Thirteen pages. Each one a different kind of hotel night: terminal rooms at three airports, the grand houses of Park Lane and Knightsbridge, the station hotels at King's Cross, the West End after the curtain, the City after close, and the small hours anywhere at all. Escorts in London hotels are sent by one desk whatever the postcode, so the pages differ in the building, never in the rules. Open the one that matches the key card in your pocket.
W1K · District · usually about an hour
Hyde Park Corner, 3 min walk · 6 known lobbies 02W1 · WC2 · District · usually about an hour
Piccadilly Circus, 2 min walk · 6 known lobbies 03SW1X · SW7 · District · usually about an hour
Knightsbridge, 1 min walk · 6 known lobbies 04EC2 · EC3 · EC4 · District · usually about an hour
Bank, 1 min walk · 5 known lobbies 05N1C · WC1X · Station · usually about an hour
King's Cross St Pancras, 1 min walk · 4 known lobbies 06TW6 · Airport hotels · planned, 3 hour minimum
Heathrow Terminal 5, 5 min walk · 5 known lobbies 07RH6 · Airport hotels · planned, 3 hour minimum
Gatwick Airport, 5 min walk · 2 known lobbies 08E16 · Airport hotels · planned, 3 hour minimum
London City Airport, 2 min walk · 3 known lobbies 09London · Airport hotels · planned, 3 hour minimum
Stations on request · 6 known lobbies 10TW6 · UB3 · Airport hotels · planned, 3 hour minimum
Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3, 5 min walk · 6 known lobbies 11TW6 · Airport hotels · planned, 3 hour minimum
Heathrow Terminal 4, 5 min walk · 1 known lobbies 12TW6 · SL3 · Airport hotels · planned, 3 hour minimum
Heathrow Terminal 5, 5 min walk · 3 known lobbies 13London · City · usually about an hour
Stations on request · 5 known lobbies| Area | Postcode | Nearest station | To your door |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Lane | W1K | Hyde Park Corner, 3 min | About an hour |
| West End | W1 · WC2 | Piccadilly Circus, 2 min | About an hour |
| Knightsbridge | SW1X · SW7 | Knightsbridge, 1 min | About an hour |
| City of London | EC2 · EC3 · EC4 | Bank, 1 min | About an hour |
| Kings Cross | N1C · WC1X | King's Cross St Pancras, 1 min | About an hour |
| Heathrow | TW6 | Heathrow Terminal 5, 5 min | Book ahead |
| Gatwick | RH6 | Gatwick Airport, 5 min | Book ahead |
| London City Airport | E16 | London City Airport, 2 min | Book ahead |
| Airport Hotels | London | On request | Book ahead |
| Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 | TW6 · UB3 | Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3, 5 min | Book ahead |
| Heathrow Terminal 4 | TW6 | Heathrow Terminal 4, 5 min | Book ahead |
| Heathrow Terminal 5 | TW6 · SL3 | Heathrow Terminal 5, 5 min | Book ahead |
| Late Night London | London | On request | About an hour |
Start with airport hotels, which sorts every terminal by the rule it follows. Heathrow breaks down into Terminal 5, Terminals 2 and 3 and Terminal 4; Gatwick covers the North and South Terminals. Both airports set a floor of three hours, travel time included, and the taxi is folded into a single total. London City is the exception: one hour upwards, with a Zone 3 fare added.
West End, Park Lane and Knightsbridge rooms usually hear the knock about an hour after the go ahead, with several companions living close by. The King's Cross station hotels run to much the same hour, and the City of London often a little longer. Her knock time always follows in the thread once she is moving. All of them sit in Zone 1, so the journey adds nothing to the rate.
Late night London sets out which districts are realistic at 2am, how arrival windows move through the night and what to send when most of the city is asleep. The rates stay exactly the same at every hour.
Still covered. Mayfair, Marylebone, Paddington, the South Bank and Canary Wharf are all served at any hour. Inside Zones 1 and 2, travel is included. Beyond them, the fare both ways is quoted first. Serviced apartments and private homes follow the same rules, with the address verified where a hotel would give a room number.