | |
| Dartmouth Inn | 8.6 km | |
| Durant Arms | 8.1 km | |
| Exeter Inn | 16.4 km | |
| King William IV | 8.7 km | |
| Kingsbridge Inn | 9.1 km | |
| Maltsters Arms | 11.6 km | |
| Manor Inn | 4.4 km | |
| Old Country House Inn | 9.3 km | |
| Red Lion Inn | 16.2 km | |
| Royal Dart Hotel | 9.7 km | |
| Seven Stars Inn | 22.8 km | |
| Ship In Dock Inn | 9.1 km | |
| Steam Packet Inn | 8.6 km | |
| Stoke Lodge Hotel | 12.4 km | |
| The Bolton Hotel | 5.6 km | |
| The Cherub | 9.5 km | |
| The Crab | 9.4 km | |
| The Ferry Boat Inn | 6.3 km | |
| The Golden Lion Hotel | 16.2 km | |
| The Kings Arms | 21.6 km | |
| The Maritime Inn | 5.7 km | |
| The Monk's Retreat Inn | 10.6 km | |
| The Old Forge | 8.2 km | |
| The Quay | 22.7 km | |
| The Royal Seven Stars Hotel | 8.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Paignton
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Paignton are June and July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; December is the wettest, with about 173 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 Paignton: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Exeter International Airport (EXT), about 35 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY, 102 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 108 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Paignton is small enough to walk round but there is an extensive network of local buses with the bus station being located very close to Paignton rail station. Stagecoach is the dominant bus operator.
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EXT · Exeter International Airport
NQY · Cornwall Airport Newquay
CWL · Cardiff International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Paignton
Eat
As Paignton is a seaside town, you can expect the usual takeaway establishments mainly fish & chip shops, Chinese & Cantonese & Indian cuisines.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Paignton
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Paignton: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Paignton?
By published guest score: Travelodge Paignton Seafront (4.0 / 5 · 510 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Paignton?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Paignton are June and July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; December is the wettest, with about 173 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Paignton?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Exeter International Airport (EXT), about 35 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY, 102 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 108 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Paignton?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Paignton
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.