England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Swindon
Swindon is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 222,000 people. This guide covers 3 hotels in Swindon, with about 381 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 3
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- BRS68 km · Bristol Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Swindon
Swindon ( ) is a town in Wiltshire, England. At the time of the 2021 census, the population of the built-up area was 224,942, making it the largest settlement in the county.
Swindon has a fast-growing population of around 220,000 in its urban area in 2021, making it one of the largest towns in the UK to be without city status. Swindon is known for being a regional centre for business, and is home to many technological and pharmaceutical companies, as well as having national headquarters for international companies Nationwide, Intel, and Zurich. The town is also a regional retail and leisure hub of which it boasts several facilities. Swindon continues to be an economically attractive town, with an ever-growing private, knowledge-intensive sector.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Swindon
See
- Cotswold Water Park
- Steam: The Great Western Railway Museum
- Museum of Computing @ Swindon
- Swindon Museum
- Swindon Art Gallery
- Railway Village
Do
- Festival of Literature
- Film Festival
- Mela
- Old Town Festival
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride
- Shuffle
- Swindon Town
- Jungle Parc
- Swindon & Cricklade Railway
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Swindon
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 | Leonardo Hotel Swindon hotel | 229 | 90/100 5,154 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Swindon West hotel | 87 | 4.5/5 575 reviews |
| 3 | Travelodge Swindon Central hotel | 65 | 4.0/5 876 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Swindon to stay in
The hotel sector in Swindon has seen increased growth with housing asylum seekers in the past decade as the town continues to urbanise and establish itself as a base for tourism in the centre of southern England. For many years there was only one hotel in the town centre but competition arrived and there are now three main players, with more rumoured to be on the way. This increased competition benefits you, with reduced room rates on offer.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Swindon
24 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Angel Hotel | 8.6 km | |
| Bell Hotel | 0.9 km | |
| Chiseldon House Hotel | 5.9 km | |
| Cross Keys Inn | 8.7 km | |
| Glue Pot Inn | 0.8 km | |
| Goddard Arms Hotel | 0.8 km | |
| Red Lion Inn | 11.4 km | |
| The Ailesbury Arms Hotel | 15.7 km | |
| The Bear Hotel | 15.6 km | |
| The Crown Hotel | 15.7 km | |
| The Dolphin | 1.5 km | |
| The Harrow Inn | 5.9 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 6.0 km | |
| The Queens Head Inn | 15.5 km | |
| The Sun Inn | 3.0 km | |
| The Vale Hotel | 10.6 km | |
| Ivy House Hotel | 15.9 km | |
| Swindon Blunsdon House Hotel, BW Premier Collection | 6.1 km | |
| Swindon Marriott Hotel | 1.6 km | |
| The Castle And Ball Hotel | 15.7 km | |
| The Great Western Hotel | 0.8 km | |
| The Queen's Tap | 0.8 km | |
| The White Hart | 3.7 km | |
| Village Hotel Swindon | 3.6 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Swindon
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Swindon are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 78 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 Swindon: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 68 km from the city centre in a straight line; Southampton Airport (SOU, 74 km) and Bournemouth Airport (BOH, 87 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Swindon is served by international airports in the south of the United Kingdom. Arrival points involving greater travel times include London Gatwick Airport, London Stansted Airport, London Luton Airport, Bournemouth Airport, Birmingham Airport and Cardiff Airport.
Getting around
The town centre is small enough to walk through on foot, as are the shopping areas of Old Town, the Great Western Designer Outlet Village, the Orbital Retail Park and the Shaw Ridge Leisure Park & West Swindon Shopping Centre. Although it is a great way of seeing Swindon, it is not recommended as most attractions are more than 45 minutes walk from the centre of the town - it is advisable to travel by bus.
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BRS · Bristol Airport
SOU · Southampton Airport
BOH · Bournemouth Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Swindon
Eat
There aren't many types of places to choose from, mainly Indian restaurants and a few non decent pubs here and there.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Swindon
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Swindon: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Swindon?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Swindon (90 / 100 · 5,154 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Swindon West (4.5 / 5 · 575 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Swindon Central (4.0 / 5 · 876 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Swindon?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Swindon are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 78 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Swindon?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 68 km from the city centre in a straight line; Southampton Airport (SOU, 74 km) and Bournemouth Airport (BOH, 87 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Swindon?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Swindon?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Swindon
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.