England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 30,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon, with about 94 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
- BHX29 km · Birmingham Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon (... AY-vən), also known simply as Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England.
Stratford-upon-Avon has its origins in the Saxon culture of medieval England (the name "straet-ford" indicates that it was a river crossing). For many centuries it was little more than a small market town on the road to London; even today, it has only 24,000 permanent residents. Though it has developed some industrial capacity, Stratford is now known mostly for its association with Shakespeare. The town benefits tremendously from the resulting tourism and cultural activity, and has gone to great lengths to preserve those buildings that have survived since Shakespeare's time.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Stratford-upon-Avon
See
There are five sites closely associated with Shakespeare, and managed by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. A combi-ticket (called "The Full Story") is best value and they can all be seen in the course of an afternoon. Three are central: Shakespeare's birthplace on Henley Street is the obvious starting point. In later life he bought a house at New Place - it's long been demolished, but you visit to see the garden there, and the adjoining Nash's House where his grand-daughter Elizabeth lived. His daughter Susanna married Dr John Hall, and Hall's Croft was their house. A mile west in the hamlet of Shottery is Anne Hathaway's Cottage, where she grew up before marrying Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare's Birthplace
- New Place
- Hall's Croft
- Holy Trinity Church
- Tudor World
- Butterfly Farm
- Mechanical Art and Design (MAD) Museum
- Anne Hathaway's Cottage
- Mary Arden's Farm
- Stratford Armouries
Do
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Magic Alley
- Bannatyne Health Club & Spa
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Stratford-upon-Avon
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 Stratford Upon Avon hotel | 94 | 3.9/5 1,138 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Stratford-upon-Avon to stay in
Reliable mid-range chain hotels in Stratford-upon-Avon include Mercure, Premier Inn, Best Western and Crowne Plaza.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Stratford-upon-Avon
75 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ettington Park | 1900 | 8.9 km |
| Walton Hall | 8.7 km | |
| Alveston Manor Hotel | 0.6 km | |
| The Falcon Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Three Ways House Hotel | 12.0 km | |
| Welcombe Hotel | 1.9 km | |
| Arden Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Bell Inn | 22.4 km | |
| Churchill Inn | 17.2 km | |
| Cotswold House Hotel | 16.6 km | |
| Cross Keys Inn | 0.2 km | |
| Crown Inn And Victoria Friendly Society Premises | 20.6 km | |
| Eight Bells Inn | 16.4 km | |
| George Hotel And Attached Carriage Entrance And Barn | 19.3 km | |
| Great Western Arms | 20.2 km | |
| Halford Bridge Inn | 11.1 km | |
| Lygon Arms Hotel | 16.5 km | |
| Manor House Hotel | 22.7 km | |
| Red Lion Hotel | 16.7 km | |
| Red Lion Inn | 0.2 km | |
| Redesdale Arms Hotel | 22.6 km | |
| Stratford Manor | 4.8 km | |
| Swan Hotel And Attached Wall | 14.0 km | |
| The Bell | 6.8 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 20.8 km | |
| The Charlecote Pheasant Hotel | 6.3 km | |
| The Fish Inn | 19.8 km | |
| The Gate Inn | 18.3 km | |
| The George Hotel | 15.5 km | |
| The Horseshoe Inn | 15.5 km | |
| The Howard Arms | 11.3 km | |
| The Mary Arden | 4.9 km | |
| The Queen's Head Inn | 0.2 km | |
| The Shakespeare Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| The Wellington Inn | 22.6 km | |
| The White Hart Royal Hotel | 22.6 km | |
| White Lion Inn | 12.6 km | |
| White Swan Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Windmill Inn | 0.4 km | |
| Annexe To Manor House Hotel, Adjoining On North | 22.8 km |
All 76 hotels in Stratford-upon-Avon, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Stratford-upon-Avon
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Stratford-upon-Avon are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 71 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 Stratford-upon-Avon: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 29 km from the city centre in a straight line; East Midlands Airport (EMA, 76 km) and London Luton Airport (LTN, 98 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The closest international airport is Birmingham Airport (BHX), with many flights domestically and across Europe. Intercontinental destinations include Istanbul, Newark (New Jersey), the Gulf States, Amritsar and (who knew?) Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. Trains run from the airport to central Birmingham, change there for Stratford, and reckon 90 min. The London airports, especially Heathrow (LHR), have a wider intercontinental choice.
Getting around
The town is compact and most sights are in easy walking distance. However Anne Hathaway's Cottage is in Shottery, a mile west from the centre, and Mary Arden's Farm is three miles west in Wilmcote. For these either use your own car, or take the open-top bus tour, or cycle. Cyclists will also enjoy Stratford Greenway, 5 miles of traffic-free track on the edge of town.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
BHX · Birmingham Airport
EMA · East Midlands Airport
LTN · London Luton Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Stratford-upon-Avon
Eat
Stratford eating places are well geared to theatre-goers. Usually there's a pre-theatre rush at 5PM, then it all goes quiet between 6PM and 7PM before the evening crowd starts coming in. But there's not much of a late night scene, as you'd find in London's West End or in Edinburgh.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Stratford-upon-Avon
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Stratford-upon-Avon: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Stratford-upon-Avon?
By published guest score: Travelodge Stratford Upon Avon (3.9 / 5 · 1,138 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Stratford-upon-Avon?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Stratford-upon-Avon are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; August is the wettest, with about 71 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Stratford-upon-Avon?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 29 km from the city centre in a straight line; East Midlands Airport (EMA, 76 km) and London Luton Airport (LTN, 98 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Stratford-upon-Avon?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Stratford-upon-Avon
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.