England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Rugby
Rugby is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 71,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Rugby, with about 99 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
- BHX34 km · Birmingham Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Rugby
Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. At the 2021 census, its population was 78,117, making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire.
Rugby School is one of England's oldest and most prestigious public schools, and was the setting of Thomas Hughes's semi-autobiographical masterpiece Tom Brown's Schooldays. A substantial part of the 2004 dramatisation of the novel, starring Stephen Fry, was filmed on location at Rugby School. In the 19th century, Rugby became famous for its once hugely important railway junction which was the setting for Charles Dickens's story Mugby Junction.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Rugby
See
- Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
- James Gilbert Rugby Football Museum
- Rugby School
Do
- Draycote Water
- Ryton Pools Country Park
- Coombe Country Park
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Rugby
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 Rugby Central hotel | 99 | 4.4/5 1,129 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Rugby
6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The George Inn | 2.4 km | |
| The Pytchley Inn | 13.0 km | |
| The Rugby Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| The Windmill Inn | 0.4 km | |
| Murcott Mill | 13.7 km | |
| Shepherds Row Bed and Breakfast | 12.8 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Rugby
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Rugby are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 69 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 Rugby: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 34 km from the city centre in a straight line; East Midlands Airport (EMA, 52 km) and London Luton Airport (LTN, 82 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Rugby has major rail and road networks close by, a large reason for attracting industry, such as Rugby Cement to the region.
Getting around
There is a comprehensive network of buses, mainly operated by Stagecoach linking Rugby town centre with the outlying suburbs and with many of the nearby villages. Tickets can be purchased from the driver and change is given. Buses link the railway station with the town centre every 12 minutes. There are also regular bus services to the neighbouring towns of Leamington Spa, Banbury, Northampton, Leicester and Coventry which afford an opportunity to enjoy the surrounding countryside of "Leafy Warwickshire" in a leisurely manner.
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BHX · Birmingham Airport
EMA · East Midlands Airport
LTN · London Luton Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Rugby
Eat
All major British supermarkets; Tesco, ASDA, Morrisons and Sainsbury's have a presence in Rugby. ASDA is the most easily accessible, in the town center opposite Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, but has a limited selection of food. Sainsbury's has the best quality food but is expensive, Tesco's is somewhat midrange.
Drink
There are many pubs in Rugby, in the 1960s, Rugby town centre, was recorded as having the second-highest number of pubs per square mile in England.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Rugby
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
Rugby: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Rugby?
By published guest score: Travelodge Rugby Central (4.4 / 5 · 1,129 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Rugby?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Rugby are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 69 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Rugby?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 34 km from the city centre in a straight line; East Midlands Airport (EMA, 52 km) and London Luton Airport (LTN, 82 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Rugby?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Rugby
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.