England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Thetford
Thetford is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 25,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Thetford, with about 80 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
- NWI47 km · Norwich Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Thetford
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest.
Thetford is noted for being the birthplace of Thomas Paine, where a statue of him stands on King Street. The external scenes for the British comedy TV series Dad's Army were filmed in and around the town's flint buildings.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Thetford
See
- Grimes Graves, Prehistoric Flint Mine
- Ancient House Museum
- Statue of Captain Mainwaring
- Dad's Army Museum
- Thetford Priory
- Thetford Castle
- Thetford Warren Lodge
Do
- Thetford Snooker Centre
- Thetford Golf Club
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Thetford
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 Thetford hotel | 80 | 4.1/5 688 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Thetford
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bell Hotel | 0.7 km | |
| Lynford Hall | 1874 | 12.3 km |
| Anchor Hotel | 0.6 km | |
| Brandon House Hotel | 9.2 km | |
| Crown Hotel | 12.7 km | |
| Dolphin Inn | 1.0 km | |
| Fox Inn | 14.1 km | |
| Great Eastern Hotel | 9.3 km | |
| King's Head Inn | 0.8 km | |
| Rose And Crown Inn | 13.3 km | |
| Six Bells Inn | 12.1 km | |
| Swan Inn | 13.4 km | |
| The Bull Hotel | 18.9 km | |
| The Cock Inn | 13.8 km | |
| The Crown Hotel | 18.8 km | |
| The Pykkerell | 14.0 km | |
| The Ram Hotel | 9.2 km | |
| White Horse | 17.6 km | |
| Aldercarr Hall | 21.3 km | |
| All Saints Hotel | 15.1 km | |
| Bridge Hotel Brandon | 9.2 km | |
| Sunset House Bed and Breakfast | 12.8 km | |
| The Old Bear Inn | 22.2 km | |
| Thomas Paine Hotel | 0.8 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Thetford
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Thetford are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; November is the wettest, with about 64 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 Thetford: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Norwich Airport (NWI), about 47 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Stansted Airport (STN, 68 km) and London Southend Airport (SEN, 93 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
The town has a number of car parks, many free for a limited time. See Thetford Car Parks. There are a number of local bus services. The central town is small enough to see on foot.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
NWI · Norwich Airport
STN · London Stansted Airport
SEN · London Southend Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Thetford
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Thetford: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Thetford?
By published guest score: Travelodge Thetford (4.1 / 5 · 688 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Thetford?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Thetford are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; November is the wettest, with about 64 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Thetford?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Norwich Airport (NWI), about 47 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Stansted Airport (STN, 68 km) and London Southend Airport (SEN, 93 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Thetford?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Thetford
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.