July 19, 2010

London, England: The Ridgemount Hotel; hotel review

65-67 Gower St., Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6HJ; +44 (0) 20 7636 1141, and +44 (0) 20 7580 7060.

Located just across the street from where women’s suffrage pioneer Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett lived and died (in 1929) at #2 Gower, and from where the first anaesthetic was administered in England in 1846 at #52, the simple Ridgemount Private Hotel operates within in a 1700s Georgian town house and offers rooms with and without baths. On my second trip to London, when my budget was weak but my bladder was still strong, we opted for the cheapest room in the house, sans bath. Note that Gower Street is a noisy thoroughfare and that building restrictions forbid double-glazing the windows. Request a quiet room in back.



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