Introduction:
The Crown Plaza Kensington
London is located just slightly to the West of the heart
of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The Gloucester Road
underground station is within a minutes walk from the hotel which makes it an
ideal location for business travellers, since it offers easy access to the Earls Court
(0.7 miles) and Olympia Exhibition (1 mile) centres and is also on the Piccadilly line
which goes to all terminals at Heathrow airport. For the leisure traveller the
hotel offers easy accessibility to all the major London attractions
including Quality upmarket shopping at South Kensington (0.4 miles),
High Street Kensington
(0.5 miles) and
Kings Road Chelsea (0.8 miles. Nearest attractions include
the
Natural History Museum
(0.3 miles),
Royal Albert Hall (0.5 miles),
Kensington Palace (0.6 miles),
Hyde Park (0.7
miles) and the world famous department
store of
Harrods (0.9 miles), located at nearby Knightsbridge. The hotel is actually on the
A4 dual carriageway, Cromwell Road, which is the main commuter route into and
out of London and connects directly with the M4 motorway and
Heathrow Airport.
The A4 is a busy road and hailing a taxi is never a problem.
Hotel:
The Crowne Plaza Kensington hotel has its own private 1 acre landscaped garden providing a quiet, tranquil and
relaxing atmosphere. A boutique style hotel with a Victorian townhouse facade.
Bedroom facilities include private bathroom, individually controlled air
conditioning, high speed internet access, satellite TV with in-house pay movies and
games plus internet browser, radio,
direct dial telephone with two lines and
voice mail, alarm, hairdryer,
iron/iron board, room safes, trouser press, tea and coffee making
facilities, CD Player, DVD Player, Double Glazed Windows, Mini Bar, Separate
Hanging Closet, Work Desk with Lamp and an ironing board on request.
The hotel has 31 club rooms and 20 split-level suites which come with exclusive club lounge access.
The suites are divided into four categories which include seven Junior Suites
and four Syndicate Suites (designed to allow meetings for up to six people),
All rooms have 24 hour room service. All rooms no-smoking. Daily maid service. 2 bedrooms
adapted for improved accessibility.
Dining:
Onsite is the
contemporary styled StreetSide Restaurant which has wonderful views out over the
hotels garden and serves Modern and traditional British A La Carte cuisine and Al Fresco dining weather
permitting. Open for breakfast, lunch
and dinner.
The informal Traffic Lounge Bar on the ground floor is open from 11.00 till
01.30 (noon till to midnight on Sundays).
The Crowne Plaza Kensington hotel has its own well equipped gym open 07.00 till 22.00 and includes a
sauna.
Hotel services include a concierge, luggage storage, air-conditioned public areas,
same day Dry Cleaning
Pickup and Laundry, Currency Exchange and vending Machines. At the front
reception you will safety deposit box facilities.
The hotel has a business centre which is staffed from 07.00 till 23.00 and
provides the following services:
Copying, Courier Service, E-mail & Internet, fax, computer use and printer.
There are also 4 well equipped meeting rooms the largest of which can handle
15-0 delegates reception style.
Parking: very limited. 8 spaces.
charges apply. Public NCP car park 1/3rd of a mile away at the
Marriott Kensington. (charges
apply)
Room Numbers:
162 / 6 floors
Check-in:
14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out:
13.00 (1 pm) (late check-out option)
Comment: Formerly called the Holiday Inn
Kensington until 2009. Please note that it
wasn't the
similarly named
Holiday Inn Kensington Forum,
and still operating hotel on the same road.
Owned by Lum Chang (London) ltd.
The Crowne Plaza Kensington underwent an £8 million pound
refurbishment during 2008/09 in preparation for its re-branding from the Holiday
Inn Kensington Cromwell Road.
