With its classic red brick facade, smartly suited doormen and Knightsbridge location, the hotel has offered the same ‘splendid’ intimate hospitality for almost half a century.

Location, location, location: the small but perfectly formed Levin is just a credit card toss from Harrods, close to the designer stores and cultural hubs of Knightsbridge and a stroll from the green lungs of Hyde Park.

Handy for the Square Mile and the West End, this hip hotel conversion of a Victorian warehouse, in its 15th year, is on its best form yet.

A theatrical verve and ‘exceptionally nice staff’ at this Clerkenwell Georgian town house have visitors ‘raving about it’.

This delightful ‘dotty’ hotel was once home to that Victorian purveyor of nonsense verse Edward Lear.

All is serene at this handsome 1860s town house hotel (Firmdale Group) just minutes from Hyde Park.

Sanctuary has long been sought (and found) at this calm, comfortable town house hotel.

The air of a cool London club permeates this inconspicuous Marylebone bolthole an easy stroll from Regent’s Park.

‘Extremely nice staff’ create a ‘comfortable, homely atmosphere’ at this elegant town house hotel on the way to Hyde Park.

A gleeful mix of vintage furnishings and striking artworks mark this ‘beautiful, very quiet hotel’ as a Firmdale mainstay, ideally situated for Theatreland.

Galleries, antiques and arthouse cinema – oh my! Buzzy Bermondsey is home to trendsetting London culture and this youthful, privately owned hotel.

‘Distinctly cool’ European luxury combines with ‘exceptionally good value’ in this City hotel designed by Terence Conran.

Guests are bowled over by this tranquil Soho hotel.

Celebrating its eclectic locality, this vibrant hotel occupies a row of five white stucco Victorian houses.

A bit ‘cushty’, this transformed former Victorian public house has been part of the landscape since 1878. Local history is captured in old photographs and modern art.