Paddington Court Rooms Hotel
🏖️ 0.77 miles from The Serpentine - Hyde Park (Good water quality)
London
Leicester to London
How to get from Leicester to London by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
2h 13m · 103 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Leicester to the heart of London. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 5 Leicester Forest East Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
- mile 19 Rugby Truck Stop
- mile 27 Watford Gap Services Southbound Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 27 Watford Gap Services Northbound Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 33 Red Lion Truckstop
- mile 37 Northampton Services Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 37 Northampton Services Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 49 Newport Pagnell Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of London: London Charing Cross · from Leicester
No direct or one-change trains in the next two hours — the live planner shows other options.
Live train planner →Where to stay in London
Sidney Hotel
✓ Independent family-run hotel in a Grade II-listed building
🏖️ 1.65 miles from The Serpentine - Hyde Park (Good water quality)
London
Hotel Riu Plaza London Victoria
✓ Located in the heart of London's Westminster
🏖️ 1.36 miles from The Serpentine - Hyde Park (Good water quality)
London
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