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CLICK FOR MAP nearest: Station: Victoria 0.1 miles (0.1 km) Motorway Junction: M4 jnct 1: 5.9 miles (9.4 km) |
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| Address: Thistle London Victoria, 101 Buckingham Palace Road, London, England, UK, SW1W 0SJ | ||
| Hotel Rating: 4 STAR |
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| Average Customer Rating: 4.5/10 (8 reviews) |
Introduction: The Grosvenor Hotel is just a few yards from major mainline train station of Victoria as well as London's main coach terminus. The station is on both the tube network and national rail network and so provides transport links all over the capital and the country. Perhaps most handily this is where the Gatwick Express train service operated from, a non-stop route to Gatwick Airport in 30 minutes. This is a central London location with the upmarket and exclusive residential area of Belgravia to the north and the popular budget hotel location of Pimlico to the south. Shopping and amenities are on your doorstep as the hotel is just about at the end of Victoria Street with a good range of shops, bars and restaurants. Its also where you'll find the attraction of Westminster Cathedral. At the far end of Victoria Street is Parliament Square (0.8 miles) and a cluster of famous attractions such as Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Whitehall. Not the prettiest of areas in the immediate vicinity of the hotel and yet less 1/3rd of a miles walk to the north east is Buckingham Palace and its pleasant grounds that includes to large parks. These are Green Park and St James's Park. Just over half a miles walk to the west finds the start of the Kings Road, Chelsea. popular by day and night. In the daytime for it range of shops, boutiques and restaurants and its reputation for leading the way in funky fashion. At night for its trendy bars and clubs. On the whole this makes an excellent base for exploring central London with good transport links locally. Hotel: |
| Please note: There are two Thistle hotels within 100
yards of each other. The other hotel is The
Thistle Westminster
which is also on the Buckingham Palace Road. Further do no confuse this hotel with the better known Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane. Parking: none on-site. Nearby pay car park. Room Numbers: 357 (3 suites) / 7 floors Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm) Check-out: 12.00 noon |
| History: The Grosvenor hotel first opened in 1861, designed by J. T. Knowles in an Italianate style with a French Renaissance roof. In 1899 it was purchased by LBSCR (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway). They in turn leased the hotel to Gordon Hotels and opened again on 10th December 1900. In 1907 an extension was built which provided a new facade for Victoria station which was below the hotel. In 1977 British Transport Hotels took control of the hotel before selling it Thistle Hotels in 1983. Eventually the name 'Grosvenor' was removed totally from the branding until 2008. The hotel will always have a place in the history of London hotels as the first hotel to feature lifts, or 'ascending rooms' as they were called at the time. They were powered by using the City's water pressure. |
| Past Names: Thistle Victoria (2008), Grosvenor Thistle Hotel |
| Amenities | ||
| TV Room Service Shower Lounge Meeting/Banquet Facilities Babysitting/Child Services Barber/Beauty Shop Coffee Shop Car Rental Desk |
Concierge Desk No Smoking Rooms/Facilities Laundry/Valet Services Secretarial Service Restaurant In Room Movies 220 AC Bath Tub |
Television with Cable Safe Deposit Box Phone Service Mini Bar Multilingual Barber Shop Porters Handicapped Rooms/Facilities |
| Locality Information |
| Near To: Victoria, Pimlico, Belgravia,
Westminster, Chelsea, Vauxhall Airports Served: London City Airport (8.4 miles, 13.6 km), Heathrow Airport (13.4 miles, 21.5 km), Gatwick Airport (23.3 miles, 37.4 km), Luton Airport, (28.3 miles, 45.5 km), Stansted Airport (32.3 miles, 52.1 km) |
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