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[jane]

Hi, i have to go to london soon and want to stay in a good hotel, does anyone know of ones that have nice rooms that are accessable. i stayed in brighton last week at the thistle and they had lovely ones, bathroom was fab.

thanks

Jane

[Izziwhizzi]

I would think it mostly depends on where you want to go in London and how as well as your budget and preferences. I recently stayed at Hammersmith and it took us 2 hours to drive the 10 miles to Greenwich.

Unfortunately I'm usually in the budget approx £100 a night market when I go with requirements for an accessible family room for 2 adults + 2 kids. I have only found one hotel room in all of London that offers me this. All the chains have non accessible family rooms for 4, accessible double rooms and so connecting rooms (where you end up paying double) is their only way to overcome it.

20 years ago the Copthorne Tara just off Kensington High Street was the only hotel that marketed disabled access rooms, but now even all the basic chains have to have some accessible rooms.

So recently just for a double accessible I've stayed at Holiday Inn Expresses, Travelodge & Premier Inn's in London. I've found the chains are basic and cheap, have many locations in London but clean and have nice but uninspiring accessible rooms.

A more expensive one I've stayed in and liked was the Hilton at Islington. There are more Hilton's in London obviously.

If you want an expensive boutique type hotel obviously London has loads and a great place to look is in the Mr & Mrs Smith guide online.

http://www.mrandmrss...kingdom/london/

Some hotels are only £150 a night (whilst others are in excess of a £1000) and look so much nicer than the chains at £100 a night, but think you'l have to call the agency to find out what hotels have accessible rooms.

Hope my waffle has helped.

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[dangerousdave]

I stayed at a Travelinn accessable room once.
Toilet area was spacious
Jut couldnt get the wheelchair down the gap between te beds

[chickadee]

Try the Hilton in Canary Wharf. Actually, most new hotels in Canary Wharf should have something accessible. What's nice is that it's connected to the DLR and the boat docks (if I remember right). You'll be able to get around the southeast end of London decently, plus you can get on buses for free with a chair. If you go, make absolute sure that anyone that's with you gets an Oyster card - plastic card that has a little device inside that is scanable at tube stations, buses, etc. The difference in fares is crazy without it.

There's another one nearish to Green Park tube that's lovely, but it might be out of your price range. I can't remember it right at the moment. Also, check with the Mercure in Southwark - I'm not sure about the accessibility, but they were lovely rooms, very spacious, and it was either new or newly renovated.