Introduction: Located south of the River Thames close to
Colliers Wood tube station. The train journey into central London takes around
30 minutes. Convenient for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships held at the all
England Tennis club each June which is 2 miles north west of the hotel. Colliers
Wood can lay claim to being home to one of the UK's ugliest buildings, known as
the Colliers Wood Tower this large office block was named London's ugliest
building in 2006. Its also home one of the largest supermarkets in Europe, the
Sainsbury's Savacentre supermarket, located at 1 Merton high Street. Wimbledon
is useful as a stop point between
Gatwick Airport (about 40 minutes away) and central London and 2 motorways
are within 10 miles, the M4 and the M25. The nearest airport is actually one of
London's lesser known international airports, Biggin Hill, where aircraft are
available for charter. Directly opposite the hotel is a retail park which
includes a large supermarket, restaurants/coffee shop and large stores. Local
places of interest include Merton Abbey Mills craft fair and market (0.1 miles),
Wandle Heritage Centre Merton Heritage Centre telling the story of Merton (0.1
miles), Deen City Farm and Riding School (0.3 miles) and the London Sewing
Machine Museum (1.8 miles). For local shopping take a trip to the Centre Court
Shopping Mall on Queens Road 1 mile from the hotel where you will find 2 floors
of shops and a 3rd floor for eating. Major attractions within reach include
Kew Gardens (6.8 miles),
Hampton Court (7.1 miles) and
Chessington World of Adventures (7.3 miles).
Hotel:
The hotel is next to the River Wandle and has several fast food restaurants in
the immediate vicinity and a pub serving food within 5 minutes walk.
If you've ever stayed in a Premier Inn previously then you'll more or less know
what to expect as the facilities are pretty much standard across all their
hotels.
Within the Premier Inn Wimbledon South is a contemporary styled restaurant and
licensed bar (Bar Est). The restaurant serves evening meals which consists of a
selection of traditional English and Continental dishes. Breakfast has two
options, either the full selection with as much as you can eat for a fixed price
or for slightly less a continental breakfast.
Rooms are en-suite with supplied shower gel. Bedrooms have WiFi, satellite flat
screen TV, coffee/tea tray, heating/air conditioning and desk.
Beds have a duvet. Hairdryers available.
Accessible bedrooms available.
Receptions remains open 24/7.
Parking: Available
onsite. (charges apply)
Room Numbers:
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out: noon
Comment: Hotel was newly opened in
2005.
