England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Tamworth
Tamworth is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 74,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Tamworth, with about 161 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
- BHX20 km · Birmingham Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Tamworth
Tamworth (, ) is a market town and borough in Staffordshire, England, 14 miles (23 km) north-east of Birmingham. The town borders North Warwickshire to the east and south, and the Lichfield District to the north, southwest and west.
When the Romans left England in 409 AD, it split into 7 Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Mercia was the strongest of these and began to absorb the others, and in so far as Anglo-Saxon rulers had fixed capitals, that of Mercia was Tomworðig, "the open meadow by the River Tame". When the Normans arrived they converted Tamworth's wooden royal stronghold into a stone castle which still stands, or at least teeters. The town thereafter was a quiet provincial place, occasionally enlivened by fire, plague, civil war and any other Riders of the Apocalypse, until the 18th century Industrial Revolution.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Tamworth
See
- Tamworth Castle
- Church of St Editha
Do
- Tamworth Snooker
- Namco Funscape
- SnowDome
- Drayton Manor Theme Park
- Middleton Lakes RSPB reserve
- Kingsbury Water Park
- The Belfry
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Tamworth
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 Tamworth M42 hotel | 65 | 4.3/5 921 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Tamworth Central hotel | 96 | 4.1/5 886 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Tamworth
12 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 Croft Hotel | 10.9 km | |
| Black Horse Inn | 12.4 km | |
| Castle Hotel Lakins Night Club The Bow Street Runner | 0.2 km | |
| Fradley Arms Hotel | 10.0 km | |
| George Hotel | 10.6 km | |
| St Johns House | 10.4 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 6.7 km | |
| Drayton Manor Hotel | 3.1 km | |
| Globe Inn | 0.2 km | |
| OYO Tamworth Arms OYO Rooms | 0.6 km | |
| Peel Arms Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| The Peel Aldergate | 0.2 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Tamworth
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Tamworth are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 77 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 Tamworth: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 20 km from the city centre in a straight line; East Midlands Airport (EMA, 33 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 89 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Birmingham Airport (BHX) 17 miles south has a good range of flights within Europe. Take the train from the airport to Birmingham New Street and change for the Cross Country train to Tamworth. By road take M42 north to Junction 10. East Midlands Airport (EMA) 27 miles northeast has budget flights to the Med and a few other popular destinations. Join A42 southbound onto M42 to Junction 10. Manchester Airport (MAN) has an excellent range of medium and long-haul flights. Take the train to Manchester Piccadilly then south via Crewe. Tamworth station has two lines criss-crossing.
Getting around
Town centre is small and the sights are within walking distance. Taxi firms include Tamworth Taxis (+44 1827 62222), Acorn (+44 1827 63333), Stani's (+44 7459 851644), ABC (+44 7947 850658) and Steve's Cars (+44 1827 247247).
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
BHX · Birmingham Airport
EMA · East Midlands Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Tamworth
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
of 2 places
Questions
Tamworth: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Tamworth?
By published guest score: Travelodge Tamworth M42 (4.3 / 5 · 921 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Tamworth Central (4.1 / 5 · 886 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Tamworth?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Tamworth are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 77 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Tamworth?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 20 km from the city centre in a straight line; East Midlands Airport (EMA, 33 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 89 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Tamworth?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Tamworth
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.