Great Northern Hotel - London

Introduction: Its hard to imagine a better location for commuters than the Great Northern Hotel which sits between Kings Cross and St Pancras International Station, a short walk from either. The stations offer much in the way of amenities which make up for the somewhat less appealing immediate vicinity. St Pancras is also the London terminal for the channel tunnel link. However many well known attractions and places of interest are within easy reach and London's west end is less than a mile to the south west. Its just a 300 yard walk to the British Museum while less than 1/3rd of a mile to the north east on New Wharf Road is the London Canal Museum. 1 mile to the north is Camden High Street and the famous Camden Market. Other nearby places of interest include the Foundling Museum (0.4 miles), Petrie Egyptian Archaeology Museum 0.6 miles, Dickens House (0.6 miles), Chapel Street Market (0.7 miles) and the Political Cartoon Museum (0.8 miles). There are several local theatres with the Courtyard Theatre, Workhouse Theatre and Place Theatre within a third of a mile.

The Great Northern Hotel will be developed between 2009 and 2011 into a luxury boutique hotel. The hotel is owned under a 125 year lease by Robson Asset Management (RAM) while King’s Cross Central hold the freehold. Oxford Hotels are the development managers, working with MACE and GB Building Solutions ltd. The hotel will have a new entrance.

When completed the hotel will feature 94 bedrooms, bar and restaurant.
Grade II listed.

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Hotel is outside the congestion charging zone
Room Numbers: 94
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Comment: Originally opened on 17th May 1854 the Great Northern hotel is now the oldest purpose built hotel in London. The hotel was first designed by Lewis Cubitt but little remains of the original building other than the facade from those Victorian beginnings.
The hotel was closed in February 2001 (it was a Best Western Hotel at the time) to make way for the Channel Tunnel rail link infrastructure improvements to Kings Cross/St Pancras Station.