Hotels near Apollo Victoria, London
London Hotels near the Apollo Victoria Theatre
Apollo Victoria
17 Wilton Road
London
SW1V 1LG
Tube Station: Victoria 0.1 miles (0.2km)
Hotel: Enrico Hotel; Grosvenor Hotel; Comfort Inn; Park Plaza Victoria
The Apollo Victoria is one of the capitals biggest theatres, and one that has staged some of its most ambitious productions. Its distinctive styling and easy access to hugely convenient transport links make it a popular choice for visitors for London who want to experience all of the glitz and spectacle of the West End combined with convenience.
Originally designed and opened as the New Victoria Cinema in 1930, what has now become the Apollo Victoria showed films including some experimental film broadcasts until it was closed down in 1975. It was reopened as a 2,200 seat theatre in 1981, and Shirley Bassey sang at its opening ceremony.
As a theatrical venue it has focused on musicals, and those at the more spectacular end of the scale. The Sound Of Music, Camelot, and Fiddler On The Roof were all productions in the early 1980s. However, the Apollo Victoria probably became most associated with the production that ran from 1984 to 2002. It had 7,406 performances and required the extensive remodelling of the inside of the theatre to include a race track that sidled through the audience. The production, of course, was Andrew Lloyd Webbers Starlight Express which was a fixture at the Apollo Victoria for 18 years, and the huge sign for which was the first glimpse of London anyone got when they arrived at Victoria Station.
Since Starlight Express closed the theatre has been home to a number of large, spectacular musicals. These have included Bombay Dreams, Saturday Night Fever and, at the time of writing (July 2011) the theatre is in the middle of a long run of Wicked!, the musical based on The Wizard Of Oz. This has grossed £150 million in London alone, and set box office records by taking £760,000 during its first eight performances. In October 2010, the Apollo Victoria celebrated its 80th birthday with a gala performance, including a reunion of many of the stars of Starlight Express.
Given its proximity to Victoria mainline station, it is just across the road, the Apollo Victoria is one of the easiest theatres to get to in London. Not only does Victoria have a mainline station, but its tube station gives you access to the Victoria and District & Circle lines. Other nearby tube stations are St James Park, Pimlico, and Westminster. If you have the energy for a fifteen-minute walk you could always take a river boat to the Houses of Parliament and walk up Victoria Street from there. If you are coming by coach do not confuse Victoria Coach Station with Victoria Station, they are not in the same building and are about five minutes walk away from each other.
Given how easy it is to get to, and the large scale and popularity of its productions, the Apollo Victoria has a special place in the hearts of many who visit London through Victoria Station. If you are looking for a spectacular show, then it is always bearing the Apollo Victoria in mind. Although it is not technically, geographically in the West End it is the spiritual home of much the grand, huge musicals of which the city is so fond.
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 22 May | 23 May | 24 May | 25 May | 26 May | 27 May | 28 May | 29 May |
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| Park Plaza Victoria London | SW1V 1EQ | 0.22 | 4 | Full | £219.00 | Full | Full | £132.05 | £170.05 | £199.00 | £209.00 |
| The Grosvenor - A Guoman Hotel | SW1W 0SJ | 0.22 | 4 | £360.00 | £288.00 | £360.00 | £360.00 | £168.00 | £156.00 | £276.00 | £234.60 |
| Rubens at the Palace - A Red Carnation Hotel | SW1W 0PS | 0.30 | 4 | Full | £343.00 | Full | Full | £205.00 | £205.00 | £205.00 | £289.00 |
| 41 Hotel - A Red Carnation Hotel | SW1W 0PS | 0.30 | 5 | £839.00 | £839.00 | Full | Full | £839.00 | £347.00 | £347.00 | £347.00 |
| Tophams Hotel | SW1W 0LU | 0.30 | 4 | £260.40 | £659.40 | £319.20 | £491.40 | £99.96 | £64.68 | £120.96 | £134.40 |
| Comfort Inn Victoria | SW1V 1QF | 0.31 | 3G | £194.00 | £179.00 | Full | Full | £64.00 | £64.00 | £159.00 | £189.00 |
| The Goring | SW1W 0JW | 0.32 | 5 | £420.00 | £420.00 | £540.00 | Full | £370.00 | £370.00 | £370.00 | £420.00 |
| Chesterfield Mayfair - A Red Carnation Hotel | W1J 5EB | 0.36 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £185.00 | £280.00 | £280.00 | £280.00 |
| Chester Hotel | SW1V 1JQ | 0.39 | 2G | £115.00 | £90.00 | £350.00 | £300.00 | £80.00 | £30.00 | £80.00 | £90.00 |
| Enrico Hotel | SW1V 1QP | 0.47 | 2 | £109.00 | £79.00 | £69.00 | £72.00 | £79.00 | £63.00 | £50.00 | Full |
| Comfort Inn Buckingham Palace Rd | SW1V 4BJ | 0.47 | 3G | £179.00 | £245.00 | Full | Full | £139.00 | £124.00 | £125.00 | £119.00 |
| Grange Rochester Hotel | SW1P 2PA | 0.49 | 4 | Full | £227.00 | £193.00 | Full | £155.00 | £73.00 | £203.00 | £227.00 |
| Lord Milner London | SW1W 9QU | 0.49 | 5G | Full | £175.00 | £175.00 | Full | £155.00 | £125.00 | £255.00 | £175.00 |
| Belgravia Rooms | SW1W 9QD | 0.51 | B | £169.00 | £129.00 | Full | Full | £39.00 | £35.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 |
| New England Hotel London | SW1V 4BN | 0.53 | 3G | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | £99.00 | £99.00 |
| Astors Hotel | SW1W 9QD | 0.56 | 4G | £229.00 | £149.00 | £179.00 | Full | £64.00 | £99.00 | £124.00 | Full |
| Colliers Hotel | SW1V 1QL | 0.59 | 1G | £30.00 | £99.00 | Full | Full | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 |
| LIDOS HOTEL | SWIV 2BB | 0.62 | 2G | £129.00 | £129.00 | Full | Full | Full | £59.00 | Full | Full |
| Central House Hotel | SW1V 2BB | 0.62 | 3G | Full | £114.00 | Full | Full | £44.00 | £44.00 | £84.00 | £94.00 |
| Huttons Hotel | SW1 2BB | 0.65 | 3G | £150.00 | £120.00 | £200.00 | £190.00 | £69.00 | £79.00 | £79.00 | £100.00 |
| Victor Hotel | SW1V 2BB | 0.66 | 3G | £179.10 | £161.10 | £179.10 | £204.00 | £135.00 | £89.10 | £116.10 | £116.10 |
| Melbourne House Hotel | SW1V 2BG | 0.67 | 3 | £125.00 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £115.00 | £115.00 | £115.00 |
| Sidney Hotel London Victoria | SW1V 2BP | 0.67 | 2G | Full | £95.00 | Full | Full | £41.00 | £41.00 | £81.00 | Full |
| Wellington Hotel | SW 1P2 PA | 0.69 | 2 | £97.00 | £85.00 | £109.00 | £109.00 | £67.00 | £83.00 | £155.00 | £155.00 |
| Carlton Hotel | SW1V 2BJ | 0.71 | 2G | £129.00 | £79.00 | £139.00 | £189.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | £79.00 |
| The Sanctuary House Hotel | SW1H 9LA | 0.86 | 3 | Full | £165.00 | £155.00 | Full | £140.00 | £145.00 | £165.00 | £150.00 |
| Halkin | SW1X 7DJ | 0.87 | 5 | £516.00 | Full | Full | Full | £324.00 | £348.00 | £384.00 | £384.00 |
| Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel | SW1X 9ES | 0.99 | 5 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £240.00 | £240.00 | £264.00 | £439.00 |
| Dolphin House | SW1V 3LX | 1.02 | 4A | Full | Full | Full | Full | £89.00 | £89.00 | £115.00 | £175.00 |
| The Athenaeum | W1J 7BJ | 1.02 | 5 | £419.00 | £419.00 | £540.00 | £540.00 | £275.00 | £252.00 | £287.00 | £287.00 |
| The Cadogan | SW1X 9SG | 1.15 | 5 | £350.00 | £385.00 | £480.00 | Full | £270.00 | £210.00 | £185.00 | £286.00 |
| Park Lane Mews Hotel | W1J 7BS | 1.18 | 4 | £784.00 | £254.00 | £399.00 | £500.00 | £149.00 | £119.00 | £149.00 | £249.00 |
| Flemings Hotel Mayfair | W1J 7BH | 1.22 | 4 | £342.00 | £288.00 | Full | Full | £288.00 | £174.00 | £246.00 | £246.00 |
| 3, Ryder Street Chambers - St James's - Piccadilly Serviced Apartments | SW1Y 6PY | 1.29 | 4A | Full | £199.00 | Full | Full | £185.00 | £185.00 | £225.00 | £225.00 |
| Washington Mayfair Hotel | W1J 5HE | 1.30 | 4 | £432.00 | £432.00 | Full | £522.00 | £198.00 | £198.00 | £198.00 | £198.00 |
| The May Fair | W1J 8LT | 1.30 | 5 | £389.00 | £389.00 | £539.00 | £699.00 | £279.00 | £251.00 | £339.00 | £339.00 |
| The Cavendish London - Piccadilly | SW1Y 6JF | 1.40 | 4 | Full | £279.00 | £279.00 | Full | £179.00 | £179.00 | £339.00 | Full |
| Ascott Mayfair London | W1J 5NB | 1.45 | 4A | £286.80 | £286.80 | £286.80 | Full | Full | £286.80 | £286.80 | £286.80 |
| Beaufort House Luxury Apartments | SW3 1PN | 1.58 | 5A | Full | £306.00 | Full | Full | £306.00 | £306.00 | £306.00 | £594.00 |
| Le Meridien Piccadilly | W1J 0BH | 1.59 | 4 | £500.00 | £389.00 | £500.00 | £500.00 | £239.00 | £369.00 | £500.00 | £279.00 |
| Thistle Trafalgar Square, The Royal Trafalgar | WC2H 7HG | 1.66 | 4 | £394.80 | £315.18 | £346.80 | £370.80 | £274.80 | £250.80 | £250.80 | £262.80 |
| Novotel London Waterloo | SE1 7LS | 1.70 | 4 | £200.00 | £210.00 | £220.00 | Full | £130.00 | £130.00 | £200.00 | £200.00 |
| Egerton Hotel - A Red Carnation Hotel | SW3 2BX | 1.72 | 5 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £346.00 | £432.00 | £300.00 | £336.00 |
| The Royal Horseguards - A Guoman Hotel | SW1A 2EJ | 1.74 | 5 | £408.00 | £636.00 | £648.00 | £576.30 | £240.00 | £180.00 | £288.00 | £312.00 |
| The Westbury Hotel - Bond Street London | W1S 2YF | 1.74 | 5 | £358.80 | £358.80 | £514.80 | £514.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 |
| Millennium Hotel London Mayfair | W1K 2HP | 1.76 | 4 | £268.80 | £268.80 | £432.00 | £528.00 | £182.40 | £192.00 | £182.40 | £182.40 |
| BEST WESTERN PREMIER Shaftesbury Piccadilly Hotel | W1D 6EX | 1.98 | 4 | £283.00 | £283.00 | £283.00 | Full | £170.00 | £170.00 | £198.00 | £198.00 |
| Park Plaza County Hall | SE1 7RY | 2.00 | 4 | £289.00 | £269.00 | £379.00 | £449.00 | £113.05 | £113.05 | £279.00 | £309.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Hampshire | WC2H 7LH | 2.10 | 5 | £328.80 | £309.60 | Full | Full | £249.60 | £229.20 | £249.60 | £259.20 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 2.10 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £208.80 | £214.80 | £249.60 | £249.60 |
Apollo Victoria: Tube (underground)
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
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| Victoria Station | 1 | District - Circle line - Victoria | 0.10 miles |
| St. Jamess Park Station | 1 | District - Circle line | 0.68 miles |
| Pimlico Station | 1 | Victoria | 0.95 miles |
| Sloane Square Station | 1 | District - Circle line | 1.00 miles |
| Hyde Park Corner Station | 1 | Piccadilly | 1.03 miles |
Apollo Victoria: Rail (overground)
| Station | Distance |
|---|---|
| London Victoria Station | 0.10 miles |
| Vauxhall Station | 1.77 miles |
| Charing Cross London Station | 1.86 miles |
| Battersea Park Station | 2.06 miles |
| London Waterloo International Station | 2.10 miles |
