England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Stroud
Stroud is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 13,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Stroud, with about 58 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
- BRS53 km · Bristol Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Stroud
Stroud is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is the main town in Stroud District.
The area around the town is known as the Five Valleys consisting of the valleys of Chalford, Nailsworth, Ruscombe, Slad and Painswick. There are a number of small towns and villages in the area, such as Minchinhampton and Stonehouse.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Stroud
See
The town and nearby has been an industrial area for hundreds of years so there are many fine old stone mills, weavers cottages, a canal. Little of this has been given serious "heritage" treatment but it doesn't spoil the often beautiful setting in wooded valleys.
- Uley Long Barrow
- Owlpen Manor
- St George's Church
- Market House
- Doverow Hill
- Stonehouse Manor
- Woodchester House
Do
- Lansdown Hall & Gallery (formerly The Space)
- The Cotswold Playhouse
- stroud.dance
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Stroud
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 Stonehouse hotel | 58 | 4.1/5 664 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Stroud
54 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient Ram Inn | 14.9 km | |
| Nibley House | 14.6 km | |
| Old Lodge Inn | 4.2 km | |
| Stonehouse Court Hotel | 5.3 km | |
| Bank House Old Bell Hotel | 11.8 km | |
| Bear Inn | 2.4 km | |
| Black Horse Inn | 14.5 km | |
| Britannia Inn | 5.6 km | |
| Cat and Custard Pot Inn | 16.0 km | |
| Cock Inn | 18.7 km | |
| Fleece Inn | 17.5 km | |
| Foston's Ash Inn | 8.9 km | |
| Golden Heart | 4.8 km | |
| Hunters Hall Inn | 9.8 km | |
| Imperial Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| King's Head Hotel | 18.2 km | |
| Nag's Head Inn | 8.0 km | |
| Old Fleece Inn | 2.2 km | |
| Ram Inn | 4.8 km | |
| Rose And Crown Inn | 6.9 km | |
| Star Inn | 2.2 km | |
| Star Inn | 15.3 km | |
| The Bear Inn | 5.1 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 10.7 km | |
| The Close Hotel | 12.5 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 7.4 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 4.7 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 12.5 km | |
| The Falcon | 15.1 km | |
| The Falcon Hotel | 4.8 km | |
| The Frocester | 7.0 km | |
| The Hare & Hounds Hotel | 14.7 km | |
| The Ragged Cot Inn | 5.2 km | |
| The Snooty Fox Hotel | 12.5 km | |
| The Swan Hotel | 15.2 km | |
| The Talbot Hotel | 12.6 km | |
| Ye Old Painswick Inn | 0.3 km | |
| Bell Inn And Adjoining Shop | 2.1 km | |
| Burleigh Court | 14.9 km | |
| Burleigh Court Hotel including garden steps and gateway | 3.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Stroud
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Stroud are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 84 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 Stroud: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 53 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 85 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 87 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Trains from London Paddington run hourly via Reading, Didcot and Swindon to Stroud (90 min), continuing to Gloucester and Cheltenham. Change at Cheltenham for trains from Birmingham and the north.
Getting around
The town is small, and much of the shopping district has been pleasantly pedestrianised. (mind the steep hills!) There are buses every half-hour from Stroud to Stonehouse on weekdays, or it's about an hour's walk.
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BRS · Bristol Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
CWL · Cardiff International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Stroud
Eat
There are various fast food outlets in Stroud (including Subway, McDonald's and Burger Star) despite opposition from locals.
Drink
There are various cafés and coffee shops in Stroud, including Mother nature, Woodruff's and Mill's mentioned above, which serve freshly-baked cakes and tarts. There is a Costa Coffee at the top of the high street. The main club in town is the Warehouse, only open on Saturday nights and costing £6 to get in (£3 before 11:30PM). A newer, less popular club, Junction 13, is at the top of town. It's open Friday and Saturday nights and costs £4 to get in (before 11PM it's free). These clubs aren't great, though, and Stroud can get quite nasty at night. Nearby Cheltenham is much better for evening entertainment.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Stroud
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Stroud: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Stroud?
By published guest score: Travelodge Stonehouse (4.1 / 5 · 664 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Stroud?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Stroud are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 84 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Stroud?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 53 km from the city centre in a straight line; Birmingham Airport (BHX, 85 km) and Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 87 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Stroud?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Stroud
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.