
The British Museum London is located in the West End in the postal zone of WC1 on Great Russell Street, London. It contains in excess of 8 million pieces the most famous being the Rosetta Stone, the Lewis Chessmen and the Mummy of Katebet.
Hotels near the British Museum
Worth checking out is the tourist class St Giles Hotel which is less than 5 minutes walk from the British Museum on Tottenham Court Road. From here you can walk to Oxford Street in about five minutes. Within a short walk are Drury Lane, Covent Garden, Soho, Carnaby Street, Regents Street, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, in fact most London attractions. The Dominion Theatre is right next door.
Also close to the British Museum is 4 star Grange Blooms Hotel on Montague Street which backs onto the Museum.
Hotels in Bloomsbury can be quite expensive so if you are prepared to walk for 10 or 15 minutes then consider the hotels in Kings Cross about one mile to the north.
Also within walking distance of the British Museum yet located in Theatreland is the Kingsway Hall Hotel which comes highly recommended. The Kingsway Hall Hotel is a sophisticated four-star deluxe hotel situated in London's Covent Garden. From this central area of London you are minutes away from many landmarks and attractions including the British Museum, Theatreland and the City.
About the British Museum
Founded in 1753 by Act of Parliament, from the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, the British Museum is one of the great museums of the world, showing the works of man from prehistoric to modern times with collections drawn from the whole world. Famous objects include the Rosetta Stone, sculptures from the Parthenon, the Sutton Hoo and Mildenhall treasures and the Portland Vase.
The heiroglyphics and classical sculptures are instantly recognisable and world famous, but more surprising is the workmanship and beauty of the Saxon jewellery collection.
The treasures assembled here from Britain's "Dark Ages" reveal a period of original and brilliant artistry.
There is also a programme of special exhibitions and daily gallery tours, talks and guided tours.
In Dec 2000 the museum's Great Court reopened with a magnificent glass and steel roof by Sir Norman Foster.
Discover highlight objects in the Museum's collection, either at your own pace or through a selection of guided tours, using the new Multimedia Guide available in English, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Japanese and Mandarin.
The nearest underground stations to the British Museum are:
The Museum is open late every Thursday and Friday until 20.30
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 12 Feb | 13 Feb | 14 Feb | 15 Feb | 16 Feb | 17 Feb | 18 Feb | 19 Feb |
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| The Kingsley - A Thistle Hotel | WC1A 2SD | 0.10 | 4 | £142.80 | £202.80 | £238.80 | £238.80 | £238.80 | £130.80 | £238.80 | £166.80 |
| Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street | WC1B 3QD | 0.14 | 4 | £162.00 | £162.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £162.00 | £198.00 | £162.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth | WC1B 3LB | 0.17 | 4 | £102.00 | £126.00 | £166.80 | £166.80 | £126.00 | £102.00 | £144.00 | £102.00 |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | WC1B 5BP | 0.18 | 3 | £90.00 | £210.00 | £222.00 | Full | £162.00 | Full | Full | £78.00 |
| Montague on the Gardens - A Red Carnation Hotel | WC1B 5BJ | 0.22 | 4 | £192.00 | £180.00 | £192.00 | £180.00 | £180.00 | £192.00 | £192.00 | £192.00 |
| The Portland Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 0.22 | 4 | £96.00 | £114.00 | £150.00 | £150.00 | £215.00 | £114.00 | £126.00 | £96.00 |
| The Lancaster Hotel | WC1B 5JD | 0.25 | 3 | £48.00 | £60.00 | Full | Full | £72.00 | £84.00 | £96.00 | £48.00 |
| Beauchamp Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 0.25 | 4 | £84.00 | £102.00 | £162.00 | £162.00 | £126.00 | £114.00 | £138.00 | £72.00 |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | WC1B 3AS | 0.34 | 3 | £90.00 | £87.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £87.00 | £89.00 | £119.00 | £84.00 |
| Grange Holborn | WC1B 4AR | 0.34 | 5 | £114.00 | £191.00 | Full | Full | £191.00 | £131.00 | £155.00 | £114.00 |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel - A member of the Doyle Collection | WC1B 3NN | 0.36 | 4 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £282.00 | £210.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 |
| Mercure London Bloomsbury | WC1B 5AF | 0.37 | 4 | £99.00 | £149.00 | £149.00 | £149.00 | £139.00 | £129.00 | £149.00 | £99.00 |
| Staunton Hotel | WC1E 6HE | 0.37 | 4G | £119.00 | £169.00 | £185.00 | £185.00 | £169.00 | £179.00 | £179.00 | £89.00 |
| myhotel Bloomsbury | WC1B3HD | 0.44 | 4 | £130.80 | £166.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £166.80 | £142.80 | Full | Full |
| The Academy, The Bloomsbury Town House | WC1E 6HG | 0.45 | 4 | £90.00 | £174.00 | £198.00 | £174.00 | £126.00 | £102.00 | £126.00 | £102.00 |
| Hotel Russell - London, Bloomsbury | WC1B 5BE | 0.46 | 4 | £94.80 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £94.80 | Full | £118.80 |
| Kingsway Hall | WC2B 5BX | 0.49 | 4 | £118.80 | £130.80 | Full | £166.80 | £130.80 | £130.80 | £130.80 | £130.80 |
| Citadines Prestige Holborn-Covent Garden | WC1V 6LF | 0.50 | 4A | £99.00 | £120.00 | £184.80 | £184.80 | £184.80 | £184.80 | £184.80 | £184.80 |
| Chancery Court Hotel, London | WC1V 7EN | 0.56 | 5 | £240.00 | £276.00 | £248.40 | £248.40 | £420.00 | £360.00 | £360.00 | £240.00 |
| Garth Hotel | WC1E 6HJ | 0.59 | 2 | £50.00 | £64.00 | £64.00 | £74.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | Full | £64.00 |
| The Rathbone Hotel | W1T 1LB | 0.69 | 4 | £102.00 | £114.00 | £210.00 | £210.00 | £126.00 | £102.00 | £126.00 | £102.00 |
| SACO London - Holborn | WC1N 3LT | 0.69 | 4A | £156.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | Full | Full | £156.00 |
| Hotel Cavendish | WC1E 6HJ | 0.70 | 4 | £55.00 | £65.00 | £85.00 | £85.00 | £95.00 | £95.00 | Full | £75.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Hampshire | WC2H 7LH | 0.70 | 5 | £198.00 | £198.00 | £228.00 | £228.00 | £228.00 | £262.80 | £262.80 | £226.80 |
| Radisson Edwardian Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 0.72 | 4 | £202.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 | £202.80 | £202.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 | £202.80 |
| Sanderson - A Morgans Hotel | W1T 3NG | 0.77 | NC | £274.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 |
| BEST WESTERN PREMIER Shaftesbury Piccadilly Hotel | W1D 6EX | 0.81 | 4 | £99.00 | £149.00 | £169.00 | £149.00 | £149.00 | £149.00 | £189.00 | £109.00 |
| Strand Palace Hotel | WC2R 0JJ | 0.88 | 3 | £112.00 | £117.00 | £137.65 | £137.65 | £117.00 | £112.00 | £120.00 | £112.00 |
| Euro Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 0.90 | 3G | £57.00 | £57.00 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | £105.00 |
| Avonmore Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 0.93 | 2G | £39.00 | £75.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | £75.00 | Full | £69.00 |
| Generator London | WC1H 9SE | 0.94 | 3h | £22.50 | £22.50 | £22.50 | £22.50 | £22.50 | £71.50 | £71.50 | £22.50 |
| Radisson Edwardian Grafton | W1T 5AY | 1.05 | 4 | £84.00 | £142.80 | £166.80 | £166.80 | £166.80 | £84.00 | £102.00 | £102.00 |
| Euston Square | NW1 2LU | 1.09 | 3G | £74.00 | £89.00 | £119.00 | £119.00 | £109.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £74.00 |
| Grange Langham Court Hotel | W1W 6BU | 1.13 | 4 | £78.00 | £90.00 | Full | £150.00 | £114.00 | £114.00 | £126.00 | £72.00 |
| Novotel London St Pancras | NW1 2AJ | 1.14 | 4 | £145.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £145.00 | £145.00 | £145.00 |
| The Royal Trafalgar - A Thistle Hotel | WC2H 7HG | 1.16 | 4 | £178.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 | Full | Full | £178.80 |
| Saint Georges Hotel | W1B 2QS | 1.16 | 4 | £134.00 | £136.00 | £127.00 | £137.00 | £136.00 | £137.00 | £147.00 | £136.00 |
| MIC | NW1 2EZ | 1.16 | 4G | £59.00 | £109.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £139.00 | £99.00 | Full | £69.00 |
| The Hallam | W1W 6JF | 1.19 | 3G | £60.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 |
| Astor Court Hotel | W1W 6JQ | 1.20 | 3 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £110.00 | £110.00 | £110.00 | £99.00 | £110.00 | £99.00 |
| Macdonald Hotel | WC1H 8AL | 1.22 | 2G | £55.00 | £60.00 | £68.00 | £65.00 | £68.00 | Full | Full | £55.00 |
| Le Meridien Piccadilly | W1J 0BH | 1.23 | 4 | £262.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £274.80 | £262.80 | Full | £262.80 |
| Grange Fitzrovia Hotel | W1W 5 N B | 1.28 | 4 | £78.00 | £90.00 | £162.00 | Full | £114.00 | £102.00 | Full | £72.00 |
| Hotel Megaro | WC1H 8AB | 1.29 | 4 | £89.00 | £120.00 | £160.00 | £220.00 | £120.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £75.00 |
| Chandos House | W1G 9LQ | 1.33 | 4 | £99.00 | £114.75 | £132.00 | Full | Full | Full | Full | £132.00 |
| Royal Horseguards | SW1A 2EJ | 1.36 | 5 | £240.00 | £240.00 | £264.00 | £264.00 | £264.00 | £228.00 | £264.00 | £240.00 |
| The Westbury Hotel - Bond Street London | W1S 2YF | 1.39 | 5 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 | £226.80 | £178.80 | £274.80 | £238.80 |
| The Cavendish London - Piccadilly | SW1Y 6JF | 1.43 | 4 | £219.00 | £149.00 | £219.00 | £219.00 | £189.00 | £189.00 | Full | £259.00 |
| Thistle Euston | NW1 2LP | 1.43 | 4 | £96.00 | £120.00 | £144.00 | £132.00 | £120.00 | £96.00 | £96.00 | £96.00 |
| Melia White House Hotel | NW1 3UP | 1.45 | 4 | £126.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £150.00 | £174.00 | £162.00 | £126.00 |
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
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| Tottenham Court Road Station | 1 | Central - Northern | 0.42 miles |
| Holborn Station | 1 | Central - Piccadilly | 0.44 miles |
| Russell Square Station | 1 | Piccadilly | 0.54 miles |
| Covent Garden Station | 1 | Piccadilly | 0.59 miles |
| Goodge Street Station | 1 | Northern | 0.65 miles |
| Station | Distance |
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| Charing Cross London Station | 1.16 miles |
| London Euston Station | 1.29 miles |
| London St Pancras Station | 1.33 miles |
| Kings Cross Thameslink Station | 1.42 miles |
| Farringdon Station | 1.44 miles |