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Where to stay in Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 52,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Welwyn Garden City, with about 141 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
- LTN14 km · London Luton Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City ( WEL-in) is a town in the Welwyn Hatfield district, in Hertfordshire, England, 20 miles (32 km) north of London. It was the second garden city in England (founded 1920) and one of the first new towns (designated 1948).
Despite its name, Welwyn Garden City is in fact considered as a town, not a city. It is also known as WGC or, somewhat incorrectly, Welwyn, although this can cause confusion with the village called Welwyn which lies a 2 mi to the northwest of WGC. Welwyn Garden City, as its name suggests, is a "garden city", founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s following his previous experiments in Hampstead Garden Suburb and Letchworth Garden City.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Welwyn Garden City
See
- Welwyn Roman Baths
- Shredded Wheat Factory
- Parkway
- Mill Green Museum
Do
- Stanborough Lakes
- Stanborough Park Water Sports Centre
- Campus West
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Welwyn Garden City
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 Hatfield Central hotel | 69 | 4.2/5 777 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Welwyn Garden City hotel | 72 | 4.1/5 908 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Welwyn Garden City
15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brocket Hall | 3.3 km | |
| Hanbury Manor | 10.8 km | |
| Brookmans | 9.4 km | |
| Bush Hall Hotel | 3.6 km | |
| The Bull Inn | 6.9 km | |
| The Comet Public House | 6.2 km | |
| The Ram Inn | 8.2 km | |
| The Salisbury Arms McMullens Brewery | 8.0 km | |
| The Sun Inn | 2.8 km | |
| The Wellington Inn Hotel | 1352 | 3.2 km |
| White Hart Inn | 8.1 km | |
| White Horse Inn | 6.2 km | |
| Woodhall Arms | 7.4 km | |
| Former Green Dragon Hotel Including Wall And Pier To Right | 7.9 km | |
| Tewin Bury Farm Hotel | 1.9 km |
All 17 hotels in Welwyn Garden City, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Welwyn Garden City
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Welwyn Garden City are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; October is the wettest, with about 72 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 Welwyn Garden City: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Luton Airport (LTN), about 14 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Stansted Airport (STN, 31 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 38 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Trains run roughly every 20 minutes to WGC station from London. Taking approximately 30 minutes from London King's Cross, and 50 minutes from London Moorgate station. Trains also run to and from Hatfield, Stevenage, Cambridge and Peterborough. The bus station is serviced by local buses only - no National Express services. Local buses run to and from Hatfield, St Albans, Stevenage, Hitchin, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford and Watford.
Getting around
WGC is small enough to walk around for any able-bodied person. Taxis are available from the rank at the front of the Howard Centre if required.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
LTN · London Luton Airport
STN · London Stansted Airport
LCY · London City Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Welwyn Garden City
Eat
There are several good cafes and restaurants on Howardsgate (the main avenue leading up to the Howard's Centre).
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Welwyn Garden City
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
of 2 places
of 2 places
Questions
Welwyn Garden City: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Welwyn Garden City?
By published guest score: Travelodge Hatfield Central (4.2 / 5 · 777 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Welwyn Garden City (4.1 / 5 · 908 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Welwyn Garden City?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Welwyn Garden City are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; October is the wettest, with about 72 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Welwyn Garden City?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Luton Airport (LTN), about 14 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Stansted Airport (STN, 31 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 38 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Welwyn Garden City?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Welwyn Garden City
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.