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The Mandrake Hotel
A 5-star hotel 2.0 km from Big Ben and 920 m from the city centre, near the Bloomsbury area, with 34 rooms.
Good for Luxury · Boutique
In short
Forty hotels in London meet the rule for this list: each is either self-described as a boutique hotel or rated 4-star or higher with 50 rooms or fewer. This page shows 10 of them. The Mandrake Hotel is 2.0 km from Big Ben and sits near Bloomsbury, while The Capital Hotel has 49 rooms and dates its opening to 1971.
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Ten Manchester Street
A 4-star hotel with 44 rooms, 2.8 km from Big Ben and 1.9 km from the city centre.
Good for Boutique
Photo: Gbear605, CC BY-SA 3.0 03The Zetter Townhouse Marylebone
A 4-star hotel with 24 rooms, 2.8 km from Big Ben and 2.1 km from the city centre.
Good for Boutique
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Opulence Central London
A 4-star hotel with 19 rooms, 3.0 km from Big Ben and 2.1 km from the city centre.
Good for Boutique · Small hotels
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St. George Hotel
A 4-star hotel with 19 rooms, 3.0 km from Big Ben and 2.2 km from the city centre.
Good for Boutique · Small hotels
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Park Grand Marble Arch
A 5-star hotel with 42 rooms, 2.9 km from Big Ben and 2.2 km from the city centre.
Good for Luxury · Boutique
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The Sumner Hotel
A 4-star hotel with 20 rooms, 3.0 km from Big Ben and 2.2 km from the city centre.
Good for Boutique · Small hotels
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Montagu Place Hotel
A 4-star hotel with 19 rooms, 3.2 km from Big Ben and 2.3 km from the city centre.
Good for Boutique · Small hotels
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The Capital Hotel
A 5-star hotel with 49 rooms, 2.6 km from Big Ben and 2.5 km from the city centre; it opened in 1971.
Good for Luxury · Boutique
Opened 1971 (Wikidata)
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The Capital Townhouse
A 4-star hotel with 12 rooms, 2.6 km from Big Ben and 2.5 km from the city centre.
Good for Boutique · Small hotels
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Frequently asked
Which boutique hotel is closest to Big Ben?
Of the hotels listed here, The Mandrake Hotel is closest, at 2.0 km from Big Ben.
How was this list of boutique hotels chosen?
Hotels qualify if they describe themselves as a boutique hotel on their own website, or if they are rated 4-star or higher with 50 rooms or fewer. 40 hotels in London meet this rule, and 10 are shown here.
Which hotel on this list has the fewest rooms?
The Capital Townhouse has 12 rooms, the fewest among the hotels listed here.
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- OpenStreetMap — hotel locations, names, star classification where mapped (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); distances computed from coordinates
- Wikidata — heritage status and building dates (CC0)
- ReasonStay methodology — how shortlists are chosen and checked