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Thanet Hotel Annex

2.5 star property

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Family Room (Shared Bathroom) | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Reviews

4.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Room service

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9-10 Bedford Place, London, England, WC1B 5JA
  • Place, The British Museum
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Piccadilly Circus
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Place, Trafalgar Square
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • Airport, London (LHR-Heathrow)
    ‪47 min drive‬

Room options

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Basic Single Room (Shared Bathroom) | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Basic Single Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Basic Double Room (Shared Bathroom) | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Basic Double Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Double Room, Ensuite | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Basic Triple Room (Shared Bathroom) | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Basic Triple Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Triple Room, Ensuite | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Triple Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Basic Twin Room (Shared Bathroom) | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Basic Twin Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Twin Room, Ensuite | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Family Room (Shared Bathroom) | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Family Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

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Family Room, Ensuite | Iron/ironing board, bed sheets

Family Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

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About this property

Thanet Hotel Annex

Hotel with a 24-hour front desk, 5-minute walk to The British Museum
This smoke-free hotel features a 24-hour front desk. Housekeeping is available once per stay.
Thanet Hotel Annex offers 41 accommodations. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. An iron/ironing board and hairdryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided once per stay.
Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Thanet Hotel Annex. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Russell Square.
  • Services include luggage storage
  • Guests have great things to say about the location and the helpful staff
  • Just a 5-minute walk from The British Museum and a 4-minute drive from Trafalgar Square
Thanet Hotel Annex offers its guests room service (during limited hours). The front desk is open around the clock.

This London hotel is smoke free.

Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (on request)

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • No plastic coffee stirrers
  • No plastic drinking straws
  • No plastic soft drink bottles
  • No plastic water bottles
  • Reusable cups
  • Reusable tableware
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 17

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Guests arriving after midnight must make advance arrangements by contacting the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

Property is also known as

Hotel Lonsdale
Lonsdale Hotel
Lonsdale Hotel London
The Lonsdale Hotel London, England
Lonsdale Hotel
Thanet Hotel Annex Hotel
Thanet Hotel Annex London
Thanet Hotel Annex Hotel London

Thanet Hotel Annex Reviews

Reviews

4.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 44 out of 407 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 43 out of 407 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 70 out of 407 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 85 out of 407 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 165 out of 407 reviews

4.2/10

Cleanliness

6.2/10

Staff & service

4.2/10

Amenities

3.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Aaron

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
No WiFi no tv no breakfast as we payed for. Terrible room. Uncomfortable. Windows wouldn’t lock on basement floor. Unsafe. Staff were nice but unapologetic over no WiFi or tv. We were told a drunk guy broke it a few nights before. No compensation offer. We would like a refund please.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vera

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Md Atikur

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bad experiences Bathroom is very tiny and both sink not working. Shower tape not working. Nothing working is fine.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

mahdiya

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Mark

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good and bad

Good points: Twin room with a shared toilet and bathroom - perfect for 2 people who aren't a couple. Room was clean and door lock was secure. Staff member on 24/7 reception desk was polite and helpful - just limited by the hotels lack of facilities. Fairly cheap by London standards, fantastic central location a block away from the British Museum. Walking distance from King's Cross and St Pancras train stations. Bad points : No place to refill water bottles in hotel - a cheap easy improvement to make? Towel rail in room falling off wall. Shower room was out of order so had to use shared bathroom on different floor - this was clean but would of benefited from limescale being removed. Shared toilets were tiny - toilet seat not fully secured to toilet. Very thin walls with no sound proofing, heard people watching videos on their phone, talking, doors closing etc. Corridors and room could all do with new paint. Presumably most of the above problems are related to it being a cheap hotel and the owners therefore having little capital to make improvements
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Mohammad

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Faizan

Liked: Staff & service
Staff is good. Property is a bit rough but cant complain for the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

stephen

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Pedro Ruiz

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Rooms are not like the pictures… cracks on the cealing and floor. Small bathroom and leaks. For a room with no AC the
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not recommended for family with children

Not recommended to any children to go there. The building is very old, smell horriblely and not feel safe or comfortable. Only thing we chosed to stay there over night, checked out at 4 am, because it is close to British Museum. It is not worth for £150 for one night.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kurt

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The worst experience ever. Not at all like the pictures. Unsafe. Loads of noise. Dirty. I am so disappointed.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Karen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Awful

This was a last minute stay so we were limited for low cost options, but this was terrible, we only had the option to book a room with a shared bathroom, when we checked in we were told "good news" we've got a room with an ensuite. We got to the room and it was dirty and dingy but did have a shower, as it was 10pm by this point we were getting showered and changed for bed when there was a knock on the door, the guy from reception said we could no longer have that room and needed to move! I explained my husband was in the shower and I wasn't dressed, he said he'd come back in 10mins! We then got packed back up again and moved to a room with a shared bathroom, again it was dingy and dirty, the 2 chairs in the room were both broken, the wardrobe had no handles on it, the mattress was cheap and uncomfortable. There were 2 shared bathrooms for the floor of around 7 rooms, one of the toilets was out of order and the other was dirty, shower was disgusting with the dirty trap exposed. There was noise until about 2am with doors banging echoing through the building.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

James

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property needs renovation
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

As

Room was too hot too stuffy room was failing apart
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Sandra

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Kaitlyn

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Louise

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ni

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location is brilliant, very central. Place is the dirtiest hotel I’ve stayed in, flies as soon as you enter the building. Our bathroom was very mouldy. That being said, you get what you pay for and the staff were really friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Catherine

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

jack

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very nice hotel highly recommend if looking for a cheap and safe place to stay
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Vaughn

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Please do not stay at this property.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Minh

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

james

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Check in and out was fine. No toilet paper, toilet was black, showers were black and filthy, unusable. Floor was coming up in the room, mattress was very thin
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Avoid

Overpriced, dirty,most basic amenities. I felt embarrassed for the other guests. Worst place i have ever stayed in
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025