West End
W1, WC2 28 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station Piccadilly Circus, 2 minutes on foot.
Service AreaOne message · from £250 an hour
The service area, the twelve districts the desk covers
The desk does not claim all of London. It claims twelve districts, each with a page that names the hotels, the stations with their walking minutes, and an honest arrival window rather than a flattering one.
If your address is somewhere else, write anyway. Travel inside Zones 1 and 2 is already in the fee, and for anywhere further out the desk quotes the taxi fare both ways before you confirm.
Service Area
Districts the desk covers
Marylebone
W1U, W1G 2 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station Baker Street, 4 minutes on foot.
Belgravia
SW1X, SW1W 3 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station Victoria, 5 minutes on foot.
Paddington
W2 3 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station Paddington, 1 minutes on foot.
South Kensington
SW7 3 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station South Kensington, 1 minutes on foot.
Kensington
W8 28 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station High Street Kensington, 1 minutes on foot.
Chelsea
SW3 3 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station Sloane Square, 5 minutes on foot.
City of London
EC2, EC3, EC4 28 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station Bank, 1 minutes on foot.
Bank and Monument
EC3, EC4 28 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station Bank, 1 minutes on foot.
Shoreditch
EC2A, E1, E2 28 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station Shoreditch High Street, 2 minutes on foot.
Canary Wharf
E14 28 on the register · 30 to 45 minNearest station Canary Wharf, 2 minutes on foot.
Victoria
SW1V, SW1W Arrival point · 30 to 45 minNearest station Victoria, 1 minutes on foot.
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The centre and the west
The West End, W1 and WC2, runs on the theatre timetable. Marylebone, W1U and W1G, is the village, with three companions inside it and the shortest arrival windows. Paddington, W2, is the arrivals postcode. Kensington, W8, is the repeat booking district, and South Kensington, SW7, keeps the earliest hours the desk works.
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The south west
Chelsea, SW3, has three companions in it and more private front doors than hotel lifts. Belgravia, SW1X and SW1W, is the quiet arrival: garden squares, porters and evenings that make no noise at all. Victoria, SW1V, sits around the terminus and runs on timetables.
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The City and the east
The Square Mile, EC2 to EC4, empties at seven and is at its best at nine. Bank and Monument, EC3 and EC4, is the junction itself. Shoreditch, EC2A, E1 and E2, starts when everywhere else is finishing. Canary Wharf, E14, is the tower district, where the desk asks for the floor and the entrance before anyone sets out.
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What every district page tells you
The same six things, in the order you need them: what the district is after dark, the hotels companions are sent to, the nearest stations and the walk from each, how a booking there is arranged, who tends to book, and which companions work from it. No hotel named on this site is a partner of the desk; none is contacted or told anything.
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One ladder across all twelve
The district never changes the figure. An hour is £250 in Shoreditch and £250 in Belgravia, and the whole ladder is printed on the rates page. What the district changes is the timing, which is why each page gives you a window rather than a promise.
Your turn
One line is enough
Write the district, the hour and the number of hours. What comes back has a name in it, a time in it and a figure in it, and nothing moves after that.