More London information
This website is intended to be an extensive resource covering everything you might need to know during your stay at one of our London hotels. This includes Tourist Information Centres, events in London, the best theatre shows and what's on at the cinema, as well as the location of places of worship, libraries, hospitals, post offices, Embassies and Consulates. Information on the local London telephone system as well as some important numbers are also included.
Tourist Offices in London
London Tourist Offices will be able to supply you with information on the sights within London, entertainment, how to get there, where to stay and more, basically all the information you may need to plan your trip.
Cinemas in London
London hosts an abundance of cinemas in all areas of the city. Many of the cinemas have up to 8 screens, giving you a greater variety to choose from.
Theatres in London
The theatre box offices are open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 7 or 8pm. You can call the box office to book your seats and they will describe the location of the best available seats for you to choose from.
Consulates & Embassies in London
Embassies and consulates provide local, national and worldwide information on services directed to their country. They also assist their compatriots and offer local representation in their homeland.
Hospitals in London
Under the National Health Scheme to nationals from the European Union and a number of other countries, emergency medical treatment, either in a hospital or general practitioner's, is available without charge.
Post Offices in London
You can post letters or parcels at local post offices or if you already have the stamps you can place the article in the red cylindrical shaped Royal Mail post boxes, often located on street corners.
London Telephone Services
British Telecommunications ('BT') is the main provider of telephone and telecommunications within the UK. They provide all the public call boxes.
Important Phone Numbers
We would hope that during your stay in London you will not need to use the following numbers but here they are just in case.
Religious places in London
London is a truly multi-cultural city and with it comes an abundance of people with many different faiths. Throughout the city you will find places of worship for almost every religion.
London Libraries
The libraries within London offer a vast amount of information, history and knowledge. Every borough has their own library servicing the community. Below is a few of the larger, more well-known libraries.
British Currency
The British currency is made up of the Pound Sterling '£' which can be divided into 100 pence 'p'. The coins consist of £2, £1, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p and 1p whilst the notes are made up of £50, £20, £10 and £5.
Sports in London
London hosts many of the crucial domestic and international fixtures including football, rugby and cricket and the famous Wimbledon tennis championships also take place in the capital.
Children's London
First impressions of London might lead you to believe it is not very child friendly, with its crowds, incessant noise and intimidating traffic. But you will find places that are very accommodating towards children and are not heavy on the purse strings.
River Cruises
London's leading all year operator of restaurant cruises, Bateaux London hosts tasty lunches aboard its elegant restaurant cruisers.
Unexplored London
St Mary's Hospital in Paddington contains a reconstruction of Alexander Fleming's laboratory as it was in 1928, when he discovered penicillin.
London Directory
To help you decide which of our London hotels to book we wanted to give you some guide as to London generally.
