Bermondsey Square Hotel

This air-conditioned establishment was recently opened (in spring 2009) and is quickly becoming known as one of the hippest hotels in London. It has a unique outlook on what a hotel should be and has 79 rooms on offer. Guests are welcomed into a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service. Facilities include a hotel safe, cloakroom and lift access. There is a bar, as well as both breakfast and dining rooms on the premises. Conference facilities are available to business travellers. Guests can take advantage of the hotel's WLAN Internet access (fees apply) and the room and laundry services on offer.

The hotel's designer bedrooms include 60 deluxe rooms with luxury double beds, work space, Apple TV's with satellite/cable TV that integrate with guests' lap top or iPod, and an en suite wet-room with Grohe drench shower. Furthermore, there are 15 club bedrooms which have more space, more luxury, and a bigger en suite wet-room. Further amenities include a direct dial telephone, Internet access, safe and minibar. Tea and coffee making facilities provide added convenience. Air conditioning and individually regulated heating are standard features in all accommodation.

Alfie's Kitchen is a 90-seat restaurant and bar, with a wine-shop and delicatessen attached. The terrace garden offers al fresco seating for another 120 people.

Guests can pamper themselves with a massage treatment.

By car from London Heathrow Airport: Upon departing the airport, take the first exit onto Bolton's Lane at the roundabout. Turn left onto Bath Road A4. At the roundabout, take the first exit onto The Parkway A312. At the roundabout, take the fourth exit onto Slip Road (M4 J3). Continue onto M4. Continue onto Great West Road A4. At the roundabout, take the second exit onto Great West Road A4. Continue onto A4. Turn right onto Earl's Court Road A3220. Bear right onto Redcliffe Gardens A3220. Continue onto A3220. Turn left onto Cremorne Road A3220. Continue onto A3220. Continue onto Chelsea Embankment A3212. Bear right onto Grosvenor Road A3212. Turn right onto Vauxhall Bridge Road A202. Bear left onto Wandsworth Road A3036. Bear right onto Kennington Lane A202. Continue onto Newington Butts A3. At the roundabout, take the first exit onto Elephant and Castle A3. At the roundabout, take the third exit onto New Kent Road A201. At the roundabout, take the second exit onto Tower Bridge Road A100. Turn left onto Bermondsey Square. Turn left onto Bermondsey Square until arriving at the hotel.