Hotel in Kennington, London
Oval Cricket Ground, Kennington
Just south of the river in the borough of Lambeth, Kennington has a lot to offer, from sporting landmarks to royal history and one of the city’s top museums.
It’s a varied little enclave, with large sections of land owned by Prince Charles – a throwback to when King Edward III gifted Kennington to his eldest son Edward, the Black Prince, in 1337.
In some areas, such as the Bloomsbury-style squares around the Duchy of Cornwall estate in south-west Kennington really are regal in their grandeur – all this not far from some of south London’s bleakest high-rise flats, giving the area a real metropolitan mix. The Oval cricket ground (08712 461 100, www.britoval.com) saw England beat Australia in the first ever five day ‘test’ match in 1880; the Aussies came back and beat their hosts two years later, leading to a newspaper obituary for English cricket saying that “the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia”.
This biannual contest for the symbolic Ashes is cricket’s most enduring rivalry, and the final test of the English leg of the series always takes place at the Oval – it’s the country’s largest cricket ground with 16,500 seats, and also hosts top county side Surrey and various Twenty20 contests.
Kennington Park saw public executions and some of the world’s first organised football matches from the local Gymnastics Society in the 18th century; it’s now a lovely green space with a nice city farm (165 Tyers Street) and the occasional demonstration.
The Imperial War Museum (Lambeth Road, 020 7416 5000) stands in the former grounds of the infamous Bedlam mental hospital as easily one of the capital’s best museums: a deeply moving and fascinating insight into a century of conflict, with free entry.
Focused around the first and second world wars, you can enter a WWI trench, see Montgomery’s own tank as well as discover what daily life was like during these times, but what lifts this above most other war museums is the recordings of soldiers from all sides telling their own stories: extraordinary tales from ordinary, humble people, the museum’s or al history archive – central to personal accounts of the war like Stephens Ambrose and Spielberg’s Band of Brothers – is one of the world’s best.
Kennington station and Oval station are served by the Northern Line.
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 23 Feb | 24 Feb | 25 Feb | 26 Feb | 27 Feb | 28 Feb | 29 Feb | 01 Mar |
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| Park Plaza Riverbank London | SE1 7TJ | 0.71 | 4 | £178.80 | £118.80 | £190.80 | £166.80 | £178.80 | £202.80 | £202.80 | £178.80 |
| Novotel London Waterloo | SE1 7LS | 1.31 | 4 | £160.00 | £120.00 | Full | £140.00 | £160.00 | £190.00 | £190.00 | £160.00 |
| Dolphin House | SW1V 3LX | 1.54 | 4A | £79.00 | £99.00 | Full | £99.00 | £195.00 | £239.00 | £185.00 | £105.00 |
| Days Hotel Waterloo | SE1 7BJ | 1.57 | NC | £169.00 | £89.00 | £129.00 | £69.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £109.00 | £109.00 |
| Wellington Hotel | SW 1P2 PA | 1.70 | 2 | £109.00 | £97.00 | £109.00 | £43.00 | £43.00 | £43.00 | £49.00 | £55.00 |
| Carlton Hotel | SW1V 2BJ | 1.73 | 2G | £84.00 | £64.00 | Full | £64.00 | £64.00 | Full | £59.00 | £64.00 |
| Melbourne House Hotel | SW1V 2BG | 1.78 | 3 | £99.00 | £110.00 | Full | £79.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 |
| Huttons Hotel | SW1 2BB | 1.78 | 3G | £65.00 | £139.00 | Full | £50.00 | £120.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 |
| Sidney Hotel London Victoria | SW1V 2BP | 1.79 | 4G | Full | Full | £165.00 | Full | Full | £165.00 | £165.00 | £65.00 |
| Victor Hotel | SW1V 2BB | 1.79 | 3G | £55.00 | £75.00 | £99.00 | £49.00 | £55.00 | £69.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| Central House Hotel | SW1V 2BB | 1.82 | 3G | £100.00 | Full | Full | £44.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £74.00 |
| LIDOS HOTEL | SWIV 2BB | 1.84 | 2G | £59.00 | £59.00 | Full | £45.00 | £49.00 | £49.00 | £49.00 | £69.00 |
| The Bridge Hotel | SE1 0AJ | 1.92 | 3 | £95.00 | £59.00 | £105.00 | £75.00 | £59.00 | £59.00 | £79.00 | £59.00 |
| Grange Rochester Hotel | SW1P 2PA | 1.92 | 4 | £140.00 | £80.00 | Full | £80.00 | £116.00 | Full | Full | £157.00 |
| Chester Hotel | SW1V 1JQ | 2.02 | 2G | £20.00 | Full | Full | £49.00 | £49.00 | £49.00 | £49.00 | £70.00 |
| Park Plaza County Hall | SE1 7RY | 2.04 | 4 | £166.80 | £142.80 | £262.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £190.80 | £190.80 | £178.80 |
| Park Plaza Victoria London | SW1V 1EQ | 2.15 | 4 | £202.80 | £166.80 | £196.80 | £166.80 | £226.80 | £250.80 | £214.80 | £202.80 |
| The Sanctuary House Hotel | SW1H 9LA | 2.20 | 3 | £140.00 | £125.00 | Full | £105.00 | £145.00 | Full | £150.00 | £125.00 |
| Colliers Hotel | SW1V 1QL | 2.21 | 1G | £70.00 | Full | Full | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 |
| Comfort Inn Victoria | SW1V 1QF | 2.28 | 3G | £80.00 | £99.00 | £124.00 | £60.00 | £124.00 | £124.00 | £139.00 | £139.00 |
| Comfort Inn Buckingham Palace Rd | SW1V 4BJ | 2.32 | 3G | £99.00 | £89.00 | £89.00 | £69.00 | £65.00 | £89.00 | £85.00 | Full |
| The Wellington | SE1 8UD | 2.36 | 3G | £94.95 | £80.00 | Full | £60.00 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 | £94.95 |
| Chesterfield Mayfair - A Red Carnation Hotel | W1J 5EB | 2.51 | 4 | £240.00 | £192.00 | £192.00 | £192.00 | £240.00 | £240.00 | £240.00 | £240.00 |
| The Grosvenor - Formerly Thistle Victoria | SW1W 0SJ | 2.54 | 4 | £94.80 | £94.80 | £142.80 | £130.80 | £130.80 | £178.80 | £154.80 | £166.80 |
| Rubens at the Palace - A Red Carnation Hotel | SW1W 0PS | 2.57 | 4 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £166.80 | £166.80 | £166.80 | £178.80 |
| 41 Hotel - A Red Carnation Hotel | SW1W 0PS | 2.57 | 5 | £346.80 | £346.80 | £346.80 | £322.80 | £346.80 | £322.80 | £322.80 | £346.80 |
| Thistle Westminster | SW1W 0QT | 2.58 | 4 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £118.80 | £142.80 | £166.80 | Full | £238.80 | £214.80 |
| Tophams Hotel | SW1W 0LU | 2.63 | 4 | £134.40 | £134.40 | £176.40 | £87.36 | £151.20 | £193.20 | £134.40 | £151.20 |
| Belgravia Rooms | SW1W 9QD | 2.64 | B | £49.00 | £69.00 | Full | £39.00 | £39.00 | £39.00 | £49.00 | £35.00 |
| Royal Horseguards | SW1A 2EJ | 2.64 | 5 | £276.00 | £276.00 | £336.00 | £240.00 | £276.00 | £300.00 | £300.00 | £276.00 |
| Lord Milner London | SW1W 9QU | 2.64 | 5G | £160.00 | £150.00 | Full | £115.00 | Full | Full | £125.00 | £155.00 |
| Astors Hotel | SW1W 9QD | 2.66 | 4G | £86.00 | £116.00 | £135.00 | £76.00 | £106.00 | £136.00 | £136.00 | £109.00 |
| The Goring | SW1W 0JW | 2.67 | 5 | £322.80 | £322.80 | £322.80 | £322.80 | Full | Full | £322.80 | £322.80 |
| Mercure London City Bankside | SE1 0JA | 2.74 | 4 | £175.00 | £129.00 | Full | £129.00 | £175.00 | £190.00 | £190.00 | £155.00 |
| Mad Hatter Hotel | SE1 9NY | 2.76 | 3 | £100.00 | £115.00 | £130.00 | £70.00 | £110.00 | £125.00 | £125.00 | £175.00 |
| The Bermondsey Square Hotel - a Bespoke Hotel | SE1 3UN | 2.87 | 4 | £190.80 | £106.80 | £118.80 | £106.80 | £190.80 | £214.80 | £250.80 | Full |
| Novotel London City South | SE1 9HH | 2.90 | 4 | £175.00 | £125.00 | Full | £125.00 | £190.00 | £190.00 | £190.00 | £155.00 |
| All Seasons London Southwark Rose Hotel | SE1 9HH | 2.94 | 3 | £149.00 | £139.00 | Full | £99.00 | Full | £149.00 | £149.00 | £139.00 |
| The Royal Trafalgar - A Thistle Hotel | WC2H 7HG | 2.97 | 4 | £178.80 | Full | Full | £178.80 | £214.80 | £238.80 | £190.80 | £178.80 |
| Peckham Lodge | SE15 5EU | 2.98 | 2 | £79.00 | £79.00 | £119.00 | £29.00 | £44.00 | £44.00 | £34.00 | £44.00 |
| 3, Ryder Street Chambers - St James's - Piccadilly Serviced Apartments | SW1Y 6PY | 3.10 | 4A | £135.00 | £119.00 | £129.00 | Full | £119.00 | £145.00 | £139.00 | £135.00 |
| Strand Palace Hotel | WC2R 0JJ | 3.15 | 3 | £117.00 | £112.00 | £120.00 | £112.00 | £129.00 | £152.00 | £152.00 | £129.00 |
| The Cavendish London - Piccadilly | SW1Y 6JF | 3.17 | 4 | £219.00 | £219.00 | £399.00 | £219.00 | £189.00 | £239.00 | £239.00 | £189.00 |
| Halkin | SW1X 7DJ | 3.23 | 5 | £312.00 | £312.00 | £312.00 | £312.00 | £312.00 | £312.00 | £456.00 | £456.00 |
| The Athenaeum | W1J 7BJ | 3.25 | 5 | £318.00 | £252.00 | £252.00 | £239.00 | £299.00 | £299.00 | £299.00 | £287.00 |
| The Durley House Hotel (Suites) | SW1X 9PJ | 3.25 | 4 | £189.00 | Full | Full | £189.00 | £202.00 | £199.00 | £199.00 | £199.00 |
| Le Meridien Piccadilly | W1J 0BH | 3.26 | 4 | £322.80 | £262.80 | £262.80 | £262.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | £322.80 | £322.80 |
| Brown's - A Rocco Forte Hotel | W1S 4BP | 3.31 | 5 | £594.00 | £414.00 | £414.00 | £414.00 | £498.00 | £414.00 | £414.00 | £366.00 |
| Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel | SW1X 9ES | 3.31 | 5 | £318.00 | £318.00 | £342.00 | £318.00 | £318.00 | £318.00 | £318.00 | £318.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Leicester Square | WC2H 7HL | 3.33 | 4 | £222.00 | £222.00 | Full | £202.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 | £226.80 | £202.80 |
Kennington: Tube (underground)
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
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| Oval Station | 2 | Northern | 0.25 miles |
| Vauxhall Station | 1 | Victoria | 0.67 miles |
| Kennington Station | 2 | Northern | 0.92 miles |
| Pimlico Station | 1 | Victoria | 1.45 miles |
| Stockwell Station | 2 | Northern - Victoria | 1.59 miles |
Kennington: Rail (overground)
| Station | Distance |
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| Vauxhall Station | 0.60 miles |
| Elephant and Castle Station | 1.72 miles |
| Loughborough Junc Station | 2.07 miles |
| Wandsworth Road Station | 2.15 miles |
| London Waterloo Station | 2.19 miles |
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