England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Ringwood
Ringwood is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 15,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Ringwood, with about 76 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 to September
- Nearest airport
- BOH9 km · Bournemouth Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Ringwood
Ringwood is a market town and civil parish in the New Forest district, in south-west Hampshire, England, on the River Avon close to the New Forest, northeast of Bournemouth and southwest of Southampton. It was founded by the Anglo-Saxons, and has held a weekly market since the Middle Ages.
Founded by West Saxons, Ringwood's name probably means "border wood", referring to its natural environment and position near the Hampshire-Dorset boundary. In a charter of 961 CE, it was recorded that King Edgar the Peaceful gave some of the town's land to an Oxfordshire monastery. This uncontested act by a king known for his calm pleasantness rather set the tone for Ringwood: during subsequent centuries, nothing much happened.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Ringwood
See
- St Peter and St Paul Church
- Meeting House & History Centre
- Liberty's Owl, Raptor and Reptile Centre
- Poulner Baptist Chapel
Do
- Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve
- New Forest Northern Commons
- Avon Heath Country Park
- Moors Valley Country Park and Forest
- Cycle Hire
- Fishing in Moors Lake
- Golf
- Go Ape
- Hawks in the Forest
- Moors Valley Railway
- Ringwood Fishery
- Bagnum Equestrian Centre
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Ringwood
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 Ringwood hotel | 76 | 4.4/5 388 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Ringwood
10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Lisle Inn | 2.5 km | |
| Burley Manor Hotel | 6.0 km | |
| Fleur-De-Lys Inn | 12.6 km | |
| The Bull Hotel | 15.9 km | |
| The Crown Tap And Archway, (Part Of Crown Hotel) | 0.9 km | |
| The Inn On The Furlong | 0.9 km | |
| Greyhound Hotel | 8.7 km | |
| Lodge Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast | 20.3 km | |
| Petherton Cottage | 3.6 km | |
| The Crown Hotel | 0.9 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Ringwood
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ringwood are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 99 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 Ringwood: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bournemouth Airport (BOH), about 8.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; Southampton Airport (SOU, 32 km) and Bristol Airport (BRS, 88 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The A31 trunk road runs from the end of the M27 motorway through the New Forest, past Ringwood, and on towards Dorchester. About a mile west of Ringwood, the A31 has a major junction with the A338 expressway, which brings traffic from the Bournemouth/Christchurch/Poole conurbation. The A338 also continues north of Ringwood as a single-carriageway road to Salisbury via Fordingbridge.
Getting around
It is easy to walk around the town, as it is only about a mile wide and mostly flat. There are some signposts near the town centre that show popular walking/cycling routes such as the Avon Valley Path. Google Maps works well for navigating in the town, and also shows the Ringwood sections of the Avon Valley Path and the Castleman Trailway. There is a circular bus route around the town, the Ringo. It goes to Poulner (the section of Ringwood north of the A31) and to the Lidl/Premier Inn, with the main stop being Meeting House Lane.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
BOH · Bournemouth Airport
SOU · Southampton Airport
BRS · Bristol Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Ringwood
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Ringwood: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Ringwood?
By published guest score: Travelodge Ringwood (4.4 / 5 · 388 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Ringwood?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ringwood are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 99 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Ringwood?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bournemouth Airport (BOH), about 8.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; Southampton Airport (SOU, 32 km) and Bristol Airport (BRS, 88 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Ringwood?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Ringwood
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.