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YHA St Paul’s
THE CITY OF LONDON
36 Carter Ln.
}0845 371 9012; www.yha.org.uk
We don’t know how they managed to squeeze a budget hostel into the heart of the City, but somehow they did. This YHA out…
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Astor’s Victoria
WESTMINSTER
71 Belgrave Rd.
}020 7834 3077
This branch of the Astor’s family has all the chummy backpacker charm of the other locations, with the added benefit of …
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St. Christopher’s Village
THE SOUTH BANK
165 Borough High St.
}020 7939 9710; www.st-christophers.co.uk
This proud party hostel is the perfect place to make camp if you want convenient access to the city center as well as a …
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Astor Hyde Park
KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
191 Queen’s Gate
}020 7581 0103; www.astorhostels.co.uk
The flagship of the Astor Hostels chain, the Hyde Park location is all high ceilings, comfort, and aged grandeur—relics …
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Astor Quest
HYDE PARK TO NOTTING HILL
45 Queensborough Terr.
}020 7229 7782; www.astorhostels.com
Astor Quest’s rooms are par for the course in hostel-land, though the cherry-red metal bunks add a touch of mod flavor a…
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Clink 78
MARYLEBONE AND BLOOMSBURY
78 King’s Cross Rd.
}020 7183 9400; www.clinkhostels.com
The name of this hostel is not the only cheeky nod to the fact that the building it inhabits was once a courthouse and j…
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Astors Museum Hostel
MARYLEBONE AND BLOOMSBURY
27 Montague St.
}020 7580 5360; www.astorhostels.com
This is a true backpackers’ hostel, quiet but centrally located (the name isn’t kidding—it’s directly across the street …
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Palmer’s Lodge Swiss Cottage
NORTH LONDON
40 College Crescent
}020 7483 8470; www.palmerslodge.co.uk
Northwest London may feel like a random place to stay, but this location provides easy access to Hampstead Heath, and pu…
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The Hoxton
EAST LONDON
81 Great Eastern St.
}020 7550 1000; www.hoxtonhotels.com
The Hoxton is a large, elegant hotel that would break the bank if it weren’t for their incredible pricing structure. Eve…
Fox and Anchor
THE CITY OF LONDON
115 Charterhouse Sq.
}0845 347 0100; www.foxandanchor.com
The six rooms on top of this elegant pub are what a Victorian gentleman’s bachelor pad must have looked like (minus the …
Victor Hotel
WESTMINSTER
51 Belgrave Rd.
}020 7592 9853; www.victorhotel.co.uk
It’s no Mandarin Oriental, but, unlike many of the other townhouse hotels on Belgrave Rd., Victor has enough space for y…
The Steam Engine
THE SOUTH BANK
41-42 Cosser St.
}020 7928 0720; www.bestplaceinns.com
About as British as central London hostels get, the Steam Engine is perched on top of an old-fashioned pub, complete wit…
YHA London Holland Park
KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
20 Holland Walk
}020 7937 0748; www.yha.org.uk
A patchwork of three buildings (one of which is an old manor house), this is definitely not a typical hostel. The locati…
Equity Point Hostel
HYDE PARK TO NOTTING HILL
100-102 Westbourne Terr.
}020 7087 8001; www.equity-point.com
It’s always tempting to stumble out of the train station into the first hostel you see, but if that stumble happens to t…
The Pavilion
HYDE PARK TO NOTTING HILL
34-36 Sussex Gardens
}020 7262 0905; www.pavilionhoteluk.com
All you really need to know about the Pavilion is that the most popular room is named “Honky Tonk Afro.” Besides blaxplo…
Hyde Park Hostel
HYDE PARK TO NOTTING HILL
2-6 Inverness Terr.
}020 7727 9163; www.smartbackpackers.com
Right across from Hyde Park and surrounded by columned mansion entrances, this hostel will make you feel quite posh. Ten…
Generator Hostel
MARYLEBONE AND BLOOMSBURY
37 Tavistock Pl.
}020 7388 7666; www.generatorhostels.com
Upon waking up in the Generator Hostel after a night of revelry, you may wonder if you forgot to leave the club. To be f…
The George
MARYLEBONE AND BLOOMSBURY
58-60 Cartwright Gardens
}020 7387 8777; www.georgehotel.com
The rooms at The George are grandiose in space and furnishings, with a somewhat more inspired decorating scheme (interes…
St. Christopher’s Camden
NORTH LONDON
50 Camden High St.
}020 7388 1012; www.st-christophers.co.uk
This outpost of the St. Christopher’s hostel chain puts you in the heart of Camden Town, and all the good and bad that e…
Queen Mary University Campus Accommodations
EAST LONDON
Mile End Rd.
}020 7882 8177; www.accommodation.qmul.ac.uk
This East London university opens its dorms to travelers during the summer, roughly from mid-June to mid-September. The …

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