
Posh-as-you-like Fulham’s parliamentary constituency is about to be moved from the district of Hammersmith & Fulham to the district of Chelsea & Fulham, which says all you need to know about the rampant gentrification of this formerly working class area of west London.
Bordering the Thames just west of Chelsea, it’s a truly lov ely place with grand white residences and an aristocratic air winding down to one of the nicest stretches of the riverside.
The King’s Road – the centre of Swinging London in the 60s, now home to hundreds of designer boutiques and exclusive restaurants – stretches through the area, and Fulham Road next to Fulham Broadway Underground station (District Line, Wimbledon branch) has its own fair share of mainstream shopping outlets and a Vue cinema multiplex (Fulham Broadway Retail Centre, 0871 224 0240, www.myvue.com).
Fright film fans shouldn’t miss All Saint’s Church (Putney Bridge Approach, www.allsaints-fulham.org.uk) as featured in The Omen – it’s a beautiful place whatever the weather, with its riverside setting and regular music recitals.
Bishop’s and Hurlingham Parks are also on the waterfront, and are a real treat if you are lucky enough to enjoy London in good weather.
Football fans will love the fact that there’s two Premier League teams in Fulham’s boundaries: the noveau riche duo of nearly men Chelsea (Stamford Bridge, www.chelseafc.com) and friendly Fulham (Craven Cottage, www.fulhamfc.com). If Chelsea, with Roman Abramovich’s billions, vastly-paid superstars and their own leisure complex sum up everything that’s wrong with the modern game, Fulham FC are a real blast from the past. Though Harrods head honcho Mohammed al-Fayed bankrolls the side (he still does a lap of honour before many home games) there’s few grounds as lovely as Craven Cottage with its riverside setting, traditional home comforts, great catering and very sporting atmosphere – there can’t be many grounds in world football sporting an unsegregated neutral end. The ease of getting tickets means Fulham have been adopted by many of the city’s international visitors, and there’s no more welcoming place to watch top flight footy in the capital.
Staying close to this area the Cranley Hotel is perfectly positioned being close to the Kings Road and South Kensington.
Fulham Broadway Underground station (District Line, Wimbledon branch) Parsons Green, West Brompton and Putney Bridge Underground stations are all nearby, and on the same branch of the District Line.
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 05 Feb | 06 Feb | 07 Feb | 08 Feb | 09 Feb | 10 Feb | 11 Feb | 12 Feb |
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| Millennium Copthorne Hotels at Chelsea Football Club | SW6 1HS | 0.42 | 4 | £210.00 | £114.00 | £264.00 | £120.00 | £102.00 | £126.00 | £150.00 | £114.00 |
| Hotel Ibis London Earls Court | SW6 1UD | 0.65 | 3 | £75.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £90.00 | £95.00 |
| Wyndham Grand Chelsea Harbour | SW10 0XG | 1.07 | 5 | £218.40 | £228.00 | £228.00 | £228.00 | £228.00 | £218.40 | £218.40 | £218.40 |
| Lord Jim | SW5 9TT | 1.18 | 3G | £42.00 | £39.00 | £39.00 | £39.00 | £39.00 | £39.00 | Full | £39.00 |
| Lord Kensington | SW5 9NJ | 1.22 | 3 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £52.00 | £82.00 | £45.00 |
| The Mayflower Hotel Apartments | SW5 9NJ | 1.22 | 4 | £50.00 | £79.00 | £79.00 | £65.00 | £50.00 | Full | Full | £55.00 |
| Oliver Plaza Hotel | SW5 9NF | 1.22 | 3G | £55.00 | £57.00 | £57.00 | £57.00 | £57.00 | £75.00 | Full | £70.00 |
| City Continental London Kensington | SW5 9TT | 1.23 | 3G | £45.00 | £50.00 | £50.00 | £50.00 | £50.00 | £50.00 | £55.00 | £45.00 |
| The Trebovir Hotel | SW5 9NH | 1.31 | 3 | £39.00 | £54.00 | £54.00 | £39.00 | £39.00 | £49.00 | £79.00 | £44.00 |
| Executive Rooms - By Shaftesbury | SW5 0QQ | 1.32 | 4 | £55.00 | £59.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 |
| Rushmore Hotel | SW5 9LS | 1.32 | 3 | £40.00 | £69.00 | £79.00 | £69.00 | £49.00 | £59.00 | Full | £89.00 |
| Garden View Hotel | SW5 9PE | 1.32 | 2 | £50.00 | £45.00 | £58.00 | £50.00 | £45.00 | £55.00 | £120.00 | £50.00 |
| Barkston Gardens Hotel | SW5 0EW | 1.33 | 3 | £46.00 | £46.00 | £46.00 | £46.00 | £46.00 | £66.00 | £85.00 | Full |
| St Mark Hotel | SW5 0EN | 1.33 | 3 | £40.00 | £35.00 | £39.00 | £45.00 | £39.00 | £69.00 | £79.00 | £49.00 |
| Twenty Nevern Square Hotel | SW5 9PD | 1.33 | 4 | £70.00 | £80.00 | £85.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 | £95.00 | £70.00 |
| Henley House Hotel | SW5 0EN | 1.36 | 3G | £69.00 | £77.00 | £69.00 | £55.00 | £55.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | £55.00 |
| K + K Hotel George | SW5 9NB | 1.36 | 3 | £144.00 | £144.00 | £144.00 | £144.00 | £144.00 | £144.00 | £144.00 | £144.00 |
| Kensington Court | SW5 9NP | 1.36 | 3 | £59.00 | £59.00 | £59.00 | £59.00 | £59.00 | £69.00 | Full | £69.00 |
| Maranton House | SW5 0EN | 1.38 | 3 | £75.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £90.00 |
| NH Harrington Hall | SW7 4JB | 1.43 | 4 | £168.00 | £144.00 | £204.00 | £204.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £129.60 | £180.00 |
| AVNI KENSINGTON HOTEL | SW7 4LT | 1.49 | 3 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | Full | £75.00 |
| St Simeon Kensington | SW7 4LT | 1.53 | 2 | £55.00 | £65.00 | £57.00 | £57.00 | £85.00 | £119.00 | £119.00 | £75.00 |
| Astons Apartments | SW7 4NH | 1.54 | 3A | £90.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 |
| Ambassadors Hotel | SW5 0LX | 1.58 | 3 | £40.00 | £40.00 | £40.00 | £40.00 | £40.00 | £63.00 | £73.00 | £40.00 |
| NH Kensington | SW5 0SW | 1.60 | 4 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £156.00 | £132.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £144.00 | £120.00 |
| The Rockwell | SW5 0SF | 1.61 | 4 | £95.00 | £95.00 | £95.00 | £105.00 | £95.00 | £95.00 | £95.00 | £95.00 |
| HOTEL OLIVER | SW5 0SN | 1.63 | NC | £39.00 | £39.00 | £39.00 | £39.00 | £39.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| Hotel Olympia Rooms | W14 8SN | 1.63 | 2 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | Full |
| Abcone Hotel | SW7 4DG | 1.65 | 3 | £50.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £55.00 |
| 1 Lexham Gardens Hotel | W8 5JL | 1.66 | 3 | £35.00 | £42.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 | £49.00 | £84.00 | £83.00 | £42.00 |
| London Lodge Hotel | W8 6JE | 1.69 | 3 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 |
| Park International Hotel | SW7 4DT | 1.71 | 4 | £90.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £125.00 | £140.00 | £80.00 |
| Avni No. 1 | SW7 4JJ | 1.72 | 4A | Full | £135.00 | £135.00 | £135.00 | £135.00 | £135.00 | £135.00 | £135.00 |
| Millennium Baileys - A London Town House Hotel | SW7 4QH | 1.74 | 4 | £132.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £222.00 | £156.00 | £144.00 | £216.00 | £132.00 |
| Millennium Gloucester Hotel | SW7 4QH | 1.74 | 4 | £120.00 | £132.00 | Full | £438.00 | £132.00 | £126.00 | Full | £120.00 |
| The Parkcity Hotel | W8 5JE | 1.75 | 4 | £105.00 | £110.00 | £110.00 | £110.00 | £110.00 | £149.00 | Full | £139.00 |
| Ashburn Hotel | SW7 4DP | 1.77 | 4 | £105.00 | £105.00 | £109.00 | £109.00 | £109.00 | £159.00 | £159.00 | £139.00 |
| The Regency Hotel | SW7 5AG | 1.78 | 4 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £154.80 | £118.80 |
| Best Western The Cromwell | SW7 4ES | 1.80 | 4G | £80.00 | £100.00 | £100.00 | £110.00 | £100.00 | £98.00 | £98.00 | £88.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Vanderbilt | SW7 5BT | 1.83 | 4 | £84.00 | £96.00 | £126.00 | £126.00 | £96.00 | £84.00 | £96.00 | £84.00 |
| Rydges Kensington London | SW7 4PE | 1.88 | 4 | £100.00 | £100.00 | £100.00 | £100.00 | £100.00 | £100.00 | £100.00 | £100.00 |
| Fraser Place Queens Gate | SW7 5RR | 1.93 | 4A | £120.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 | £120.00 |
| Hand Flower | W14 8XJ | 1.96 | 3G | Full | Full | £75.00 | £75.00 | £125.00 | £125.00 | Full | Full |
| Grange Strathmore Hotel | SW7 5NB | 1.98 | 4 | £62.00 | £68.00 | £157.00 | £157.00 | £92.00 | £80.00 | £104.00 | £62.00 |
| Harrington Court Serviced Apartments, South Kensington | SW7 3ES | 2.04 | 4A | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £144.00 | £129.00 |
| Kensington Close Hotel | W8 5SP | 2.04 | 4 | £58.80 | £58.80 | £58.80 | £58.80 | £58.80 | £106.80 | £118.80 | £70.80 |
| Brompton Hotel London | SW7 3DL | 2.05 | 2 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £65.00 |
| Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington | W8 5SR | 2.08 | 4 | £96.00 | £96.00 | £114.00 | £108.00 | £108.00 | £108.00 | £108.00 | £96.00 |
| Citadines Prestige South Kensington London | SW7 4PL | 2.08 | 4A | £123.60 | £123.60 | £123.60 | £123.60 | £123.60 | £123.60 | £123.60 | £123.60 |
| 54 Boutique Hotel | SW7 5JW | 2.08 | 4 | £137.00 | £142.00 | £98.00 | £106.00 | £129.00 | £101.00 | £91.00 | £106.00 |
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
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| Fulham Broadway Station | 2 | District | 0.03 miles |
| Parsons Green Station | 2 | District | 0.60 miles |
| West Brompton Station | 2 | District | 0.77 miles |
| Earls Court Station | 1 | District - Piccadilly | 1.28 miles |
| West Kensington Station | 2 | District | 1.31 miles |
| Station | Distance |
|---|---|
| West Brompton Station | 0.69 miles |
| Clapham Junction Station | 1.49 miles |
| Wandsworth Town Station | 2.22 miles |
| Kensington Olympia Station | 2.30 miles |
| Putney Station | 2.59 miles |
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