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143 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, London, W2 2RX, United Kingdom
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Hi all
I need to drive to London soon, but don't want to drive into central London - thinking of stopping somewhere just outside of the M25 and getting the train in. My thoughts are the Hemel Hempstead/St Albans area.
Anyone have any suggestions - preferably a hotel within walking distance of a train station.
Thanks everyone.
Don't know where you're driving from, but if you can access the A1 then Letchworth might be ideal.
Only one hotel in the town centre, 1 minute from the station (about 30 mins to London I think). Perfectly ok, adequate parking (and also in Letchworth itself).
http://www.broadwayhotel.co.uk/
I have a review on my Letchworth page.
I've stayed here before for one night...
http://www.comfortenfield.co.uk/
Check it out on the map, it might help you, depending on what train line you need to be on, also inside M25 (just) so slightly cheaper train fare.
thank you both very much indeed, i'll have a look at them sites now :)
Are you spending the night at the hotel, or just need a place to park for the day?
Bill
Hemel isn't the nicest of places to stay - Berhamsted - the stop before it (on the train) is very nice and the train station is right in town. Train will take you about 353 minutes from there into Euston :-)
hi there, yes i'll be staying in the hotel that night, but also need somewhere to leave car the next day
This is probably too far south for you, but I have stayed several times at the Thames Lodge in Staines. It's a nice place, right on the Thames, very close to a large shopping center area (and an indoor mall) with plenty of restaurants and a pedestrian-only mini-High Street (I think the actual High Street is a couple of blocks away). The train station in Staines is about a kilometer away down a residential street (yes, I've walked it), and the frequent trains from Staines go to Victoria Station.
There is some hotel parking, but it can overflow, but there is a large municipal lot practically next door.
Staines is just south of Heathrow (why I think it may be too far south for you), but very easy to get to off the M25 and well connected to the City center by direct trains...also, within sight of the hotel next to the indoor mall, there is a bus terminal...from here there are buses (National Express? I don't know) that go to Heathrow, London, and various places...
Bill
Mccalpin - thanks so much for posting, but staines is a little too far south for me unfortunately
another option if you just want to crash somewhere for the night is the Days Inn/Premier Inn place at South Mimms service station on the M25/A1 then you could drive and park up at Potters Bar station with a really good fast link in to kings Cross. Alternatively, there are motels around Watford Junction which is a really good link to Euston (very quick) on the overground and good access from the M1.
the St Albans Thameslink line is good but I did hear that some it had been shut off in central london so you'd need to make sure you can get to your destination without having too many tube changes. I've never stayed overnight in St A but it's a lovely town, I'm sure there must be places to stay near the station.
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