England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Telford
Telford is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 143,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Telford, with about 170 rooms between them. 1 of them carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June to August
- Nearest airport
- BHX54 km · Birmingham Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Telford
Telford ( ) is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages.
Telford was formed in the 1960s and 1970s as a new town, bringing together a number of existing mining villages, farms and market towns, each with their own unique history. The town is named after the pioneering civil engineer Thomas Telford. As the town has developed, the areas between these towns have become filled in. The resulting town is virtually one large conurbation from Wellington to Shifnal and from Donnington to Madely.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Telford
See
Telford has a long history (see Understand section). As a result there are many attractions including the remains of a Bronze Age fort, Roman ruins, medieval markets, examples of Victorian industry and living, and the new town created nearly 40 years ago.
- Boscobel House and The Royal Oak
- Exotic Zoo
- Hoo Farm
- The Wrekin
- Ironbridge
- Wellington
- Sunnycroft
- Blists Hill Museum
Do
- Telford Steam Railway
- AFC Telford United
- Telford Town Park
- Odeon
- Cineworld
- Wellington Orbit
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Telford
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 Telford Shawbirch hotel | 87 | 4.1/5 599 reviews |
1 more place to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Travelodge Telford hotel | 83 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Telford
64 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Royal Victoria Hotel | 1832 | 11.1 km |
| All Nations Inn | 5.5 km | |
| Barley Mow Hotel (Public House) | 11.0 km | |
| Bear Inn | 15.9 km | |
| Bell And Talbot Inn | 16.1 km | |
| Black Horse Hotel | 16.3 km | |
| Charton Arms Hotel | 5.4 km | |
| Cock Hotel | 4.4 km | |
| Feathers Hotel | 19.5 km | |
| Former Talbot Inn And Adjoining Warehouse | 6.3 km | |
| Fox Inn | 16.3 km | |
| Gaskell Arms Hotel | 12.1 km | |
| George And Dragon Inn | 11.9 km | |
| Hundred House Hotel | 9.3 km | |
| New Inn | 16.1 km | |
| Pheasant Inn | 10.8 km | |
| Raven Hotel | 11.9 km | |
| Raven Inn | 5.3 km | |
| Red Cow Inn | 12.5 km | |
| Shakespeare Hotel | 16.2 km | |
| Shakespeare Inn | 10.8 km | |
| Station Hotel | 6.4 km | |
| Swan Inn | 16.1 km | |
| Talbot Inn | 12.0 km | |
| The Brewery Inn | 6.9 km | |
| The Coalbrookdale Inn | 5.4 km | |
| The Crown | 16.0 km | |
| The Dog and Davenport Arms | 14.8 km | |
| The Falcon Hotel | 16.3 km | |
| The Grove Inn | 5.3 km | |
| The Hen And Chickens Inn | 16.1 km | |
| The Idsall Rooms, Park House Hotel | 1699 | 5.4 km |
| The Lion | 7.7 km | |
| The Old Orleton Inn | 6.1 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 5.2 km | |
| The Queens at Horton | 5.8 km | |
| The Swan Hotel | 6.3 km | |
| The Tontine Hotel | 6.2 km | |
| The Valley Hotel | 6.3 km | |
| The White Harte Inn | 5.2 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Telford
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Telford are June to August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; November is the wettest, with about 76 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 Telford: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 54 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 75 km) and East Midlands Airport (EMA, 77 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
It is linked to the West Midlands conurbation by the M54 motorway; it has four exits labelled Telford East, Telford Centre, Telford West and Wellington. The town is also serviced north-south by the A442 Queensway (locally known as the Eastern Primary or EP). The A5, which runs from London to Holyhead, Wales, runs directly through Telford.
Getting around
The M54 motorway and A5 main route pass through Telford giving access from North Wales, the South, East and North East. The A49 passes nearby to give access from the North West, the South West and South Wales. Telford is known for having many roundabouts, (in excess of 120) which may seem jarring to voyagers from places where they are less common. A train line runs between the main Telford train station and Wellington, via Oakengates (tourists should be aware that not every train stops at Oakengates and will thus travel though the station without slowing down).
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
BHX · Birmingham Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
EMA · East Midlands Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Telford
Stay safe
Telford is generally a very safe place to visit. In the main areas of interest to tourists such as the town centre or the Ironbridge gorge, you are very unlikely to encounter any problems day or night. Violence has been known to occur, but that is usually in pubs or bars between heavily intoxicated people. Crimes such as pickpocketing are not a known issue in the town but it is still advisable that you should take care of your valuables and do not leave them unattended. If you park your car, make sure that no valuables are on display.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Telford
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
of 2 places
Questions
Telford: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Telford?
By published guest score: Travelodge Telford Shawbirch (4.1 / 5 · 599 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Telford?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Telford are June to August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; November is the wettest, with about 76 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Telford?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Birmingham Airport (BHX), about 54 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 75 km) and East Midlands Airport (EMA, 77 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Telford?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Telford
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.