Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SD; 0871 376 9006 /+44 845 305 8306.
Built in 1898, the gorgeous red-brick Kingsley by Thistle hotel was originally named for Charles Kingsley, the author of some popular English children’s books. It is in a prime location just a few blocks from The British Museum and Covent Garden. Bloomsbury has always attracted writer residents and visitors, and the hotel can claim that E.M. Forester slept here in 1902. Though I remember fondly staying here in a room equipped with a canopy bed and decorated with wallpaper and chintzes in a lovely theme of pale yellow and English blue, the hotel has been refurbished into more contemporary style. But some rooms still have a view of the ancient roof of The Parish Church of St. Georges Bloomsbury (located just next door, it was built in the early 1700s by a former pupil and assistant of Sir Christopher Wren). One of my favorite amenities was the room’s tea tray, stocked with Scottish chocolate chip shortbread and Cadbury’s hot chocolate.
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image courtesy of hotel
updated August 25, 2023
Built in 1898, the gorgeous red-brick Kingsley by Thistle hotel was originally named for Charles Kingsley, the author of some popular English children’s books. It is in a prime location just a few blocks from The British Museum and Covent Garden. Bloomsbury has always attracted writer residents and visitors, and the hotel can claim that E.M. Forester slept here in 1902. Though I remember fondly staying here in a room equipped with a canopy bed and decorated with wallpaper and chintzes in a lovely theme of pale yellow and English blue, the hotel has been refurbished into more contemporary style. But some rooms still have a view of the ancient roof of The Parish Church of St. Georges Bloomsbury (located just next door, it was built in the early 1700s by a former pupil and assistant of Sir Christopher Wren). One of my favorite amenities was the room’s tea tray, stocked with Scottish chocolate chip shortbread and Cadbury’s hot chocolate.
More London hotels.
image courtesy of hotel
updated August 25, 2023
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