Hotel near the Ambassadors Theatre
Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, WC2H 9ND
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Situated opposite perennial celeb hangout The Ivy just off Cambridge Circus - turn right just before Fopp Records, past the excellent Tristan Bates fringe theatre - the Ambassadors is a good thing in a small package.
Opened as the Ambassadors in 1913 and renamed the New Ambassadors in 1999 along with a change of ownership and philosophy, it reverted back to its former name when purchased by Mousetrap impresario Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen in 1997.
Agatha Christie's murder mystery started its West End life at the Ambassadors in 1952, and famously refuses, unlike many of the characters within the play, to die - moving to St Martin's Theatre next door after 21 years in the Ambassadors, it has now clocked up 57 uninterrupted years of performances, an extraordinary feat.
It is rumoured that the show will return to its former home at some point in the near future.
Miles away from such theatrical gentry, the Ambassadors was home to the Royal Court Upstairs from 1996-1999: the theatre was split in two, with the famously radical Chelsea new writing citadel taking possesion of the upper floor for West End productions of their boundary-breaking work.
These ethics continued for a few subsequent years with the then-New Ambassadors hosting some niche works rarely seen in the West End, before returning to standbys like Journeys End, Hamlet and current show Stomp, the percussion-fuelled urban dance troupe who continue to pull in the crowds both here and on Broadway.
Bus routes: 14, 19, 22, 24, 29, 38, 40, 176
Parking: MasterPark at Cambridge Circus and the NCP at Upper St Martins Lane and Bedfordbury.
Strand Palace Hotel
372 Strand, West End, London WC2R 0JJ UK
Covent Garden
The Strand Palace is only a very few minutes easy stroll to Covent Garden, the London Eye and Drury Lane. The hotel is located on the Strand in the West End and is close to many theatres, restaurants and bars. To its north lies Holborn and Russell Square, an area that is home to the British Museum, whilst to the east lies Tottenham Court Road, Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery.
St Giles Hotel
From £89.00 including tax
Bedford Avenue, West End, London WC1B 3ASTottenham Court Road
Our most popular tried and tested 3 star hotel in the West End of London. The St Giles is only a short walk away from the Ambassadors Theatre
Index of hotels near Ambassadors Theatre
| Hotel | Star Rating | Postcode | Distance | Price from | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rathbone Hotel | 4 Star | W1T 1LB | mi | 102.00 | View |
| The Cavendish London Piccadilly | 4 Star | SW1Y 6JF | mi | 179.00 | View |
| The Westbury Hotel Bond Street London | 5 Star | W1S 2YF | mi | 202.80 | View |
| Garth Hotel | 2 Star | WC1E 6HJ | mi | 59.00 | View |
| Best Western Premier Shaftesbury Piccadilly Hotel | 4 Star | W1D 6EX | mi | 99.00 | View |
| The Stafford London by Kempinski | 5 Star | SW1A 1NJ | mi | 300.00 | View |
| Kingsway Hall | 4 Star | WC2B 5BX | mi | 118.80 | View |
| The Kingsley A Thistle Hotel | 4 Star | WC1A 2SD | mi | 166.80 | View |
| Thistle Piccadilly | 3 Star | W1D 6BZ | mi | 142.80 | View |
| The Savoy | 5 Star | WC2R 0EU | mi | 354.00 | View |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel A Member of The Doyle Collection | 4 Star | WC1B 3NN | mi | 282.00 | View |
| The Royal Trafalgar A Thistle Hotel | 4 Star | WC2H 7HG | mi | 178.80 | View |
| Charing Cross A Guoman Hotel | 4 Star | WC2N 5HX | mi | 196.80 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Mercer Street | 4 Star | WC2H 9HD | mi | 166.80 | View |
| The Langham | 5 Star | W1B 1JA | mi | 240.00 | View |
| Washington Mayfair Hotel | 4 Star | W1J 5HE | mi | 162.00 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Hampshire | 5 Star | WC2H 7LH | mi | 202.80 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street | 4 Star | WC1B 3QD | mi | 162.00 | View |
| The May Fair | 5 Star | W1J 8LT | mi | 222.00 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Leicester Square | 4 Star | WC2H 7HL | mi | 182.52 | View |
| Mercure London Bloomsbury | 4 Star | WC1B 5AF | mi | 99.00 | View |
| Montague on The Gardens A Red Carnation Hotel | 4 Star | WC1B 5BJ | mi | 168.00 | View |
| Sanctum Soho | 5 Star | W1B 5NF | mi | 240.00 | View |
| The Academy The Bloomsbury Town House | 4 Star | WC1E 6HG | mi | 90.00 | View |
| St James's Hotel and Club Althoff Hotel Collection | 5 Star | SW1A 1LS | mi | 300.00 | View |
| Strand Palace Hotel | 3 Star | WC2R 0JJ | mi | 112.00 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth | 4 Star | WC1B 3LB | mi | 96.00 | View |
| Royal Horseguards | 5 Star | SW1A 2EJ | mi | 240.00 | View |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | 3 Star | WC1B 5BP | mi | 78.00 | View |
| The Lancaster Hotel | 3 Star | WC1B 5JD | mi | 48.00 | View |
| Chancery Court Hotel London | 5 Star | WC1V 7EN | mi | 240.00 | View |
| The Buckingham Hotel | 4 Star | WC1 5JT | mi | 96.00 | View |
| The Portland Hotel | 4 Star | WC1B 5JH | mi | 96.00 | View |
| Hazlitts | 4 Star | W1D 3JA | mi | 227.00 | View |
| Grange White Hall Hotel | 4 Star | WC1B 5BU | mi | 78.00 | View |
| Grange Langham Court Hotel | 4 Star | W1W 6BU | mi | 72.00 | View |
| Flemings Hotel Mayfair | 4 Star | W1J 7BH | mi | 170.41 | View |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | 3 Star | WC1B 3AS | mi | 84.00 | View |
| Grange Holborn | 5 Star | WC1B 4AR | mi | 114.00 | View |
| St Martins Lane A Morgans Original | 5 Star | WC2N 4HX | mi | 250.80 | View |
| Myhotel Bloomsbury | 4 Star | WC1B3HD | mi | 118.80 | View |
| Staunton Hotel | 4 Star | WC1E 6HE | mi | 99.00 | View |
| Citadines Prestige Trafalgar Square London | 3 Star | WC2N 5EA | mi | 168.00 | View |
| Saint Georges Hotel | 4 Star | W1B 2QS | mi | 95.00 | View |
| Brown's A Rocco Forte Hotel | 5 Star | W1S 4BP | mi | 414.00 | View |
| Regency House Hotel | 2 Star | WC1E 6HJ | mi | 59.00 | View |
| The Hallam | 3 Star | W1W 6JF | mi | 65.00 | View |
| Fielding Hotel | 4 Star | WC2B 5QZ | mi | 54.00 | View |
| Dukes Hotel | 5 Star | SW1A 1NY | mi | 318.00 | View |
| Citadines Prestige Holborn Covent Garden | 4 Star | WC1V 6LF | mi | 184.80 | View |
| Belushi's at Covent Garden | 4 Star | WC2B 5HZ | mi | 200.00 | View |
| Thanet Hotel | 3 Star | WC1B 5JA | mi | 78.00 | View |
