Hotel in Detail:
Brand new purpose built hotel, the H10 London Waterloo opened in March 2010. This is a modern hotel with the latest amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access throughout as well as a dedicated business corner with free internet. The hotels interiors are a mix of European functionalism but with a British style.Bedrooms come with flat screen TV with international channels, Minibar, hairdryer, phone, digital safe, air-conditioning, Intelligent temperature control, Media Hub (iPod and PC connection) and kettle. All rooms en-suite with toiletries supplied and steam free mirrors.
Deluxe bedrooms come with Espresso monodose coffee maker, Iron and ironing board, Free press in the room (on request), Bathrobe and slippers
24 hours room service.
Onsite is the hotels a La Carte restaurant, Three O Two, and the modern style hotel bar, Circus Bar. The restaurant serves Mediterranean and International dishes and looks out onto Waterloo Road. The Circus bar is located in the hotel lobby.
Also within the premises is a Spa providing a Gym, Sauna, Hydro massage shower, massages and beauty treatments.
The H10 London waterloo has 4 meeting rooms which can handle a maximum of 55 in the largest room.
Front desk manned 24 hours. Hotel has a lift. No-smoking throughout.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Lambeth North 0.3 miles (0.4 km), Railway Station: London Waterloo 0.3 miles (0.5 km), DLR Station: Tower Gateway 1.6 miles (2.6 km), Motorway: M1 Junction 1 7.3 miles (11.7 km). The 4 tube stations and 3 railway stations in a half mile radius (0.8 km) of the hotel means transport links are excellent.Sitting between the busy areas of Waterloo and the Elephant and Castle places the H10 London Waterloo close to major commuter links, popular shopping areas and with good access to the popular tourist areas of Central London. The hotels location is on the south side of the River Thames while the most central areas are located on the north side of the River with Piccadilly Circus and the West End around 1.4 miles to the north west and is accessed via Waterloo or Westminster Bridge. The Elephant and Castle and many shops and bars but is a down market area compared to the main tourist areas. More touristy would be Borough High Street which is around half a mile way to the north east. Waterloo station is on the of 5 main railway stations within greater London and offers services out to the rest of the UK as well as being a stop on the London underground and tube service. Well located for Westminster and the Houses of Parliament (House of Commons and House of Lords) which is less than a mile across Westminster Bridge.
There are many nearby places on interest which include the Imperial War Museum (0.2 miles), Young Vic Theatre (0.3 miles), Imax Cinema (0.5 miles), London Aquarium (0.6 miles), Tate Modern (0.6 miles), Royal festival hall (0.6 miles) and the Hayward Gallery (0.6 miles). Also just 0.6 miles away is the must-see London Eye, a giant Catherine Wheel on which pods are placed allowing visitors to take in huge views over the whole of London.
Bedroom Numbers: 177 (1 suite) / 13 floors
Check-in: 15.00 (3 pm)
Check-out: Noon. 12.00
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.3 out of 5 by 7967 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 4.2 out of 5 from 3413 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 226 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 4.4 out of 5 from 4554 reviews)
Parking:
No parking available.Internet:
Wired internet is available in all areas and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 86% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 4 star hotels is 82%. Therefore this hotel is above average for its sector (star rating) and for London as a whole.
Milesfaster ranking: 141st from 853 London hotels, and 43rd of 341 four star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A similar hotel nearby (0.4 miles, 0.7 km) would be the 4 star Novotel Blackfriars,
where rates start from £149 and which has an 87% guest satisfaction rating. The Novotel Blackfriars also offers: free WiFi.
Looking for lower base rates? Then another option might be the Citadines Barbican Apartments. 1.6 miles
away (2.6 km), has scored 85%
from former guests and whose lowest rates start at about £99 (theres free WiFi too). Prefer a tried and tested hotel close by judged by its guests ratings? We think the 4 Star Staybridge Suites Vauxhall stands out in that regard, it's only 0.8 miles (1.2 km) from here. The Staybridge Suites Vauxhall has an extremely high guest rating of 96%, one of the best rated London hotels.
Local hotels analysed:
The fifty closest hotels from here (284-302 Waterloo Road, SE1 postcode) that we have data for cover a 1.1 miles (1.7 km) radius. The 50 consist of 10 five star hotels (average rating 91%), 25 four star hotels (average rating 85%) and 15 three star hotels (average rating 84%). Top 4 star hotel is Staybridge Suites Vauxhall at 96%. Of these hotels the highest rated is Corinthia Hotel London (5 star) at 99%.Base Rates: See how the area stacks up for low rates using base rates. We use published base rates but note these do not reflect special offers or short term discounts so remain a rough guide.
Of the nearest fifty hotels we have base rates for 48 of them. We have calculated the average base rate for all the 50 nearby hotels at £197 per night. The low end of the scale shows rates from £50 at The Z Hotel City (3 Star, 78%) to a high of £720 at Corinthia Hotel London (5 Star, 99%). Rate averages for each star rating: Five Star average: £409, Four Star average: £155 and Three Star average: £98.
Summary:
We rank hotels based on their guest rating but balanced for their influencing factors and we rank H10 London Waterloo 25th (joint) of 50 nearby hotels and 9th (joint) for the 25 four star hotels in the area. Compared to the nearest alternative hotels this hotel is 36th of 48 (22nd of 25 four star hotels.) for base rates. Balancing the hotels rates and user rating we rank the hotel 34th of 48 when judging the balance of price point to user rating (Premier Inn Blackfriars (Fleet Street) was top).
Comment: Interior designed by Pedro Peña, building designed by Maccreanor Lavington Architects. The H10 Waterloo building won a Royal Institute of British Architects Award in May 2011.