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List of Five-Star Hotels in London
There are no official bodies that rate hotels. Most widely accepted bodies are the AA (in the past the RAC too) and the English Tourist Board. The ETB have recently changed their criteria to match that of the AA to provide consistency. Many hotels remain self rated.
Hotel | Location | Rooms | Notes |
22 | townhouse hotel; owned by Togna family since 1915 | ||
20 | boutique hotel | ||
46 | Sister hotel to The Dorchester due to open in 2011 | ||
267 | Victorian railway hotel built as Great Eastern Hotel; reopened 2000 | ||
The Athenaeum Hotel and Apartments | 123 | modern | |
67 | occupies a group of Victorian houses | ||
64 | occupies Victorian buildings | ||
214 | modern building; opened 1972. Roof top pool. | ||
51 | occupies a group of Victorian houses | ||
117 | occupies eleven townhouses | ||
49 | modern | ||
220 | modern | ||
52 | |||
445 | modern | ||
203 | London's most aristocratic hotel; founded 1812 and rebuilt 1898 Art Deco. | ||
121 | traditional grand hotel | ||
116 | occupies a classical former magistrates court | ||
58 | English country house style | ||
238 | opened 1931; art deco exterior and "Georgian country house" rooms | ||
35 | occupies three 1890s houses | ||
142 | opened c. 2001 | ||
220 | |||
50 | opened 1992 in four Victorian houses; English country house style | ||
74 | built 1910; traditional English style | ||
307 | opened this century, near to Tower of London | ||
200 | opened in a new building in the late 1990s | ||
433 | opened in 2010 | ||
494 | built 1928; most rooms of any central London 5 star hotel | ||
41 | modern | ||
40 | |||
447 | modern | ||
299 | Victorian grand hotel; opened in 1899 as a railway hotel | ||
95 | grand hotel opened in 1991 in converted 19th century hospital. | ||
429 | London's largest hotel when it opened in 1865 | ||
266 | traditional grand hotel | ||
450 | modern; London's tallest hotel | ||
200 | |||
200 | occupies part of the neo-baroque London County Hall. | ||
49 | built 1926 | ||
221 | early 20th century neo-Georgian | ||
157 | built as apartments in 1919 | ||
348 | built 2004; 301 rooms and 47 apartments | ||
406 | eclectic-luxury design | ||
348 | early 20th century neo-Georgian | ||
120 | boutique | ||
105 | early 21st century interiors in an early 20th century neo-baroque office building | ||
Park Lane Hotel (Sheraton) | 307 | traditional grand hotel | |
Plaza On The River Club And Residence | 66 | ||
124 | English country house style | ||
459 | modern | ||
65 | London's first eco-friendly 5-star boutique hotel on the south side of the river next to London heliport; | ||
356 | opened in the 1990s in a grand 1914 office building | ||
133 | opened 1906; French chateau style building; possibly the most famous hotel in the world and synonymous with Afternoon Tea. | ||
398 | modern | ||
150 | Ian Schrager minimalist hotel | ||
207 | traditional grand hotel; opened 1889 - first in London with en suite bathroom to all rooms. Closed in December 2007 for £100 million refurbishment. Opening 2010. | ||
22 | occupies some Victorian houses | ||
181 | modern | ||
350 | Modern Style | ||
186 | opened c.2000 in a grand classical former bank headquarters | ||
91 | |||
80 | English country house style | ||
204 | 1990s Philippe Starck minimalism in a 1960s office block | ||
245 | The Former Mindland Grand Hotel | ||
near The Strand | 189 | modern | |
69 | occupies a banking hall built in 1865 | ||
Trafalgar Hilton | 129 | opened 2001; contemporary building behind a retained facade | |
near The Strand | 303 | grand hotel built in 1908; | |
160 | modern; overlooks the marina at Chelsea Harbour | ||
also see the Cecil Hotel
Cafe Royale (now closed) is to become part a new 5 star hotel at the south end of Regent Street
The Strand Hotel at 336-337 Strand will be a new 5 star hotel when it opens.
Cafe Royale (now closed) is to become part a new 5 star hotel at the south end of Regent Street
The Strand Hotel at 336-337 Strand will be a new 5 star hotel when it opens.
Hotels below the five star category are found throughout the city, but tend to be slightly further away from the key centres of activity. The largest concentration of mid priced hotels is probably in Bloomsbury on the northern side of the city centre. The largest cluster of hotels in the suburbs is around Heathrow Airport, most of which are modern chain hotels. The largest concentration of new hotel building is in east London around London City Airport in places such as Canning Town.
The developers of Shard London Bridge, which will be the tallest building in London if it is built plan to let part of it to a hotel operator.
Other notable hotels
- One of the more unusual hotels was the Sunborn Yacht, a floating hotel by the Excel centre in East London and constructed specifically for that purpose (it had no engine). The yacht was sold to the Lagos government to be replaced with a larger yacht at the same berth.
- The 3 star 1,630 bedroom Royal National Hotel in Bloomsbury is the largest hotel in the United Kingdom by number of rooms.
- The Hilton London Metropole in Paddington is the largest 4-star hotel in London and the United Kingdom. It has 1,058 bedrooms and extensive conference facilities.
- The Russell Hotel in Russell Square, Bloomsbury, which dates from 1898, has one of the grandest exteriors of any London hotel, but it is rated 4-star.
- The Guoman Tower Hotel (formerly Thistle) near Tower Bridge is one of the largest hotels in London with over 800 rooms, and is regarded by some as one of the ugliest and most insensitively located brutalist buildings in the city. However others find its location by St Katharine Docks and the Tower of London as quite relaxing and scenic.
- In 2005 planning permission was granted for the creation of a new hotel at St Pancras railway station. This will incorporate parts of the former Midland Grand Hotel, probably the most spectacular hotel building ever constructed in London, which operated from 1873 to 1935.
- The Regent Palace Hotel, which was located on the northern side of Piccadilly Circus, closed in December 2006. Notable as having been Europes' largest hotel in terms of rooms numbers (1028) when it opened on May 16, 1915.
- worlds largest floating hotel will arrive in London in 2012.

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