England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Widnes
Widnes is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 61,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Widnes, with about 94 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
- LPL9 km · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Widnes
Widnes ( WID-nəss) is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Widnes
See
- Catalyst Science Museum
- Victoria Park
- Kingsway Centre
- Spike Island
- Silver Jubilee Bridge
- Medway Gateway Bridge
- Mersey Estuary
- Sankey Canal
- Pex Hill Park and Observatory
- Victoria Promenade
Do
- Widnes Vikings
- Transpennine Trail
- Queen's Hall Studio
- North West Vintage Rally
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Widnes
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 Widnes hotel | 94 | 4.1/5 617 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Widnes
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Widnes are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; October is the wettest, with about 87 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 Widnes: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 8.7 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 30 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 90 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), a short bus or taxi ride away. However Liverpool is not served by direct flights to London or by trans-Atlantic flights. Manchester Airport (MAN) is the main airport for these flights, and is about 45 minutes by taxi or car, 90 minutes by train. Widnes is easy to reach by car from the M62 Junction 7. It is clearly signposted from the motorway. The town centre is quickly reachable by taking the A568 bypass south (Watkinson Way) and turning west onto A562 (Fiddler's Ferry Road). Mersey Gateway Bridge is £2 toll and there are no booths.
Getting around
The town is small enough to walk around, but there are bus and taxi services. Most of the main attractions in Widnes are no more than a half-hour walk from the town centre, due to the town's small size. Halton transport, a local bus company, run very frequently and are also a cheap way of going to other nearby towns, such as Runcorn, St Helens, or Liverpool. They offer a day-pass service which can be bought on the bus.
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LPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Widnes
Stay safe
Widnes is a safe area and as with any area general caution and common sense should be used. If a place doesn't feel safe then simply move on - the layout of Widnes's roads and areas can be unusual, with very safe roads right next to streets which would be considered rough, so often there aren't really unsafe 'areas' as such. There have been repeated cases of assaults and muggings on the Jubilee Bridge. As such the bridge's footpath is closed at night, and it is best to avoid crossing the bridge on foot after dark.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Widnes
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Widnes: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Widnes?
By published guest score: Travelodge Widnes (4.1 / 5 · 617 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Widnes?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Widnes are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; October is the wettest, with about 87 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Widnes?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), about 8.7 km from the city centre in a straight line; Manchester Airport (MAN, 30 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 90 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Widnes?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Widnes
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.