Hotel in Aldgate, London
The Square Mile
Geoffrey Chaucher, the 14th century father of English literary bawdiness, lived directly above the eastern gate of London’s city centre in his day job as a customs official.
The Ale-Gate – nothing to do with booze; in old English it means ‘free gate’ as the only toll-free entry point of the city – was built by the Romans to let travellers from the east end through their London Wall, parts of which can still be seen in nearby Barbican. The gate’s now long gone, but Aldgate remains a major part of the City with a capital ‘C’: dominated by insurance institutions and Norman Foster’s attractive Gherkin skyscraper, Aldgate falls within the eastern edge of the Square Mile, the self-governed city-within-a-city and the richest financial district in the world.
Business and history aren’t the only reasons to visit Aldgate, though there’s plenty of the latter to keep the visitor entertained. Jack the Ripper struck in nearby Mitre Square, and the Hoop & Grapes pub (47 Aldgate High Street, 0207 481 4583) is the only 17th century timber-framed building left in the City of London – the rest were swept up in the Great Fire of London, which miraculously stopped yards from this alehouse’s door. Now, it’s a snug traditional joint with home-cooked food and some great stories to tell.
Aldgate East stands at the southern end of Brick Lane and Banglatown, equally renowned for drippingly cool nightlife, creative street markets and the best curries in town – soak up the exotic smells and atmosphere with an evening’s stroll here and you’re sure to be persuaded to dine by one of the many persistent, though friendly, restaurant touts.
Also nearby is the world-famous fashion and clothing market at Petticoat Lane. Petticoat Lane Market is one of Britain's oldest running markets and is best visited on a Sunday when there can be up to 1000 stalls.
The Circle and Metropolitan Underground lines serve Aldgate, and Aldgate East – a five minute walk away – is on the Hammersmith & City and District lines, both ten minutes from King’s Cross.
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 23 Feb | 24 Feb | 25 Feb | 26 Feb | 27 Feb | 28 Feb | 29 Feb | 01 Mar |
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| Chamberlain Hotel | EC3N 1NU | 0.17 | 4 | £195.00 | £105.00 | £175.00 | £85.00 | £160.00 | £190.00 | £190.00 | £160.00 |
| Grange City Hotel | EC3N 2BQ | 0.32 | 5 | £234.00 | £108.00 | Full | £215.00 | £215.00 | £334.00 | Full | £191.00 |
| Novotel London Tower Bridge | EC3N 2NR | 0.36 | 4 | £204.00 | £99.00 | £204.00 | £99.00 | £204.00 | £224.00 | £224.00 | £164.00 |
| Andaz London - Liverpool Street | EC2M 7QN | 0.53 | 5 | £324.00 | £162.00 | £174.00 | £300.00 | Full | Full | Full | £324.00 |
| Threadneedles - The City's 5 Star Boutique Hotel | EC2R 8AY | 0.67 | 5 | £474.00 | £132.00 | £150.00 | £270.00 | £294.00 | £390.00 | £510.00 | £294.00 |
| The Tower- A Guoman Hotel | E1W 1LD | 0.80 | 4 | £168.00 | £108.00 | Full | £168.00 | £204.00 | £204.00 | £216.00 | £180.00 |
| All Seasons London Southwark Rose Hotel | SE1 9HH | 1.60 | 3 | £149.00 | £139.00 | Full | £99.00 | Full | £149.00 | £149.00 | £139.00 |
| Novotel London City South | SE1 9HH | 1.64 | 4 | £175.00 | £125.00 | Full | £125.00 | £190.00 | £190.00 | £190.00 | £155.00 |
| Citadines Barbican London | EC1M 7AH | 1.85 | 3 | £110.40 | £110.40 | £110.40 | £110.40 | £110.40 | £110.40 | £110.40 | £174.00 |
| The Bermondsey Square Hotel - a Bespoke Hotel | SE1 3UN | 1.86 | 4 | £190.80 | £106.80 | £118.80 | £106.80 | £190.80 | £214.80 | £250.80 | Full |
| Malmaison London | EC1M 6AH | 1.89 | 4 | £210.00 | £150.00 | £186.00 | £210.00 | £210.00 | £234.00 | £234.00 | £234.00 |
| Mercure London City Bankside | SE1 0JA | 1.90 | 4 | £175.00 | £129.00 | Full | £129.00 | £175.00 | £190.00 | £190.00 | £155.00 |
| Rookery Hotel | EC1M 6DS | 2.00 | 4 | £246.00 | £198.00 | £228.00 | £145.00 | £228.00 | £306.00 | £258.00 | £258.00 |
| Thistle City Barbican | EC1V 8DS | 2.15 | 3 | £108.00 | £78.00 | Full | £120.00 | £108.00 | £132.00 | £132.00 | £108.00 |
| The Zetter Hotel | EC1M 5RJ | 2.19 | 4 | £265.00 | £167.00 | £185.00 | £130.00 | £200.00 | £246.00 | £222.00 | £222.00 |
| Mad Hatter Hotel | SE1 9NY | 2.20 | 3 | £100.00 | £115.00 | £130.00 | £70.00 | £110.00 | £125.00 | £125.00 | £175.00 |
| The RE Hotel London Shoreditch | E2 8PP | 2.22 | 4 | £129.00 | £84.00 | Full | £79.00 | £89.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £79.00 |
| The Bridge Hotel | SE1 0AJ | 2.61 | 3 | £95.00 | £59.00 | £105.00 | £75.00 | £59.00 | £59.00 | £79.00 | £59.00 |
| The Wellington | SE1 8UD | 2.73 | 3G | £94.95 | £80.00 | Full | £60.00 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 |
| Chancery Court Hotel, London | WC1V 7EN | 2.96 | 5 | £276.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £276.00 | £420.00 | £276.00 | £276.00 |
| Citadines Prestige Holborn-Covent Garden | WC1V 6LF | 3.02 | 4A | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £138.00 | £158.40 |
| Park Plaza County Hall | SE1 7RY | 3.10 | 4 | £166.80 | £142.80 | £262.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 | £178.80 |
| Strand Palace Hotel | WC2R 0JJ | 3.14 | 3 | £117.00 | £112.00 | £120.00 | £112.00 | £129.00 | £152.00 | £152.00 | £129.00 |
| SACO London - Holborn | WC1N 3LT | 3.15 | 4A | £199.00 | Full | Full | £156.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | £168.00 |
| Days Hotel Waterloo | SE1 7BJ | 3.15 | NC | £169.00 | £89.00 | £129.00 | £69.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £109.00 | £109.00 |
| City Inn Express | E8 3SG | 3.20 | B | £59.95 | £89.95 | £79.95 | £45.95 | £49.95 | £49.95 | £49.95 | £49.95 |
| Kingsway Hall | WC2B 5BX | 3.22 | 4 | £130.80 | £130.80 | £190.80 | £166.80 | £142.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 |
| Grange Holborn | WC1B 4AR | 3.27 | 5 | £191.00 | £119.00 | Full | £131.00 | £191.00 | Full | Full | £191.00 |
| Mercure London Bloomsbury | WC1B 5AF | 3.39 | 4 | £139.00 | £99.00 | £139.00 | £99.00 | £129.00 | £159.00 | £169.00 | £139.00 |
| The Lancaster Hotel | WC1B 5JD | 3.41 | 3 | £72.00 | £84.00 | Full | £60.00 | £90.00 | Full | £90.00 | £72.00 |
| The Kingsley - A Thistle Hotel | WC1A 2SD | 3.43 | 4 | £166.80 | £154.80 | Full | £154.80 | £178.80 | £274.80 | £214.80 | £154.80 |
| The Portland Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 3.47 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | £96.00 | £150.00 | Full | £227.00 | £191.00 |
| Royal Horseguards | SW1A 2EJ | 3.47 | 5 | £276.00 | £276.00 | £336.00 | £240.00 | £276.00 | £300.00 | £300.00 | £276.00 |
| Beauchamp Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 3.51 | 4 | £126.00 | £119.00 | Full | £90.00 | £150.00 | £186.00 | Full | £179.00 |
| Tommy Miahs' Raj Hotel | N1 3PD | 3.51 | 3 | £70.00 | £70.00 | £90.00 | £39.90 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Generator London | WC1H 9SE | 3.54 | 3h | £22.50 | Full | Full | £22.50 | £22.50 | £22.50 | £22.50 | £22.50 |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | WC1B 5BP | 3.54 | 3 | £114.00 | Full | Full | £90.00 | £191.00 | Full | £251.00 | £239.00 |
| Montague on the Gardens - A Red Carnation Hotel | WC1B 5BJ | 3.54 | 4 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £174.00 |
| Hotel Russell - London, Bloomsbury | WC1B 5BE | 3.59 | 4 | £154.80 | £118.80 | Full | £118.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £154.80 |
| Radisson Edwardian Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 3.61 | 4 | £222.00 | £222.00 | Full | £202.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 | £226.80 | £202.80 |
| Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street | WC1B 3QD | 3.61 | 4 | £186.00 | £162.00 | £210.00 | £162.00 | £202.80 | £202.80 | £238.80 | £238.80 |
| Radisson Edwardian Hampshire | WC2H 7LH | 3.66 | 5 | £210.00 | £226.80 | £262.80 | £226.80 | £226.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £192.00 |
| Novotel London Waterloo | SE1 7LS | 3.67 | 4 | £160.00 | £120.00 | Full | £140.00 | £160.00 | £190.00 | £190.00 | £160.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth | WC1B 3LB | 3.67 | 4 | £132.00 | £84.00 | £238.80 | £102.00 | £162.00 | £258.00 | £258.00 | £166.80 |
| Macdonald Hotel | WC1H 8AL | 3.70 | 2G | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | £75.00 | £75.00 | Full |
| Hotel Megaro | WC1H 8AB | 3.79 | 4 | £120.00 | £230.00 | £150.00 | £79.00 | £105.00 | £120.00 | Full | £120.00 |
| The Royal Trafalgar - A Thistle Hotel | WC2H 7HG | 3.81 | 4 | £178.80 | Full | Full | £178.80 | £214.80 | £238.80 | £190.80 | £178.80 |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | WC1B 3AS | 3.82 | 3 | £129.00 | £89.00 | £129.00 | £84.00 | £84.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £89.00 |
| Euro Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 3.82 | 3G | £145.00 | Full | Full | £105.00 | £105.00 | £105.00 | Full | £150.00 |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel - A member of the Doyle Collection | WC1B 3NN | 3.84 | 4 | £234.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £246.00 | £246.00 | £198.00 |
Aldgate: Tube (underground)
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
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| Aldgate Station | 1 | Metropolitan - Circle line | 0.07 miles |
| Aldgate East Station | 1 | Hammersmith & City - District | 0.28 miles |
| Tower Gateway Station | 1 | DLR (Bank branch) | 0.32 miles |
| Tower Hill Station | 1 | District - Circle line | 0.40 miles |
| Liverpool Street Station | 1 | Metropolitan - Central - Circle line - Hammersmith & City | 0.65 miles |
Aldgate: Rail (overground)
| Station | Distance |
|---|---|
| Fenchurch Street Station | 0.32 miles |
| London Liverpool Street Station | 0.68 miles |
| London Cannon Street Station | 1.08 miles |
| Moorgate Station | 1.10 miles |
| London Bridge Station | 1.22 miles |
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