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City of Westminster London – Useful Guide to Hotels, Restaurants, Taxis and Places of Interest

City of Westminster London – Guide to Hotels, Restaurants, Taxis and Places of Interest

Where to stay:

There are a wide range of hotels which are ideally located for the City of Westminster, a selection are listed below:

London Marriott Hotel County Hall ***** (0.2Km)
London County Hall Westminster Bridge Road London
On the South Bank, overlooking Big Ben and the River Thames, this historic hotel features luxury bedding, spectacular views, fine cuisine and the largest spa/health club complex of any hotel in London.

Park Plaza County Hall **** (0.2Km)
1 Addington Street London
Ideal for family getaways, this brand new 4 star deluxe hotel is located on the doorstep of the London Eye and is minutes away from many of London’s favourite tourist attractions including Big Ben.

Days Hotel Waterloo *** (0.5Km)
54 Kennington Road London
This London hotel is a 10-minute walk from Waterloo International Station and the London Eye. There is a 24-hour bar for guests, good-value rooms and an on-site restaurant.

Novotel London Waterloo *** (0.6Km)
113 Lambeth Rd London
The Novotel London Waterloo is ideally located in the city centre, close to Westminster Abbey and Houses of Parliament.

Thistle Royal Horseguards **** (0.8Km)
2 Whitehall Court Whitehall London
This landmark hotel takes centre stage in an area of London renowned for its glorious pageantry. Located in a quiet area of Whitehall, on the banks of the River Thames, opposite the famous London Eye.

City of Westminster Accommodation can be booked with popular hotel booking website VicinityHotels.com

Nearest Airports:

London City Airport 11.9km

Biggin Hill 21.5km

Northolt 21.7km

London Heathrow Airport 23.7km

London Gatwick Airport 39.5km

Taxis:

Virgin Limobike – 020 7930 0814

O & A Global Services – 020 7407 9707

West End Car Services – 020 7734 8970

Elondon Cars – 020 7494 4004

Westminster Cars – 020 7630 0630

Restaurants:

Rajdoot – 020 7928 7684 0.2km

Sino Thai Restaurant – 020 7401 9702 0.2km

4 Regions – 020 7928 0988 0.4km

Shinos Italian Restaurant Bar & Grill – 020 7401 6514 0.4km

Solomon-Soul Farinto – 020 7401 3655 0.4km

La Barca Ristorante – 020 7261 9221 0.4km

Imperial Tandoori – 020 7928 4153 0.4km

Perdonis – 020 7928 6846 0.4km

Da Vincis – 020 7928 8099 0.5km

Thai Pavillion (East) – 020 7582 6333 0.5km

Caprini – 020 7928 6645 0.6km

Peoples Palace The – 020 7928 9999 0.6km

Hispaniola The – 020 7839 3011 0.8km

Places of Interest:

Old Vic Theatre 0.6km

Young Vic theatre 0.7km

British Film Institute (BFI) 0.7km

National Theatre 0.8km

Somerset House (Museum) 1.2km

Hermitage Rooms (Museum) 1.2km

Tate Britain (Museum) 1.2km

National Gallery (Museum) 1.3km

Gilbert Collection (Museum) 1.3km

Courtauld Institute of Art (Museum) 1.3km

National Portrait Gallery (Museum) 1.3km

London Transport Museum (Museum) 1.4km

Her Majesty’s Theatre 1.4km

Haymarket Theatre 1.4km

Theatre Royal Drury Lane 1.4km

Tate Modern (Museum) 1.5km

Cleaver Square Park 1.5km

R. Twining & Company Limited (Museum) 1.5km

Prince Henry’s Room (Museum) 1.6km

Globe Theatre 1.7km

March 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Transport | Comments are closed

Central London Property Still Rising in Value, Despite Interest Rate Rises

Central London residential property prices rose by 3.9% in July 2007, the highest jump in a single month for 31 years, according to the Knight Frank Prime Central Location index. Lack of supply of suitable properties is considered the reason for the continued rise in residential prices throughout central London, with rises in house prices consistently outperforming gains in flat prices month on month since January.

July’s figures give an annualised growth of 36.4% – the highest annual growth since 1979 – and now the reasons for the lack of supply driving the outstanding price increases are coming under the microscope. It appears that foreign buyers have a large part to play, as 61% of all property over £4 million for sale in prime central London is sold to foreign buyers who, unlike domestic buyers tend not to have another property to release back into the market, thus restricting supply even further.

The substantial rise in property prices has also led to a shift in the behaviour of foreign buyers who initially buy their property for occupation while working in the City. In the past many would arrive to undertake a prestige job in the City and purchase a property solely for occupation while they were in the country and sell the property immediately after returning home. However, because of substantial rises, such as the 36% recorded over the last year, property is increasingly being retained as an investment once the buyer returns home. This has helped fuel the property shortage and in turn keeps central London property values high.

In 2004 the average period that a foreign buyer would hold onto their property after returning home before selling it, was nine months. Last year that period had risen to 20 months and is still rising. It appears that rather than take a quick profit on their London property foreign landlords are now willing to reap an income from tenants while watching the capital value of their property investment surge.

Of course, foreign buyers cannot take all the blame – or credit – depending upon your point of view, as for the substantial and sustained increases in property prices in central London multi-million City bonuses have been swiftly invested in prime central London property, which is still seen as the most solid of investments. So, unless foreign buyers and city brokers decide to liquidate their investments the outlook for central London property seems bright indeed.

February 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Property | Comments are closed
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