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The Travelodge is the budget night by the shops. Parking is free for your stay, the Bar Café serves dinner until 22:00, and there are pet-friendly rooms.
It ties with Premier Inn Thurrock East on points and sits a little farther out, about 6.2 km from the terminal in a straight line.
Free parking doesn’t mean cruise parking. Use the terminal’s long stay for the week.
Book it if
- You’re bringing a dog
- You want Lakeside’s restaurants on the doorstep
- You want the cheapest chain night
Look elsewhere if
- You want breakfast confirmed in the rate
- You want a spa or a gym
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Travelodge Lakeside publishes and our own map estimates.
A Bar Café serving evening meals from 17:00 to 22:00 and drinks at any time, per Travelodge.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 6.2 km in a straight line. Book a taxi.
An unlimited breakfast is served, but Travelodge doesn’t print the adult price or say it’s in the rate. Children eat for £1, up to two per paying adult.
The Tilbury terminal is about 6.2 km away in a straight line, so it’s a ride, not a walk. Your boarding documents set the check-in time, not the hotel.
Travelodge lists limited free parking, first come first served, with overflow in the Lakeside Shopping Centre multi-storey. That’s for your stay, not a cruise.
Night-Before Score: 33 of 100
Every point comes from Travelodge’s own page for the hotel; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Travelodge Lakeside is about 51.1 km from Heathrow in a straight line, and about 6.2 km from the Tilbury terminal. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No airport shuttle is listed. From Heathrow, take the Elizabeth line, then the c2c train to Tilbury Town or a nearby station, or book a car.
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 6.2 km in a straight line. Book a taxi.
From LHR without a hotel shuttle
A booked car from Tilbury to Heathrow is listed from £156.91 for a saloon, about 1 hour 15 minutes, by City Airport Taxis. By rail it’s the Elizabeth line from £13.90, per Heathrow, then c2c from West Ham to Tilbury Town from £5.80 off-peak, per c2c, then about a mile to the terminal. The airport page has the fares and the timing.
Travelodge lists limited free parking, first come first served, with overflow in the Lakeside Shopping Centre multi-storey. That’s for your stay, not a cruise.
Parking for your stay: Free, limited, first come first served; overflow in the Lakeside multi-storey (Travelodge).
No ride to the ship is listed. The terminal is about 6.2 km in a straight line. Book a taxi.
Flying in the morning you sail? Heathrow is about 1 hour 15 minutes from the terminal by car on a transfer company’s estimate, and you’ll be coming off an overnight flight, so we’d land the day before; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
the Tilbury terminalShips turn around at the London International Cruise Terminal at Tilbury, 22 nautical miles down the Thames from Tower Bridge, per Capital Cruising. Travelodge Lakeside is about 6.2 km from our pin for it in a straight line. Some lines use the Greenwich mooring instead, so check your documents; the London (Tilbury) cruise guide has the rest.
Source: capitalcruising.co.ukDistance
~6.2 km, straight lineAbout 6.2 km from the Tilbury terminal in a straight line between our map pins. That’s a ride, not a walk.
Airport bus
Not statedThere’s no airport bus to Tilbury. From Heathrow it’s the Elizabeth line, a change for West Ham and the c2c train, or a booked car.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedTravelodge lists limited free parking, first come first served, with overflow in the Lakeside Shopping Centre multi-storey. That’s for your stay, not a cruise.
In town
Terminal long stay, £11 a nightCapital Cruising runs long-stay parking at the terminal: £11.00 a night including VAT, booked in advance, with a lower rate for cruises of 30 nights or more. When it’s busy you’re sent to an overflow area with a free shuttle bus. None of our hotels prices parking for a cruise.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteA Bar Café serving evening meals from 17:00 to 22:00 and drinks at any time, per Travelodge.
Breakfast
Check your rateAn unlimited breakfast is served, but Travelodge doesn’t print the adult price or say it’s in the rate. Children eat for £1, up to two per paying adult.
Address
Alexandra Lake, Lakeside Shopping CentreAlexandra Lake, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Thurrock RM20 2AB
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Travelodge Lakeside and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the adult breakfast price, the number of rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
An unlimited breakfast is served, but Travelodge doesn’t print the adult price or say it’s in the rate. Children eat for £1, up to two per paying adult.
Parking for your stay
Free, limited, first come first served; overflow in the Lakeside multi-storey (Travelodge)
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Pet-friendly rooms are available, per Travelodge.
Food and drink on site
- Bar CaféMeals 17:00–22:00
Rooms
Family and accessible rooms, per Travelodge; the room count isn’t published.
Accessibility
Accessible rooms, which may be above the ground floor with two lifts nearby, per Travelodge.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedYes
Also worth knowing
- Next to Lakeside Shopping Centre
- Snacks and soft drinks 24/7 by reception
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Free parking for your stay, limited.
- Check-out by noon.
- Kids’ breakfast £1.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The adult breakfast price
- The number of rooms
Every hotel fact here comes from Travelodge’s own page for the hotel, read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins; the terminal pin and the hotel pins are our estimates.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Travelodge Lakeside: the London (Tilbury) cruise guide and London (Tilbury) as a port of call.
Dinner at Lakeside, a taxi to the river.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Travelodge Lakeside for the night before. No payment on the form.
Travelodge Lakeside FAQ
Does Travelodge Thurrock Lakeside allow pets?
Yes, it has pet-friendly rooms, per Travelodge.
Is parking free at Travelodge Thurrock Lakeside?
Yes, limited and first come first served, with overflow in the Lakeside multi-storey, per Travelodge. It’s for your stay, not a cruise.
How far is Travelodge Lakeside from the Tilbury cruise terminal?
About 6.2 km in a straight line by our map. RoL Cruise puts it about 7.7 miles by road.
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