What's New in London 2021
London is a hotbed of new openings from destination restaurants to designer hotels, from quirky cafes to stylish shops. Find out about the hottest openings in town - if it's new and newsworthy, it's here.
Opens
2021 2021
Ibis Styles Piccadilly Circus
Opens 2021 2021
Ibis Styles Piccadilly Circus opening date not yet confirmed. The landmark Trocadero, a huge Edwardian Grade II listed building a stone's throw from Piccadilly Circus, is to become the West End's biggest budget hotel, turning the building into the 583-room three star Ibis Styles Piccadilly Circus hotel. Previously there were plans to create a Tokyo style pod hotel for the site between Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street but the new proposal by French hotel operator Accor, being developed by property company Criterion Capital, offers larger rooms and a completely different design. The new design reflects the history of the area "with a hint of humour perfectly matching the electric eccentricity of the Trocadero". Interiors are likely to be playful and colorful with big beds, fluffy duvet and all-you-want breakfasts as well as Wi-Fi access throughout the hotel. Ibis Styles is a brand of hotel that welcomes parents - there's a family suite for up to four people, children's TV channel in the room, kids' area in the lobby plus cot, bottle warmers, and high chairs, and the upbeat and vibrant decor is something that will appeal to kids. With rooms likely to cost around £100 to £150 per night, it's friendly on the pocket too.
2021/06/01
Where:
Ibis Styles Piccadilly Circus,
London Trocadero, 7-14 Coventry Street London, W1D 7DH
Category:
New Hotels
Ibis Styles Piccadilly Circus, Trocadero, 7-14 Coventry Street, London, W1D 7DH
Tube: Piccadilly Circus Station, Leicester Square Station
Ibis Styles Piccadilly Circus opening date not yet confirmed.
The landmark Trocadero, a huge Edwardian Grade II listed building a stone's throw from Piccadilly Circus, is to become the West End's biggest budget hotel, turning the building into the 583-room three star Ibis Styles Piccadilly Circus hotel. Previously there were plans to create a Tokyo style pod hotel for the site between Shaftesbury Avenue and Coventry Street but the new proposal by French hotel operator Accor, being developed by property company Criterion Capital, offers larger rooms and a completely different design. The new design reflects the history of the area "with a hint of humour perfectly matching the electric eccentricity of the Trocadero". Interiors are likely to be playful and colorful with big beds, fluffy duvet and all-you-want breakfasts as well as Wi-Fi access throughout the hotel. Ibis Styles is a brand of hotel that welcomes parents - there's a family suite for up to four people, children's TV channel in the room, kids' area in the lobby plus cot, bottle warmers, and high chairs, and the upbeat and vibrant decor is something that will appeal to kids. With rooms likely to cost around £100 to £150 per night, it's friendly on the pocket too.
Opens
summer 2021
Ealing Filmworks
Opens summer 2021
Ealing Filmworks opens in summer 2021. On 12th December 2016 construction of the Ealing Filmworks development began with the borough's long-awaited cinema, operated by Picturehouse Cinemas. The eight screen cinema is on the site of the former 1930s Forum Theatre and celebrates Ealing's cinematic history with careful restoration of the cinema's original facade. More than just a new cinema, the development includes shops, cafes and restaurants from Vapiano and Planet Organic as well as new public spaces and housing. The Filmworks development transforms the area, opening up the site and creating pedestrian links to Walpole Park, Pitzhanger Manor and Ealing Green.
2021/06/15
Where:
Ealing Filmworks,
56-61 New Broadway London, W5 5AH
Category:
Cinemas
Ealing Filmworks, 56-61 New Broadway, London, W5 5AH
Tube: Ealing Broadway Station
Ealing Filmworks opens in summer 2021.
On 12th December 2016 construction of the Ealing Filmworks development began with the borough's long-awaited cinema, operated by Picturehouse Cinemas. The eight screen cinema is on the site of the former 1930s Forum Theatre and celebrates Ealing's cinematic history with careful restoration of the cinema's original facade. More than just a new cinema, the development includes shops, cafes and restaurants from Vapiano and Planet Organic as well as new public spaces and housing. The Filmworks development transforms the area, opening up the site and creating pedestrian links to Walpole Park, Pitzhanger Manor and Ealing Green.
Opens
to be confirmed 2021
Westin London City
Opens to be confirmed 2021
Westin London City opens in 2021. The first hotel under Marriott's Westin brand in London, The Westin London City is a new build development near St Paul's Cathedral. Dexter Moren Associates' fluid, sculptural design transforms the former Queensbridge House site into a premium hotel with river-facing views and 222 guestrooms and nine luxury apartments. Visible from the South Bank, the seven storey, five star hotel also includes a fitness and leisure suite - wellness is key to the brand - basement swimming pool as well as conference facilities plus a restaurant and bar with spectacular views over the Thames. The development opens up a new walkway along the river - perfect for the three- and five-mile running routes the hotel provides - connecting Chelsea Embankment with the Tower of London and offering views across the water towards Shakespeare's Globe and the South Bank. Operators 4C Hotel Group also own the Canopy by Hilton London City which is scheduled to open in 2020.
2021/06/15
Where:
Westin London City,
60 Upper Thames Street London, EC4V 3EH
Category:
New Hotels
Westin London City, 60 Upper Thames Street, London, EC4V 3EH
Tube: Mansion House Station, Cannon Street Station, St. Paul's Station
Westin London City opens in 2021.
The first hotel under Marriott's Westin brand in London, The Westin London City is a new build development near St Paul's Cathedral. Dexter Moren Associates' fluid, sculptural design transforms the former Queensbridge House site into a premium hotel with river-facing views and 222 guestrooms and nine luxury apartments. Visible from the South Bank, the seven storey, five star hotel also includes a fitness and leisure suite - wellness is key to the brand - basement swimming pool as well as conference facilities plus a restaurant and bar with spectacular views over the Thames. The development opens up a new walkway along the river - perfect for the three- and five-mile running routes the hotel provides - connecting Chelsea Embankment with the Tower of London and offering views across the water towards Shakespeare's Globe and the South Bank. Operators 4C Hotel Group also own the Canopy by Hilton London City which is scheduled to open in 2020.
Opened
April 2021
Kingsland Locke
Opened April 2021
Part of the Locke hotel group, who specialise in stylish aparthotels, Kingsland Locke is a £40 million new-build five storey hotel with 121 studio and one-bedroom apartments. Situated on the junction of Kingsland Road High Street and Sandringham Road, diagonally opposite the Grade II-listed Rio Cinema, the hotel has a gym, restaurant, cocktail bar and a co-working space for 152 guests. It follows the Lehman Locke in Aldgate and Locke at Broken Wharf near Tower Bridge but is the group's first serviced apartment project.
2021/04/15
Where:
Kingsland Locke,
130a Kingsland High Street, Hackney Downs London, E8 2NS
Category:
New Hotels
Kingsland Locke, 130a Kingsland High Street, Hackney Downs, London, E8 2NS
Tube: Highbury & Islington Station
Part of the Locke hotel group, who specialise in stylish aparthotels, Kingsland Locke is a £40 million new-build five storey hotel with 121 studio and one-bedroom apartments. Situated on the junction of Kingsland Road High Street and Sandringham Road, diagonally opposite the Grade II-listed Rio Cinema, the hotel has a gym, restaurant, cocktail bar and a co-working space for 152 guests. It follows the Lehman Locke in Aldgate and Locke at Broken Wharf near Tower Bridge but is the group's first serviced apartment project.