Central London Hub
Location: 5 Baldwin's Gardens, London, England, EC1N 7RR, London, GB
Star Rating: 2 Stars
Property Type: Guest houses
About this Property
Escape to the heart of London at Central London Hub, where charm meets convenience.
Cozy Guestrooms
Immerse yourself in one of our 5 welcoming guestrooms, each equipped with modern microwaves for your dining needs. Experience the comfort of home in an inviting atmosphere.
Shared Kitchen Convenience
Unleash your inner chef in our communal kitchen, allowing you to prepare your favorite meals while enjoying a sense of community with fellow guests.
Prime Location
Situated just a short distance from iconic landmarks like St. Paul's Cathedral and The British Museum, explore the wonders of London at your doorstep.
Don't miss your chance to experience the perfect blend of comfort and location—book your stay with us today!
Important Information
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Policies
Check-in: N/A - Anytime
Check-out: N/A
Amenities & Facilities
- Free WiFi
- Garden
- Wheelchair accessible
- Outdoor furniture
- Accessible shuttle
- No accessible shuttle
Rooms Available
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Superior Quadruple Room
1 Double Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed
Layout - Separate sitting area
Internet - Free WiFi 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, and shared/communal kitchen access
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and a hair dryer
Practical - Desk, iron/ironing board, and wardrobe or closet
Comfort - Heating
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- Shower
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Microwave
- Dishwasher
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Wardrobe or closet
- Oven
- Stovetop
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Separate sitting area
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Soap
- Laptop-friendly workspace
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Comfort Double Room
1 Double Bed
Internet - Free WiFi 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, and shared/communal kitchen access
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, free toiletries, a hair dryer, and towels
Practical - Iron/ironing board and laptop workspace
Comfort - Heating
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Dishwasher
- Heating
- Oven
- Stovetop
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Soap
- Laptop-friendly workspace
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Economy Single Room
1 Twin Bed
Internet - Free WiFi 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, and shared/communal kitchen access
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, free toiletries, a hair dryer, and towels
Practical - Iron/ironing board, laptop workspace, and wardrobe or closet
Comfort - Heating
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Dishwasher
- Heating
- Wardrobe or closet
- Oven
- Stovetop
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Soap
- Laptop-friendly workspace
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Comfort Triple Room
1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed
Layout - Separate sitting area
Internet - Free WiFi 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, and shared/communal kitchen access
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, free toiletries, a hair dryer, and towels
Practical - Iron/ironing board, laptop workspace, and wardrobe or closet
Comfort - Heating
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Dishwasher
- Heating
- Wardrobe or closet
- Oven
- Stovetop
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Separate sitting area
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Soap
- Laptop-friendly workspace
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Deluxe Triple Room
1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed
Layout - Separate sitting area
Internet - Free WiFi 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, and shared/communal kitchen access
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, free toiletries, a hair dryer, and towels
Practical - Iron/ironing board, laptop workspace, and wardrobe or closet
Comfort - Heating
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Dishwasher
- Heating
- Wardrobe or closet
- Oven
- Stovetop
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Separate sitting area
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Soap
- Laptop-friendly workspace
Guest Reviews
- Paige (6/5): - Toilet light didn’t work. Atmosphere felt a little awkward.
- Hannah (8/5): Acceptable, but probably won't book again - Pros: location, had the basics requirements needed, bed was quite comfy, fairly inexpensive Cons: not clear from listing that it's a shared accomodation, which I would not have picked as a solo female traveller. Bedroom doors lock but still not ideal setup. Lacking basics that a true hotel would have like toiletries though I brought my own. There was a kettle and tea and sugar, but no cup or coffee or milk in room (?) Cleanliness wasn't the best, but it was acceptable. Shower sprayed water everywhere - be prepared to mop up the floor with a towel! Would have been very small space for the 4 people expected to fit in the room! Fine for 1-2 people. Was a bit taken aback at having to send my ID and £300 deposit in advance (maybe not ideal if you don't want that money unavailable to you?) but it was promptly released from card by the day after stay. Comms werent great - they initially asked me to pay for the room after I'd already paid hotels.com, and later on asked for my ID after I'd already submitted. Also didn't get check in instructions until 2pm on day of arrival - check in isn't until 4pm but if you like to have all your info in advance it's not ideal. First day in new job and I didn't even know if I was going to be able to check in! Overall I will probably book something else for my work trips going forward as I'd rather pay more and have less cons, but might consider booking this again if I really wanted the location.
- Joe (8/5): Decent Experience - Decent location, nice clean rooms and kitchen, however was not told beforehand that it was a shared bathroom and struggled to get a reply over message. Was told multiple times that I would be sent a check in code and had to call them 3 times to finally get it. Very nice inside but just beware that it does feel like you're staying in someone's house.
- Carter (2/5): Fake hotel with hidden costs. - This is not a hotel. You are renting a room in an indecent town home. There is no front desk, and upon arrival you are unable to enter the building without filling out a long form and paying an additional 300 pound deposit that was not disclosed. I'm hoping I am able to get it back.
- Ben (10/5): - I stayed in a compact room in a town house which had other rooms available. In my room there was a comfortable single bed, towels, a TV and kettle, and on the same floor was a nicely furnished, shared shower room. The room was perfect for my needs (just needed a bed for the night) and quite close to the West End with a handful of shops nearby. The owner introduced themselves via WhatsApp and shared the access code at check in time (4pm); I didn't need any further help but they seemed very approachable.
- Julie (2/5): Strange and unclean - This is a small council house converted into separate rooms. Our room was sold as a triple, but was a double with a broken sofa bed which when folded out blocked all movement in the room, stopping the use of the (tiny) wardrobe and the storage unit. There were two dirty mugs, a used teaspoon and empty tea bag wrappers in our room, but no one to contact about this as it isn’t a hotel. There is a kitchen where I could get clean mugs/spoons, but there was no milk/milk sachets anywhere. The only thing going for this place is the location.
- Steve (6/5): Cheap but weired :) - Inexpensive. However its all a bit weired. Find a random house on an estate. Work out how the door lock works and find your room. Bed about 5 ft in the air. Telly, but not connected to anything. Have to share a bathroom. Which means you have to get dressed in the night to go to the loo. A dozen emails and forms you have to fill in and a deposit. Just get a hotel.
- Kayla (8/5): Great location - The room was exactly as described & pictured. Easy no-key system works well, especially for a late night in the city. Had to call to ask for check-in details and to find out when my deposit is coming back which is not ideal, more communication from staff would have been better. That said, I would definitely stay again!
- Tiffany (8/5): - Came in exhausted for check in at 4 and the place was a mess. I reached out and they had someone come out quickly to clean it up and get itvready. I appreciated that. The shared kitchen is so handy to have access at for long stays or even the 2 nights we did. I love the modernisation of the place. The biggest issue wasn't the mess we checked into but the shower. The water goes everywhere and i recommend using a towel inside the door to prevent water from going everywhere and finding its way inside the room and piling up outside the door and under the bed. It is slippery. Please watch out for that.
- Jasvinder (2/5): Give this a miss - Hairs all over bed, small room with no air on or fan
- Deborah (2/5): The worst experience ever - It was probably the worst experience I have ever had - showed up to check in an hour after we should have as room wasn't ready , to then find at 5pm still not cleaned we had to stand outside the property as no where we could sit and were left out there till after 7pm at night I had my 2 children with me and had a full panic attack!! It was terrible, I thought we were stranded in London on a Saturday night!! We felt mislead as we thought it was a hotel it's a house!! With other people in it !!!! We spoke to another stressed couple thought the same as us, they left and found other accommodation. Place felt so unsafe (back door was unlocked and opened ) and uncomfortable we had no choice but to stay and no other options available I spoke to someone from hotels.com then put us back onto property manager who gave us 10% back on one night - I was in such a state I just accepted and was frightened didn't know what to do??? My son woke up the next day with a red and swollen eye my face was swollen too had to take antihistamine! Never ever ever booking again, absolute nightmare!
- Kabita (10/5): Clean and attractive. - Was amazing with my family 😘😘little bit noisy but it’s ok . I just stay there for sleep but it was amazing to stay for long 😘
- David (4/5): - Was really annoyed o had to pay £300 security deposit b4 I could check in online
- Louise (6/5): The stay was okay - The stay was correct. Its self check in, you will not meet someone, but you can call them until late afternoon and they will be very helpful to get you checked in. However if you arrive late at Night they Will be no assistance, that might be inconvenient. Everything is really clean, you have all equipments for the kitchen and bathroom. However in the room there is a tv impossible to unplung and which makes little noises all the time. The room is okay and satisfying for a short stay.
- Kevin (2/5): Dirty and damaged room - Terrible, dirty damaged room with no suite facilities. Complained and still not given a response. Do not book this accommodation
- Maximilian (8/5): - Das Haus wirkt von außen sehr unscheinbar, ist von innen aber in einem sehr guten und renovierten Zustand. Jedoch sind die Wände sehr dünn. Rücksichtslose andere Bewohner hört man daher sehr laut. Außerdem sind alle Türen sehr laut und wenn man diese nicht vorsichtig schließt, hört man das im ganzen Haus.
- Jessica (8/5): - Nice stay. Clean room and shared bathroom. Easy keypad entry. Would be nice if there were a fan in the room as temperatures have been extremely high. I slept with a cool wet towel around my neck.
- cesar (2/5): - Property was a total disaster, couldn't even get in for an 1hr due.to electronic lock not working . Room tiny and so so hot, window would not stay open had to prop open with tea tin. True awful experience and room would not recommend to anyone
- Jacob (4/5): - This property is advertised as a hotel. In reality it is a town house where you are renting an individual room with a flimsy digital door lock. Bathroom is shared and after booking they demand a deposit along with having extensive travelers insurance to be able to access the room. Did not feel comfortable leaving valuables in the room as there is no front desk person nor a safe in the rooms. If you are looking for a quick stay in a good location this may be ideal, would not recommend for a longer stay. Also strict no refund policy, beware.
- Michael (2/5): - I would not recommend this property and after over 15 years of loyalty as a customer I am no longer booking through this page. Pre check in process includes third party payment of an unclear amout - check other reviews this place is dodgy and you are not protected and have to agree to likely illegally Ts & Cs.
- Sergejs (2/5): - what can i say. is nowhere in a room description i found explanation that this property have a shared shower/toilet. more than this you are charged £300 GBP deposit when booking on their website. no clear warning of this also found on Expedia. Information provoded by property owners is misleading. This is very bad practice. My deposit still has not been refunded.
- Clara (2/5): - This is not a hotel. I arrived after dark and had to hunt around for anything that looks vaguely like a hotel - which it does not. I had to go down what looks like a back alley and try to put a code into a handle by the light of my phone. It was dreadful. The bathrooms are shared. The bed was soft. I never want to stay in anywhere like that again. For £160 for the night it would have been a rip-off at half the price.
- Christopher (6/5): SHARED BATHROOM - NOT A HOTEL - Be warned, not quite as advertised. It is not a hotel, it's a sharehouse Airbnb. It would be a fair price for a room in a houseshare Airbnb though. It's a shared bathroom - Most places will clearly tell you it is shared bathroom (ie. honesty & integrity). You are forced to send a copy of an ID and pay £300 deposit or they won't let you inside or even tell you the exact location (they won't tell you about this until after you've booked and paid). Nobody on site to help. Front door jams, needed to be let in by another guest, then had to shoulder the door to force it open the rest of the visit. Hard to find, a little terrace place hidden down a small court. To be fair, clean and tidy enough for a houseshare, just deceitful. Certainly not hotel standards, but it wasn't a dump. Checked in at 7pm, then oddly, we received a call from a mobile at 11:35pm to check we got to the hotel okay???...lucky we were not asleep, but perhaps call guests before 9pm? Oh, if you need to turn off the flashing multi-colour LED lights keeping you awake....pull out the sofa then climb over it to get into the cupboard blocked into the corner. You'll finally find the switch tucked away in the bottom corner....otherwise you'll need a eyemask to sleep. To be honest, it would be fine for a houseshare Airbnb, if they were just honest about it being one, the shared bathroom, & £300 deposit. For your own expectation management just know it isn't a hotel or similar. Fair price, good location.
- D (10/5): - Very nice and was idea for what I needed
- Daniel (6/5): - The price for london is good, location was good and nothing specific went wrong. but the room was incredibly small with no place to hang clothes. The mirror was not mounted on the wall and the tv did not function. The toilet is shared by two rooms which was not a horrible problem except the obvious inconvenience. There is a downstairs kitchen facility if needed (coffee machine did not function). While convenient for those hopong to eat in, it also means someone can cook a very aromatic meal and make the entire building smell poorly. In sum, not appropriate for except for short stays on a very low budget.
- Christian (10/5): - Great place and perfect location but very concerned about having tongive a £300 pound deposit which doesnt appear anywhere while booking through hotels .co . If youbdont give your card details they wont give you the door codes
- David (6/5): - Cheap by London standards adequate but difficult to find details of access received only on the day a few hours before arrival leading to a worry that you have been scammed additional security check makes you wonder how this information is b e.g.ing used shower water leaks all over the bathroom making floor slippery front door doesn’t open properly when key code entered
- Brett (8/5): - The location was just perfect, very accessible via public transport. We received access pin into our email address so there was no confusion and delays. However there were no cups in the room (two that were filled with sugar and milk sachets) only one set of cutlery. There were occasions that there were no shampoo available. There was no coffee but plenty of tea bags in the house.
- Andrew (4/5): - Miscommunicate that bathroom and toilets are shared! little use of common kitchen (not furnished well). Clean, small, will not stay here again.
- James (6/5): - Good value but no on-suite bathroom
- Thomas R (6/5): One-night stay, ruined by noise - Cute little guest house, very convenient location. Clean and well kept. In my opinion, the coloured fairy lights, the fake flowers and the stuffed toys are completely unnecessary, but taste is individual. I’d have preferred a bedside lamp instead. I booked for one night, Saturday to Sunday. At 7am, the smoke alarm started beeping with that change-the-battery warning. It’s hard to describe how frustrating and annoying that is, when you’ve set your alarm for 10am, because you need a lie-in more than anything. But good to know there are smoke alarms. If you book, please note that the house is right opposite a church, so you’ll have the ringing bells. Also know that this is not a purpose built hotel, but someone’s town house that is essentially an Airbnb. You can hear everything going on in the next room, and I mean everything. Bring earplugs if you want good sleep.
- Isabella (8/5): Modern, cozy & clean - The place was clean and the host / maintenance guy who we called to let us in was v polite. I was annoyed that we had to resister my ID and card details to him via an online link felt very dodgy since I already pre-paid. The location wasn’t that easy to find, had to call the customer service to help me get there. I booked a double room for two people and was given a clean room on the top floor with a shared bathroom. The bed however had only two pillows and was set up for one person it seemed. The bed size was a 3/4 bed, between a single and a double. the room was v tight but for £70 on a bank holiday weekend in London I was happy. Would’ve appreciated more pillows. The sheets were clean, toilet was immaculate for a shared bathroom and the room had a modern design and feel.
- Christopher (10/5): Comfortable, clean and good location - Location is great, few mins walk from Chancery Lane Station. Accommodation is great,feels fresh, comfortable, good size and a good price. My only issue is needs better clarity on booking process. Once paid you need to provide deposit and ID through an email link, however its not clear about check-in instructions. This comes through the day of check-in around midday separately.
- Mark (2/5): - I was unable to find the property - that address does not exist
- S (8/5): - Comfortable, clean and quiet. Really enjoyed the stay
- David (6/5): Not a quiet stay - I was left feeling a bit disappointed with the stay. The decor and cleanliness of the apartment was to a good standard, but there is absolutely no escape from the noise within in the building which meant I had 2 poor nights sleep.
- Mizanur (10/5): Clean comfortable and cozy stay! - Great location, very clean and pre-authorisation deters rowdy groups, which is a must in a house conversion! Wil stay again.
- Oluwarotimi (8/5): - I had a short stay but it was comfortable and cost effective
- Beatriz (10/5): Experiencia positiva - La habitacion y los elementos comunes, la cocina y el baño, son espectaculares, todo nuevo y muy limpio. Cuidan muchos los detalles que se agradecen, poder hacerte un cafe, un te, lo tienes todo a tu disposion. Cerca del centro, a 15 caminando. La experiencia muy positiva. 100% recomendable y si vuelvo a Londres, volvere a este apartamento/habiracion. Si hay que hacer algun comentario, quiza no es negativo, pero no especificado a la hora de reservar, al hacer el cheking te piden 300 libras de fianza, que quiza a lo mejor no todo el mundo puede tener en el momento y si cancelas pierdes lo que hubieras pagado por la habitacion. Creo que deberia ser un tema que a la hora de la reserva se haga saber. La fianza aun no la he recuperado, pero la salida ha sido esta mañana, no creo tener ningun problema de que me la devuelvan. Gracias.
- Kenneth (6/5): - Good central location and clean/modern rooms, However it is very hard to find the property as it’s actually a houseshare and the check in procedure isn’t explained when you book the room. Huge deposit taken as well (also not made clear upon booking) that I’m still trying to recover.
- SriDevi (2/5): - It was like home stay they asked for holding deposit 300 pounds and photo id and to sign the agreement for just one night stay which could have been mentioned in booking page.And it was very difficult to find the location as there is no display board saying the central London hub it takes us three hours to locate the exact location. We thought of staying and extend our but because of the terrible experience in cold weather we cancelled our trip . please give all details in display so that we can get an idea before booking
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