England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Sleaford
Sleaford is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 20,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Sleaford, with about 84 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
- EMA64 km · East Midlands Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Sleaford
Sleaford is a market town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. On the edge of the Fenlands, it is 11 miles (18 kilometres) north-east of Grantham, 16 mi (26 km) west of Boston, and 17 mi (27 km) south of Lincoln.
Sleaford has a population of around 17,700 (2011). In the town centre stands Money's Mill, a 1796 windmill. It no longer has sails, and for several years served as Sleaford's tourist information centre.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Sleaford
See
- St. Denys
- The Hub National Centre for Craft & Design
- Cogglesford Mill
- Heckington Windmill
- Royal Air Force College
Do
Since 1912, an annual charity raft race has taken place on the River Slea. It is coupled with the Water Festival local music event.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Sleaford
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 Sleaford hotel | 84 | 4.4/5 838 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Sleaford
15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey Lodge Inn | 20.8 km | |
| Bull & Dog | 0.3 km | |
| Petwood Hotel | 22.2 km | |
| The Bustard Inn | 4.0 km | |
| The Carre Arms Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| The George Hotel | 13.3 km | |
| The Golf Hotel | 22.1 km | |
| The New Inn | 11.8 km | |
| The Packhorse Inn | 0.4 km | |
| White Hart Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| ATZ&H INN | 11.2 km | |
| Byards Leap Lodge | 8.6 km | |
| The Dower House Hotel | 22.2 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 11.5 km | |
| The White Horse Inn | 7.7 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Sleaford
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sleaford are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 60 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 Sleaford: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is East Midlands Airport (EMA), about 64 km from the city centre in a straight line; Humberside Airport (HUY, 65 km) and Birmingham Airport (BHX, 108 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Sleaford Railway Station serves destinations of Lincoln, Peterborough, Doncaster, Grantham, Skegness and Nottingham. Via Nottingham there are connections to Cardiff (via Birmingham), Liverpool, Leicester, Derby and Worksop.
Getting around
The best way to get around Sleaford is walking. At rush hour the High Street gets heavy traffic making it quicker to walk.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
EMA · East Midlands Airport
HUY · Humberside Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Sleaford
Drink
Sleaford's Bull & Dog pub, formerly the Black Bull, dates from 1689 (according to a date-stone set in its front wall) and is said to have the oldest surviving bull-baiting pub sign in England.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Sleaford
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Sleaford: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Sleaford?
By published guest score: Travelodge Sleaford (4.4 / 5 · 838 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Sleaford?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sleaford are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 60 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Sleaford?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is East Midlands Airport (EMA), about 64 km from the city centre in a straight line; Humberside Airport (HUY, 65 km) and Birmingham Airport (BHX, 108 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Sleaford?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Sleaford
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.