History and Location

The Orchard Hotel is centrally located and ideally close to Hyde Park, Park Lane, and the major shopping street of London , the Oxford Street and of course Buckingham Palace. (announcement & website)

Situated in Sussex Gardens an elegant, tree lined Avenue running onto Bayswater Road, the Hotel is a fine Victorian building, offering 43 rooms of accommodation. A privately owned Hotel, that offers both comfort and personal service in a warm and friendly atmosphere at PRICES YOU CAN AFFORD.

Sussex Gardens was built to provide luxury houses for Victorian families, including very famous names. Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the World Scout movement was christened in St James's Church. The family of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived in the Gardens and at St Mary's Hospital, Sir Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin.

Sussex Gardens was designed in early 19th century by Samuel Pepys Cockerell and is preserved for its architectural interest. Latrobe, who built the Capitol in Washington was a pupil under Cockerell.

Orchard Hotel provides the ideal location from which to explore this historic city. It is close to Hyde Park with some of London's famous attractions being within walking distance - among them Madame Tussauds, The Planetarium, Royal Albert Hall, London Zoo, Harrods, Oxford Street, and many more.

The perfect location, allows you to explore the West End of London with its theatres, cinemas, dazzling night life, also the Royal Palaces, museums, and galleries.

As for transport the Orchard is perfectly situated in Central London just 300 metres from Paddington Main Line station and Paddington, Edgware Road and Lancaster Gate underground stations. Heathrow Express the 15 minutes rail link of Heathrow airport with London is between Paddington and Heathrow.

In order to get a better idea of where the hotel is situated please load this illustrated map or this street map or this London underground map. (The hotel is just north of Hyde Park)