
The Gherkin or Swiss Re building is situated at 30 St Marys Axe in London postal zone EC3, Aldgate.
This skyscraper is 180 m tall and at any one time can transport 380 people upwards at 6m per second.
The closest tube station is Aldgate followed closely by Liverpool Street which is also a mainline rail station.
Major roads in the immediate area include Bevis Marks Street, Leadenhall Street and Bishopsgate.
Hotels near the Gherkin are usually quite busy in the weekdays but the weekends present an occupancy problem and it is very common to get a great deal in this area on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
One of the closest and plushest hotels near to the Gherkin Building is the Andaz Hotel. This 5 star hotel in the City of London has opened where The Great Eastern could be found.
Midway between the trendy districts of Shoreditch and Hoxton and the city financial district, this 21st century hotel captures modern living with old fashioned traditional service levels.
The Andaz has been the subject of many travel trade accolades and guest reviews follow suit.
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 23 May | 24 May | 25 May | 26 May | 27 May | 28 May | 29 May | 30 May |
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| Andaz London - Liverpool Street | EC2M 7QN | 0.31 | 5 | Full | Full | £174.00 | £198.00 | £324.00 | £324.00 | £372.00 | £372.00 |
| Threadneedles - The City's 5 Star Boutique Hotel | EC2R 8AY | 0.37 | 5 | Full | £390.00 | £162.00 | £222.00 | £210.00 | £294.00 | £330.00 | £330.00 |
| Chamberlain Hotel | EC3N 1NU | 0.38 | 4 | £230.00 | £185.00 | £110.00 | £150.00 | £105.00 | £160.00 | £180.00 | £190.00 |
| Novotel London Tower Bridge | EC3N 2NR | 0.42 | 4 | £274.00 | £184.00 | Full | £144.00 | £134.00 | £224.00 | £264.00 | £264.00 |
| Grange City Hotel | EC3N 2BQ | 0.43 | 5 | Full | £215.00 | £155.00 | £191.00 | £215.00 | £215.00 | £215.00 | £215.00 |
| The Tower- A Guoman Hotel | E1W 1LD | 0.97 | 4 | £312.00 | £192.00 | £126.00 | £120.00 | £252.00 | £168.00 | £216.00 | £204.00 |
| All Seasons London Southwark Rose (soon ibis Styles) | SE1 9HH | 1.40 | 3 | £250.00 | £189.00 | £119.00 | Full | £139.00 | £189.00 | £215.00 | £169.00 |
| Novotel London City South | SE1 9HH | 1.44 | 4 | £255.00 | £235.00 | £140.00 | Full | £135.00 | £205.00 | £220.00 | £190.00 |
| Citadines Barbican London | EC1M 7AH | 1.56 | 3 | Full | £122.40 | £122.40 | £122.40 | £122.40 | £157.20 | £157.20 | Full |
| Malmaison London | EC1M 6AH | 1.60 | 4 | Full | £294.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £234.00 | £270.00 | £342.00 | £294.00 |
| Mercure London Bridge Hotel | SE1 0JA | 1.68 | 4 | Full | £190.00 | £160.00 | £190.00 | £145.00 | Full | Full | Full |
| Rookery Hotel | EC1M 6DS | 1.70 | 4 | Full | £306.00 | £198.00 | £306.00 | £325.00 | £210.00 | £276.00 | £228.00 |
| The Bermondsey Square Hotel - a Bespoke Hotel | SE1 3UN | 1.89 | 4 | £286.00 | £214.00 | Full | Full | £118.00 | £190.00 | £226.00 | £226.00 |
| The Zetter Hotel | EC1M 5RJ | 1.90 | 4 | Full | Full | £185.00 | £185.00 | £130.00 | £222.00 | £294.00 | £342.00 |
| Thistle City Barbican | EC1V 8DS | 1.90 | 3 | £154.80 | £142.80 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £88.20 | £126.00 | Full | Full |
| Mad Hatter Hotel | SE1 9NY | 1.95 | 3 | £210.00 | £185.00 | £155.00 | £165.00 | £75.00 | £185.00 | £185.00 | £185.00 |
| Atelier EC1 by BridgeStreet | EC1N 8AF | 2.04 | 4A | Full | £189.99 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| The RE Hotel London Shoreditch | E2 8PP | 2.31 | 4 | £199.00 | £0.00 | £109.00 | £159.00 | £79.00 | £99.00 | £189.00 | £159.00 |
| The Bridge Hotel | SE1 0AJ | 2.44 | 3 | Full | £105.00 | Full | Full | £49.00 | £65.00 | £85.00 | £119.00 |
| The Wellington | SE1 8UD | 2.49 | 3G | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £60.00 | Full | Full | £94.95 |
| Chancery Court Hotel, London | WC1V 7EN | 2.66 | 5 | Full | £300.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £216.00 | £300.00 | £300.00 | £300.00 |
| Citadines Prestige Holborn-Covent Garden | WC1V 6LF | 2.72 | 4A | £265.20 | £212.40 | £212.40 | £265.20 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £212.40 | £212.40 |
| SACO London - Holborn | WC1N 3LT | 2.85 | 4A | £250.00 | £170.00 | Full | Full | £170.00 | £170.00 | £170.00 | £170.00 |
| Strand Palace Hotel | WC2R 0JJ | 2.85 | 3 | Full | £217.63 | £112.00 | £112.00 | £112.00 | £162.00 | £184.00 | £162.00 |
| Park Plaza County Hall | SE1 7RY | 2.87 | 4 | £286.80 | £226.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 | £202.80 | £214.80 |
| Kingsway Hall | WC2B 5BX | 2.92 | 4 | £274.80 | £190.80 | £118.80 | £154.80 | £130.80 | £166.80 | Full | £214.80 |
| Days Hotel Waterloo | SE1 7BJ | 2.96 | NC | £169.00 | £169.00 | £149.00 | £149.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 |
| Grange Holborn | WC1B 4AR | 2.97 | 5 | £299.00 | £335.00 | £203.00 | £239.00 | £126.00 | £203.00 | £299.00 | £299.00 |
| Mercure London Bloomsbury | WC1B 5AF | 3.09 | 4 | £229.00 | £169.00 | £139.00 | £159.00 | £139.00 | £129.00 | £219.00 | £189.00 |
| The Lancaster Hotel | WC1B 5JD | 3.11 | 3 | £150.00 | £150.00 | £162.00 | Full | £96.00 | £78.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 |
| The Kingsley - A Thistle Hotel | WC1A 2SD | 3.12 | 4 | Full | £240.00 | £162.00 | £180.00 | £168.00 | £192.00 | £240.00 | £228.00 |
| The Portland Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 3.16 | 4 | Full | £323.00 | Full | Full | £126.00 | £227.00 | Full | Full |
| Royal Horseguards | SW1A 2EJ | 3.21 | 5 | £396.00 | £276.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 | £240.00 | £312.00 | Full | Full |
| Beauchamp Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 3.21 | 4 | £275.00 | Full | Full | Full | £126.00 | £167.00 | £227.00 | Full |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | WC1B 5BP | 3.23 | 3 | Full | £203.00 | Full | Full | £126.00 | £191.00 | £251.00 | Full |
| Montague on the Gardens - A Red Carnation Hotel | WC1B 5BJ | 3.23 | 4 | Full | £186.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £174.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 |
| Hotel Russell - London, Bloomsbury | WC1B 5BE | 3.28 | 4 | £358.80 | £226.80 | £166.80 | £130.80 | £154.80 | £142.80 | £262.80 | £262.80 |
| City Inn Express | E8 3SG | 3.29 | B | £109.95 | £109.95 | £71.95 | £76.95 | £49.95 | £68.95 | £68.95 | £68.95 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Bloomsbury Street | WC1B 3QD | 3.31 | 4 | £282.00 | £186.00 | £270.00 | £178.80 | £162.00 | £174.00 | £214.80 | £214.80 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 3.32 | 4 | £366.00 | £366.00 | £214.80 | £238.80 | £214.80 | £246.00 | £306.00 | £306.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Kenilworth | WC1B 3LB | 3.37 | 4 | £264.00 | £222.00 | Full | Full | £118.80 | £162.00 | £198.00 | £198.00 |
| Radisson Blu Edwardian, Hampshire | WC2H 7LH | 3.37 | 5 | £336.00 | £288.00 | £214.80 | £214.80 | £204.00 | £204.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 |
| Tommy Miahs' Raj Hotel | N1 3PD | 3.38 | 3 | £75.00 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £175.00 | £50.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| Novotel London Waterloo | SE1 7LS | 3.47 | 4 | Full | Full | £140.00 | Full | £140.00 | £180.00 | £180.00 | £180.00 |
| Hotel Megaro | WC1H 8AB | 3.50 | 4 | £180.00 | Full | Full | Full | £110.00 | £240.00 | £150.00 | £140.00 |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | WC1B 3AS | 3.52 | 3 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £92.00 | £90.00 | Full | £129.00 |
| Euro Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 3.52 | 3G | Full | Full | Full | Full | £110.00 | £63.00 | £150.00 | Full |
| The Royal Trafalgar - A Thistle Hotel | WC2H 7HG | 3.53 | 4 | £358.80 | £214.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £286.80 | £286.80 | £286.80 |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel - A member of The Doyle Collection | WC1B 3NN | 3.54 | 4 | £366.00 | £234.00 | £162.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £198.00 | £378.00 |
| Avonmore Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 3.54 | 2G | £189.00 | £199.00 | £189.00 | £119.00 | £169.00 | £169.00 | £169.00 | £149.00 |
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldgate Station | 1 | Metropolitan - Circle line | 0.29 miles |
| Liverpool Street Station | 1 | Metropolitan - Central - Circle line - Hammersmith & City | 0.41 miles |
| Tower Hill Station | 1 | District - Circle line | 0.50 miles |
| Aldgate East Station | 1 | Hammersmith & City - District | 0.51 miles |
| Tower Gateway Station | 1 | DLR (Bank branch) | 0.51 miles |
| Station | Distance |
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| Fenchurch Street Station | 0.30 miles |
| London Liverpool Street Station | 0.47 miles |
| Moorgate Station | 0.81 miles |
| London Cannon Street Station | 0.83 miles |
| London Bridge Station | 1.14 miles |