Hotels in London

In UK, there are no official bodies to rate hotels. The accepted bodies for rating are the AA (RAC too, in the past) and the English Tourist Board. The ETB have recently changed their criteria to match that of the AA to provide consistency. Many hotels are self rated. The following is a list of five-star hotels in London.

Hotel	Location	Rooms	Notes
22 Jermyn Street	St. James”s	22	townhouse hotel; owned by Togna family since 1915
41 Hotel	Westminster	20	boutique hotel
45 Park Lane	Mayfair	46	Sister hotel to The Dorchester due to open in 2011
Andaz Liverpool Street	City of London	267	Victorian railway hotel built as Great Eastern Hotel; reopened 2000
The Athenaeum Hotel and Apartments	Mayfair	123	modern
Baglioni Hotel	South Kensington	67	occupies a group of Victorian houses
The Bentley London	South Kensington	64	occupies Victorian buildings
The Berkeley	Belgravia	214	modern building; opened 1972. Roof top pool.
Blakes Hotel	South Kensington	51	occupies a group of Victorian houses
Brown”s Hotel	Mayfair	117	occupies eleven townhouses
Capital Hotel	Knightsbridge	49	modern
Carlton Tower Hotel	Knightsbridge	220	modern
Chancery Court Hotel	Holborn	356	opened in the 1990s in a grand 1914 office building
Charlotte Street Hotel	Fitzrovia	52
Churchill Hotel	Marylebone	445	modern
Claridge”s	Mayfair	203	London”s most aristocratic hotel; founded 1812 and rebuilt 1898 Art Deco.
The Connaught	Mayfair	121	traditional grand hotel
Courthouse Hotel	Soho	116	occupies a classical former magistrates court
Covent Garden Hotel	Covent Garden	58	English country house style
Dorchester Hotel	Mayfair	238	opened 1931; art deco exterior and “Georgian country house” rooms
Draycott Hotel	Chelsea	35	occupies three 1890s houses
Four Seasons Hotel London at Canary Wharf	Canary Wharf	142	opened c. 2001
Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane	Mayfair	220	built in 1970 as the Inn on the Park
Franklin Hotel	Knightsbridge	50	opened 1992 in four Victorian houses; English country house style
Goring Hotel	Victoria	74	built 1910; traditional English style
Grange City Hotel	City of London	307	opened this century, near to Tower of London
Grange Holborn Hotel	Holborn	200	opened in a new building in the late 1990s
Grange St Pauls Hotel	St Pauls	433	opened in 2010
Grosvenor House Hotel	Mayfair	494	built 1928; most rooms of any central London 5-star hotel
Halkin Hotel	Belgravia	41	modern
Hempel Hotel	Bayswater	40
InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel	Mayfair	447	modern
The Landmark London	Marylebone Road	299	Victorian grand hotel; opened in 1899 as a railway hotel
Lanesborough Hotel	Knightsbridge	95	grand hotel opened in 1991 in converted 19th century hospital.
Langham Hotel	Marylebone	429	London”s largest hotel when it opened in 1865
Le Meridien Hotel Piccadilly	Mayfair	266	traditional grand hotel
The London Hilton on Park Lane	Mayfair	450	modern; London”s tallest hotel
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London	Knightsbridge	200
Marriott County Hall Hotel	South Bank	200	occupies part of the neo-baroque London County Hall.
Marriott Grand Residence	Mayfair	49	built 1926
Marriott London Grosvenor Square	Mayfair	221	early 20th century neo-Georgian
Marriott London Park Lane	Mayfair	157	built as apartments in 1919
Marriott West India Quay	Canary Wharf	348	built 2004; 301 rooms and 47 apartments
The May Fair	Mayfair	406	eclectic-luxury design
Millennium Hotel Mayfair	Mayfair	348	early 20th century neo-Georgian
The Montcalm Hotel	Great Cumberland Place	153	5 Star Hotel
One Aldwych	The Strand	105	early 21st century interiors in an early 20th century neo-baroque office building
Park Lane Hotel (Sheraton)	Mayfair	307	traditional grand hotel
Park Grand Hotel	Paddington	157	4 Star Hotel
Plaza On The River Club And Residence	Lambeth	66
Radisson Edwardian Hampshire Hotel	Leicester Square	124	English country house style
Radisson Edwardian Heathrow Hotel	Heathrow	459	modern
Rafayel on the Left Bank	Battersea	65	London”s first eco-friendly 5-star boutique hotel on the south side of the river next to London heliport;
Ritz Hotel	St. James”s	133	opened 1906; French chateau style building; possibly the most famous hotel in the world and synonymous with Afternoon Tea.
Royal Garden Hotel	Kensington	398	modern
Sanderson Hotel	Fitzrovia	150	Ian Schrager minimalist hotel
San Domenico Hotel	Chelsea	22	occupies some Victorian houses
Savoy Hotel	The Strand	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.
Sheraton Park Tower Hotel	Knightsbridge	181	modern
Sheraton Skyline Hotel at London Heathrow	Heathrow	350	Modern Style
Sofitel St. James	St. James”s	186	opened c.2000 in a grand classical former bank headquarters
Soho Hotel	Soho	91
Stafford Hotel	St. James”s	80	English country house style
St Martins Lane Hotel	Covent Garden	204	1990s Philippe Starck minimalism in a 1960s office block
St. Pancras Renaissance	Kings Cross	245	The Former Midland Grand Hotel
Threadneedles City Boutique Hotel	City of London	69	occupies a banking hall built in 1865
The Montcalm at Brewery London City	City of London	235
Trafalgar Hilton	Trafalgar Square	129	opened 2001; contemporary building behind a retained facade
Waldorf Hilton	near The Strand	303	grand hotel built in 1908;
Wyndham Grand Chelsea Harbour	Chelsea	160	modern; overlooks the marina at Chelsea Harbour

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, with 1,271.
• 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 bedrooms, 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 Europe”s 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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