Astor Court Hotel
✓ Newly refurbished Standard and Superior rooms in historic Victorian townhouse
🏖️ 1.52 miles from The Serpentine - Hyde Park (Good water quality)
London
Clink78
London
📍 78 King's Cross Road, London, WC1X 9QG
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.4 mi
🔌 Nearest public charging: · 1.1 mi (Open Charge Map)
- Sleep in former prison cells in a Victorian courthouse building
- The Clash once stood trial here
- Ten minutes' walk to King's Cross
- Free weekly social events like movie nights and karaoke
- 24/7 staffed reception and nightly security
Clink78 is a London hostel housed in a former Victorian courthouse, where The Clash once stood trial, and you can sleep in the original prison cells and hang out in the old courtrooms. It's just ten minutes' walk from King's Cross, with London Kings Cross station only 0.4 miles away, putting Camden, Covent Garden and Soho within easy reach. On site there's free Wi-Fi, a bar, and 24/7 staffed reception with keycard or app-controlled access and nightly security. The operator highlights a free weekly events programme, from movie nights to karaoke, making it easy to meet fellow travellers. Nearby you'll also find the Mail Rail Museum, The Postal Museum and the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, all around 0.3 miles away.
How far to…
- Station
- ten minutes
Practical details
- Check-in
- Reception staffed 24/7
Accommodation on site
- Private rooms
- Mixed dorms
Details taken from the operator's own website on 28 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ WiFi
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
Do you own or manage Clink78?
Claim this free listing to keep your details, facilities and prices up to date — and see how many visitors we send to your website.
Create a free account to claimClink78 photo gallery
📷 Been here? Add your photo
🎪 What's on nearby, near and far
Events from
Skiddle
Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Mega Mega: Romford's Suburban Sound Revolution
ATIK Romford, Romford · 13.2 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Fri 13 Nov · 19:00
Ra jah hifi and friends
Hayes Rugby Football Club, Kingshill Avenue UB4 8BZ, HAYES · 12.9 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Fri 4 Dec · 12:00
Mega Mega: Romford's Suburban Sound Revolution
ATIK Romford, Romford · 13.2 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Sat 5 Dec · 12:00
Mega Mega: Romford's Suburban Sound Revolution
ATIK Romford, Romford · 13.2 mi
Tickets on Skiddle ↗
Questions & answers
Thinking of booking? Ask people who've actually stayed.
No questions yet — ask the first and get an answer from someone who's been.
Log in or create a free account to ask or answer questions.
Where you'll be
Clink78
Explore the area
Everything within reach of Clink78 — days out, famous places and the local food worth walking to.
🎡
Things to do
Days out and attractions, nearest first
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.3 mi
The Postal Museum
The Postal Museum is a postal museum run by the Postal Heritage Trust. It began in 2004 as The Briti...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.3 mi
Mail Rail Museum
The Postal Museum is a postal museum run by the Postal Heritage Trust. It began in 2004 as The Briti...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.3 mi
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is the UK's new public space dedicated to illustration, set in...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.4 mi
Charles Dickens Museum
This is the former London home of Charles Dickens at 48 Doughty Street, where he lived from 1837 to...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.4 mi
Restored K6 phone booth
This box is a non functioning red phone box now run by a charity. and restored to how it would look...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.4 mi
Foundling Museum
The Foundling Museum is a museum in Camden exploring art, history and childhood through its collecti...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.4 mi
London Canal Museum
The London Canal Museum, housed in a former Victorian ice warehouse at King's Cross, tells two inter...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.5 mi
Islington Museum
Islington Museum is a local heritage museum run by Islington Council, offering free exhibitions, tal...
🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.6 mi
British Library Exhibition Space
The British Library in London is the UK's national library, home to a permanent exhibition of treasu...
🏰
Places to visit
The famous spots within a day trip
Landmark · 1.8 mi
London Eye
Landmark · 2 mi
Big Ben & Westminster
Landmark · 2.1 mi
The Shard
Landmark · 2.2 mi
Buckingham Palace
🎭 Venues with something on nearby
What's on at each, with tickets and places to stay within walking distance.
More in London
👻 Haunted places near Clink78
From Haunted Britain — our researched guide to Britain's most haunted castles, inns and halls, with the stories behind them and which ones you can sleep in.
1.1 miles away
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The West End's oldest theatre site, where a ghost in a tricorne hat is welcomed...
1.3 miles away
City of London
Two thousand years of fire, plague, rebellion and rebuilding packed into a singl...
1.9 miles away
50 Berkeley Square
A Mayfair townhouse whose attic room was said to drive Victorian visitors mad, n...
Similar stays
Book direct