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
Merit Kensington Hotel
London
📍 12 Penywern Road, London
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.0 mi
🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.0 mi (Open Charge Map)
🌊 The Serpentine - Hyde Park: Good bathing water 1.4 mi · Environment Agency
Photo: Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- 4-star boutique hotel in Earl's Court
- Close to Kensington Palace, Royal Albert Hall and South Kensington museums
- Earl's Court Tube station two minutes' walk away
- Direct tube access to Heathrow Airport and West End
- Free WiFi and elegant guestrooms
Merit Kensington Hotel is a boutique hotel in Earl's Court, London, close to Kensington Palace, the Royal Albert Hall and the museums of South Kensington. Rooms come with free WiFi, flatscreen TVs and spacious private bathrooms. The operator highlights easy strolls to the Natural History Museum, Science Museum, V&A and the Design Museum, plus quick access to Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. Earl's Court Tube Station is just a two-minute walk away, giving direct links to Heathrow Airport and the West End. Locally, West Brompton station is 0.3 miles off, while The Mosaic Rooms, Chelsea FC Museum and Stadium Tours, and Leighton House Museum are all within under a mile, making this a well-placed base for exploring Kensington and beyond.
How far to…
- Earl's Court tube station
- 2-minute walk
- Station
- 0.3 miles
Accommodation on site
- Rooms
Details taken from the operator's own website on 29 Sep 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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