Hotels near Duchess Theatre
Catherine Street, WC2B 5LA
Nearest Tube: Covent Garden / Holborn
Notable for its dimensions - seating just 479, it's one of the smallest traditional proscenium arch theatres in the centre of town - the Duchess is known for visiting touring musicals and short-run new plays without the financial firepower of the giant West End shows, but who still want to be in the heart of the action.
Located just off the Aldwych and close to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, it's surrounded by restaurants and Covent Garden cafe life including nearby Joe Allen's, described as "theatrical nirvana", and a haunt of actors, producers and theatreland eccentrics with a fantastic menu.
The site itself lay vacant for many years as a victim of the 'Ancient Lights' law preventing new businesses stealing light from local residents - designer Ewen Barr got around this in 1929 by building a basement theatre, despite a design flaw meaning that bilge still has to be pumped from the basement much like on a Napoleonic-era sailing ship.
There's a few oddities in the Duchess' history: as well as hosting Snoopy - the Musical in the 80s, the theatre was also home to the shortest West End run in history, when The Intimate Revue didn't even make it through its first performance before closing in 1930. More successful productions have been Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, a huge hit in the 40s, Bill Naughton's Alfie - later immortalised on screen by Michael Caine - and Buddy - The Musical has just closed after two very successful years at the Duchess.
Strand Palace Hotel
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
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 Duchess Theatre
Index of hotels near Duchess Theatre
| Hotel | Star Rating | Postcode | Distance | Price from | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charing Cross A Guoman Hotel | 4 Star | WC2N 5HX | 0.30mi | 151.58 | View |
| The Royal Trafalgar A Thistle Hotel | 3 Star | WC2H 7HG | 0.46mi | 151.58 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth | 4 Star | WC1B 3LB | 0.48mi | 135.12 | View |
| Royal Horseguards | 5 Star | SW1A 2EJ | 0.44mi | 257.33 | View |
| Kingsway Hall | 4 Star | WC2B 5BX | 0.17mi | 149.00 | View |
| The Clarendon | 4 Star | WC1B 5JR | 0.55mi | 106.00 | View |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | 3 Star | WC1B 5BP | 0.57mi | 106.00 | View |
| Waverley House Hotel | 3 Star | WC1B 5AF | 0.62mi | 79.00 | View |
| Thistle Piccadilly | 3 Star | W1D 6BZ | 0.48mi | 163.33 | View |
| Hotel Russell | 4 Star | WC1B 5BE | 0.73mi | 116.32 | View |
| Strand Palace Hotel | 3 Star | WC2R 0JJ | 0.08mi | 112.00 | View |
| Best Western Premier Shaftesbury Piccadilly Hotel | 4 Star | W1D 6EX | 0.46mi | 115.00 | View |
| Saco London Covent Garden | 4 Star | WC2E 9DS | 0.17mi | 165.00 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Leicester Square | 4 Star | WC2H 7HL | 0.27mi | 199.75 | View |
| The Buckingham Hotel | 4 Star | WC1 5JT | 0.51mi | 117.00 | View |
| Hazlitts | 4 Star | W1D 3JA | 0.48mi | 222.08 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Mountbatten | 4 Star | WC2H 9HD | 0.29mi | 141.00 | View |
| Myhotel Bloomsbury | 4 Star | WC1B3HD | 0.65mi | 210.33 | View |
| Sofitel London St James | 5 Star | SW1Y 4AN | 0.57mi | 350.00 | View |
| The Portland Hotel | 4 Star | WC1B 5JH | 0.57mi | 117.00 | View |
| Grange White Hall Hotel | 4 Star | WC1B 5BU | 0.50mi | 106.00 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Hampshire | 5 Star | WC2H 7LH | 0.30mi | 193.88 | View |
| Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street | 4 Star | WC1B 3QD | 0.45mi | 229.12 | View |
| The Bloomsbury Hotel | 4 Star | WC1B 3NN | 0.53mi | 182.13 | View |
| Saco London Holborn | 4 Star | WC1N 3LT | 0.73mi | 200.00 | View |
| The Academy The Bloomsbury Town House | 4 Star | WC1E 6HG | 0.73mi | 155.00 | View |
| The Kingsley A Thistle Hotel | 4 Star | WC1A 2SD | 0.42mi | 163.33 | View |
| Beauchamp Hotel | 4 Star | WC1B 5JH | 0.60mi | 141.00 | View |
| Park Inn London Russell Square | 4 Star | WC1B 4BH | 0.53mi | 129.00 | View |
| Swissôtel The Howard London | 5 Star | WC2R 2PR | 0.31mi | 246.75 | View |
| Citadines Aparthotel Trafalgar Square | 3 Star | WC2N 5EA | 0.39mi | 105.75 | View |
| The Lancaster Hotel | 3 Star | WC1B 5JD | 0.56mi | 129.00 | View |
| Fielding Hotel | 3 Star | WC2B 5QZ | 0.13mi | 105.75 | View |
| Wellington | 3 Star | SE1 8UD | 0.70mi | 93.95 | View |
| St Giles Hotel and Leisure Club | 3 Star | WC1B 3AS | 0.52mi | 95.00 | View |
| Staunton Hotel | 4 Star | WC1E 6HE | 0.68mi | 88.13 | View |
| Sanctum Soho | 5 Star | W1B 5NF | 0.73mi | 229.13 | View |
| Grange Holborn | 5 Star | WC1B 4AR | 0.54mi | 229.00 | View |
| Renaissance London Chancery Court Hotel | 5 Star | WC1V 7EN | 0.40mi | 345.45 | View |
| Thanet Hotel | 3 Star | WC1B 5JA | 0.56mi | 70.00 | View |
| Citadines Aparthotel Holborn | 3 Star | WC1V 6LF | 0.41mi | 141.00 | View |
| Chancery Lane | 4 Star | EC1N 8AG | 0.49mi | 140.00 | View |
| Lse Grosvenor House Studios | 3 Star | WC2B 5TB | 0.15mi | 65.00 | View |
| le Meridien Piccadilly | 5 Star | W1J 0BH | 0.67mi | 405.00 | View |
| Lse Northumberland House | 2 Star | WC2N 5BY | 0.40mi | 59.00 | View |
| One Aldwych | 5 Star | WC2B 4RH | 0.08mi | 458.25 | View |
| Minc Apartments Lombard Lane | 4 Star | EC4Y 8AD | 0.56mi | 205.00 | View |
| Montague on The Gardens A Red Carnation Hotel | 4 Star | WC1B 5BJ | 0.59mi | 247.00 | View |
| St Martins Lane A Morgans Original | 5 Star | WC2N 4HX | 0.24mi | 581.63 | View |

