England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 77,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Shrewsbury, with about 122 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
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LPL70 km · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( SHROHZ-bree, also SHROOZ-) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Wolverhampton, 15 miles (24 km) west of Telford, 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Wrexham and 53 miles (85 km) north of Hereford.
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, which is a large and rural county in what is known as the Welsh Marches. The border with Wales is only 9 miles away and there is considerable Welsh influence in the county. As Shrewsbury is the largest town anywhere near most parts of Mid Wales, you may hear Welsh spoken in the streets by some shoppers and daytrippers from over the border. The town even has a Welsh name, and many other towns in Shropshire have Welsh names as well as their English ones.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Shrewsbury
See
- Shrewsbury Castle
- Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
- Shrewsbury Prison
- Roman Catholic Cathedral
- St Chad's Church
- St Mary's Church
- Quarry Park
- Bear Steps' buildings
- St Alkmund's Church
- Rowley's House
- Coleham Pumping Station
- Wroxeter Roman City
Do
- Old Market Hall
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Shrewsbury
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 Shrewsbury Battlefield hotel | 50 | 4.1/5 490 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Shrewsbury Bayston Hill hotel | 72 | 4.0/5 634 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Shrewsbury
44 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rowton Castle | 11.2 km | |
| Fitz Manor | 6.8 km | |
| Hawkstone Hall | 19.6 km | |
| Soulton Hall | 18.5 km | |
| 17, High Street | 1800 | 19.2 km |
| Albright Hussey | 5.2 km | |
| Cromwell's Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Former White Horse Hotel | 16.5 km | |
| Horse Shoe Inn | 9.1 km | |
| Horse Shoe Inn | 18.8 km | |
| Lucroft Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| Prince Rupert Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Shrewsbury Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| The Bear Inn | 20.2 km | |
| The Boathouse Inn | 0.6 km | |
| The Bull Inn | 0.1 km | |
| The Castle Hotel | 16.6 km | |
| The Cock Inn | 19.1 km | |
| The Cross Gates Hotel | 8.2 km | |
| The Grove Hotel | 10.2 km | |
| The Haughmond | 6.5 km | |
| The Lion And Pheasant Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| The Lion Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| The Lord Hill Hotel | 1.3 km | |
| The Lowfield Inn | 22.1 km | |
| The Old Bell Inn | 1.3 km | |
| The Old Buck's Head Inn | 0.7 km | |
| The Old Bush Inn | 1.2 km | |
| The Old Plough Inn | 0.0 km | |
| The Riverside Inn | 10.9 km | |
| The Three Horseshoes Inn | 9.8 km | |
| The Tumbledown Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| White Horse Inn | 12.2 km | |
| Charnwood Guest House | 2.4 km | |
| Darwin's Townhouse | 0.4 km | |
| Hawkstone Park Hotel | 18.2 km | |
| Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hall Hotel & Spa | 5.6 km | |
| Nesscliffe Hotel | 12.6 km | |
| Old Rectory Hotel | 16.6 km | |
| Park Social Club | 0.8 km |
All 46 hotels in Shrewsbury, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Shrewsbury
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Shrewsbury are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; November is the wettest, with about 79 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 Shrewsbury: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 70 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 74 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 78 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
There are frequent trains from London Euston to Birmingham where there are connections to Shrewsbury.
Getting around
There are Park and Ride services from Oxon, Harlescott and Meole Brace to the town centre and back (see above). Other bus services go from the bus station in the town centre to places in town and further out in the county. Cabs are available at the train station on Castle Gates. There are numerous local taxi companies. Roads inside the town centre are busy. There are many car parks a short distance away from the town centre available, e.g. St Julian's Friars, Abbey Foregate and Frankwell (see above).
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LPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Shrewsbury
Drink
As a historic town Shrewsbury is well-endowed with traditional pubs serving various beers including real ales, many of which are Shropshire-brewed.
Stay safe
Shrewsbury is comparatively safe relative to towns of a similar size; there is rarely a noticeable police presence in the town. Friday/Saturday evenings in the town centre are typical of any modern British town; night life activity is focused in the Claremont St/Bridge St and Raven Meadows area. Visitors should exercise caution when visiting The Quarry area at night.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Shrewsbury
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
of 2 places
Questions
Shrewsbury: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Shrewsbury?
By published guest score: Travelodge Shrewsbury Battlefield (4.1 / 5 · 490 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Shrewsbury Bayston Hill (4.0 / 5 · 634 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Shrewsbury?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Shrewsbury are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; November is the wettest, with about 79 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Shrewsbury?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 70 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 74 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 78 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Shrewsbury?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Shrewsbury
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.