Holiday Inn Kensington Forum London

Where is it?
Towering above every other building in South Kensington, central London, the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum sits within 200 metres of the intersection of Gloucester Road and Cromwell Road in London postcode SW7. The Gloucester Road tube station is less than a 4 minute easy walk away and from here you can access the Circle and District line to almost every area of central London.
South Kensington is just to the east of Earls Court and to the west of Knightsbridge so within walking distance you have many attractions and a multitude of shops, bars and restaurants. Kings Road and Fulham road in Chelsea are easily both walkable as are High Street Kensington, Harrods, the Natural History Museum and the Royal Albert Hall. The Cromwell Hospital is less than 200 metres distance.

Rest and Sleep
The Holiday Inn Kensington Forum has over 900 bedrooms over 27 floors. All have a private bathroom and are to the usual Holiday Inn style with air conditioning and internet connection and are of an acceptable size.
Standard in all bedrooms are:

• Cable / Satellite TV
• Colour TV
• In Room Movies
• Coffee Maker
• High-speed Internet Access
• Work Desk with Lamp
• Desk level plug sockets
• Phone with Voice Mail
• Bathtub
• Hairdryer
• Crib (On Request)
• Double Glazed Windows
• Individually Controlled Air Conditioning

The Executive rooms are generally more spacious and have a minibar.

At the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum there is no shortage of where to eat and drink.
At the rear of the lobby area is Consortia, a casual cafe styled dining area open throughout the day and evening for drinks and meals and snacks. This area is also wifi enabled.
On the first floor is the large breakfast room which serves both buffet style continental or cooked food on a self help basis so eat as much as you like. The breakfast menu caters for all tastes and is rated by us as one of the better Holiday Inn breakfasts available.
A favourite with many of the aircrews that stay at the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum is the Cromwell Tavern. Styled as a traditional wood panelled British Pub you can have hot bar snacks and English beers whilst watching TV sports until 2am in the morning.
Room service is available 24 hours a day and offers light snacks, pasta, pizzas, grills, desserts and a specially selected Children's Menu.

The Holiday Inn has a well equipped gym with upright LifeCycle, Recumbent LifeCycle, Life Stairclimber, two treadmills with automatic inclines, Concept II rower, Ab trainer, Linear fly/rear deltoid resistance machine and a Pectoral resistance machine. It is open 24 hours a day.

There are two tube stations within a 5 minute walk, Earls Court and Gloucester Road. From either station there is direct, no change, travel to all five terminals at London Heathrow Airport (45 minutes). From Earls Court you can also travel directly to Wimbledon. The tube at either station will take you right around central London as far east as London Tower and the City. Covent Garden and Theatreland are an easy 15 to 20 minute travel.
For those driving, The Holiday Inn is just outside the start of the Congestion Zone and offers secure monitored underground car parking. For those driving to the hotel it could not be simpler, just exit the M25 onto the M4 and then A4, then stay straight all the way to the hotel.

NEARBY ATTRACTIONS: Grosvenor Casino, Kings Road, Fulham Road, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Royal Albert Hall, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Sloane Street, High Street Kensington, Gloucester Road, Sainsbury's Superstore (24 hours), Earls Court Exhibition Center, Kensington Palace, Chelsea and Imperial College.

Ok its a corporate mid range hotel which could be in any city in the world but it does have advantages going for it.
The Holiday Inn Kensington Forum is in an almost perfect location for travelling around London.
Its high rise so you are above the traffic noise that plagues many hotels in central London.
It has many services in-house and within a 2 minute walk you have shops, restaurants and bars. The breakfast is above average, however if you wish to save money then close by are 3 or 4 breakfast opening restaurants, in particular "Black and Blue" (recommended).
Taking into account its a huge hotel, the client service is also above average.
On the negative side, its very annoying queuing for Sunday breakfast and its also quite worrying seeing the air crews knocking back pints during an overnight layover !
The good thing is, you know what you are getting and so its a safe option.