The Gateway Hotel

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The Gateway Hotel
Situated a 5-minute walk from Church Of The Ascension, the 3-star Gateway Hotel London features Wi-Fi in public areas and a private parking garage on site. Located 7 km from such shopping venues as Trafalgar Square, the smoke-free hotel has 19 rooms just a short stroll from a tube station.
The property lies in the very heart of London, in Balham, lined with casual eateries, chain stores, and independent shops, fairly close to Ascension, Balham Hill. The Gateway London offers proximity to such natural sights as Larkhall City Park (2.9 km) and the mostly Streatham Common Woodland (3.1 km). Nature lovers will appreciate the proximity to Eagle Pond, which is 12 minutes' stroll away. Also, The Gateway Hotel is 17 minutes' stroll from Clapham Common. For those travelling from afar, London City airport is 35 minutes' drive away.
The rooms feature such facilities as coffee/tea makers, along with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and a DVD player for guests' entertainment. An electric kettle and a fridge are provided for your comfort. Offering such amenities as a hairdryer and bath sheets, the bathrooms also include a separate toilet and a shower.
A continental breakfast can be enjoyed at this London hotel. The restaurant Punjab House is a few minutes' drive from the property.
Amenities
Main Features
- Free Wi-Fi
- No Smoking
- Child-friendly
- No pets allowed
Facilities
- Non-smoking rooms
- Parking
- No pets allowed
- Rooms/ Facilities for disabled
- Security
- Luggage storage
- Smoke detectors
- Fire extinguishers
- Key card access
- Electric kettle
- Cookware/ Kitchen utensils
- Room service
- Housekeeping
- Free Wi-Fi in rooms
- Heating
- Sitting area
- Tea and coffee facilities
- Dining table
- Washing machine
- Free toiletries
- Flat-screen TV
- Cots
- Carpeted floor
Policy
- Children and extra beds
- There are no extra beds provided in a room.
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Local Attractions
Attractions
- Balham Pentecostal Church (500 m)
- Gus Elen (500 m)
- Church Of St Luke (650 m)
- Clapham South Tube (200 m)
- Clapham South Deep Level Shelter (100 m)
- Jack Hobbs (300 m)
- Radha Krishna Temple Shyama Ashram (450 m)
- H. M. Bateman (500 m)
- Church Of The Ascension (150 m)
Airports
- London City (20 km)
Train stations
- Clapham Junction (2.3 km)
Reviews
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John
2024-05-28
Decent size units with comfortable beds, refrigerator, the shower. Fab location in Balham district very close to local supermarkets and restaurants, and shops, transport and restaurants.
Scott
2024-05-23
Travelled with my family, spent 1 night here and had a nice stay. The personnel were more than helpful and seemed to be really friendly and outstandingly accommodating. I had a great sized bedroom. The restaurant was good and the food was quality. The breakfast was fantastic, the check in was efficient.
Edwin
2024-04-10
It has particularly good and absolutely perfect location, right by plenty of restaurants, and bars, restaurants, train station, super market and Clapham Common. Balham district is worth seeing. The units are recently renovated, high-class on the lower floors.
Heather
2024-04-07
Staff were more than helpful.
Robert
2024-04-06
Excellent food choices for breakfast. The most important - great and easy location in a beautiful residential neighborhood.
Donald
2024-03-30
Magnificent and unbeatable location - close to an underground station. Large and fashionable units with a good view over garden.
Eric
2024-02-22
The staff here were more than helpful. The breakfast was incredible and the staff was outstandingly accommodating. Had marvellous location to the usual tourist places around london. Moreover, it was within easy walking distance of a large triangular urban park.
Will
2024-02-06
The bedroom was newly remodelled and high standard. Super central location of this affordable hotel was a bonus.
Kenneth
2024-01-21
No complaint, the hotel met requests. Sincerely, it was a nice stay for a business trip. Accommodating and incredibly kind staff, were more than helpful. The rooms were reasonably large and the location was ideal. The restaurant was good and food was fab.
Andrew
2024-01-13
Marvellous location - so close to the underground stops, Underground `` Clapham South '' and a tube station which was very cheap. Plus, walking distance to a memorial park.
Jonathan
2024-01-11
The location was good and perfect, on a tube to anywhere. We saw Hayman's Gin Distillery, that's not too far from the venue.
Leonard
2024-01-08
Enjoyed my really enjoyable stay for three nights. The staff were fairly friendly, it was a bonus. The breakfast was incredible with lots of meals. The hotel was in an ideal location, near tube.
The staff were quite busy, didn't expect that coming.
John
2024-01-01
Best staff, exceptional services, including variety of good delicacies.
Gillian
2023-12-26
The staff were affable and excellent and the facilities provided were good.
Joshua
2023-12-02
The hotel was beautiful little and in a super central location. Btw, it was at a medium distance from Hayman's Gin Distillery.
Steve
2023-11-24
The location was absolutely perfect and excellent, the room was newly decorated. The area had a wide array of restaurants, restaurants and bars.
Harold
2023-11-12
Excellent value place, great for weekend. Best, knowledgeable people working here. A great selection of different restaurants, restaurants and bars to eat outside the hotel.
Grant
2023-10-25
High-class and newly decorated units with tea/coffee and toiletries plus an extra blanket. Paid £ 78. Affable and excellent staff providing terrific services.
Sarah
2023-10-07
The breakfast had plenty of outstanding food and drinks. It was based in extremely clean building in an incredible and stunning location, that close to the city center.
Edward
2023-09-26
Super central location anywhere close to the tourist areas. A wide array of goodies for breakfast.
Graeme
2023-09-18
Fantastic breakfast with plenty of outstanding food. Extremely clean building, magnificent and fab location adjacent to zone 2 tube station, and trains to Gatwick Airport.
Donald
2023-09-13
Perfect little and great affordable place with good views of garden. Marvellous and lovely location near underground trains, next to shops and london during pandemic, stylish rooms. Quick check in and an excellent service throughout my stay. Everything excellent.
Peter
2023-09-11
The hotel is in a great location so close to London city centre. London is good for weekend, Clapham South underground station is nearby. The staff is accommodating, superbly friendly.
Mick
2023-09-06
The location was super central, unbeatable close to tube straight into the centre. The staff was supper friendly, rooms were decent size and stylish.
James
2023-08-29
Had a nice stay during our weekend. The location was magnificent to the centre of London. And it was also very close to Clapham south tube, many bars and restaurants and supermarkets.
The bathroom was a little small.
Syd
2023-08-27
Newly decorated and top-class units on the lower floors. Incredible breakfast with lots of reasonably priced foods. The location good and absolutely perfect in Clapham which allows access to all of London via the tube.
Matthew
2023-08-24
The room was compact & recently refurbished in large bedroom, had free Wi-Fi. The service was exceptional with an early check-in.
John
2023-08-12
Perfect and excellent location for restaurants, restaurants and bars. Great weekend in this nice quiet area.
Robert
2023-08-10
The hotel was placed in the super central location next to a fantastic pub for dinner. Super-friendly, pleasant staff who were more than helpful.
John
2023-08-02
The location was great, overlooking garden. The staff were more than helpful with any questions. It was functional and new-fashioned, good enough for short stay.
Adam
2023-07-04
We were in a particularly good and absolutely perfect location not very far from a large triangular urban park. The staff was really friendly throughout the day.
Howard
2023-07-01
The weather was warm, had lovely stay for a business trip. The location of the hotel was good and absolutely perfect, next to the underground. We both appreciated the food, it was reasonably priced and had lots of options.
Guy
2023-06-28
Perfect little place with amicable staff and free wi-fi. A decent size room, a roll in shower, a hairdryer, and shower caps in the room. Good garden views. Location - marvellous and handy, next to Underground `` Clapham South '' and restaurants.
Steve
2023-06-27
Absolutely fantastic breakfast with a huge variety of meals. Marvellous and easy location on the outskirts of the city center, easy to get anywhere. Also - near Clapham tube station.
Reg
2023-06-15
Appreciated every detail about our perfect 1 night stay here. Its amazing, super central location was a plus. Also, we were 3 km from Electric Brixton Cinema.
Russell
2023-06-07
Perfect little and great affordable accommodation with magnificent setting just off a tube line running underneath, and many restaurants.
James
2023-05-28
Good modern unit in large bedroom, we really enjoyed it.
Peter
2023-05-16
The room was extremely pleasant and air conditioned and had a spotless bathroom. An electric kettle and a refrigerator were available.
Gordon
2023-04-18
It's nestled in an extremely clean building with great location right over the underground metro line.
Edward
2023-04-10
Wide varieties of excellent food at breakfast. Great location so near to tube, nice restaurants in the local area. Quick check-in, late check-out.
Sarah
2023-04-09
Particularly good and absolutely perfect location for visiting cafés and bars.
Stephen
2023-03-14
Staff were superfriendly, room was huge. The location was brilliant for traveling around London, right by the tube as well as the centre. Balham district was definitely worth visiting.
Geoff
2023-03-05
It offers a good and absolutely perfect location and has outstandingly accommodating staff.
John
2023-02-26
Located in the nice safe zone, it was an excellent home base for a short stay. The staff was accommodating & superbly friendly. It was about 20 km from the airport.
Well, Wi-Fi was very poor.
Christopher
2023-02-09
Unbeatable and easy location right by the tube station 2 minutes and fast transport, early check-in.
Peter
2023-02-01
The room was extremely pleasant and air-conditioned with the bathroom, comfortable beds, as example £ 83. The staff were more than helpful to solve any kind of issue.
Unfortunately Wi-Fi was very spotty plus the bed of mine was not very comfortable.
Thomas
2023-01-27
Straightforward place, efficient and pleasant staff. Magnificent and brilliant location near to subway, buses and supermarkets, fab food. The hotel of choice in London.
Maria
2023-01-22
It's clean with a super central location to the park & underground. The hotel provided a great customer service during our weekend.
Rupert
2023-01-20
We enjoyed comfy beds. It was in a central setting near tube. The staff were more than helpful and the room was neat and adequate.
Desmond
2023-01-13
Got wheelchair accessible room with all the facilities, a comfortable bed, for instance as expected. The location was handy for weekend in London. Also, the area was nice safe.
Shame the bathroom was too small.
Frederick
2023-01-05
The room was new-fashioned and bright, had essentials, like a roll in shower, a hairdryer and shower caps. Plus it had garden view.
Rob
2022-12-22
Overall it was spotless and air-conditioned for our needs.
Nicholas
2022-12-20
It had a brilliant and easy location very close to the subway and transport/buses/Underground. Moreover, it was 3 km from Brixton.
Mark
2022-12-16
The staff was excellent and best with advice and suggestions. It was neat, had an extremely comfy bed. The accommodation had a very central location in a nice area.
Kate
2022-12-12
Very central location near to underground, and Clapham South tube station, it was in a safe area.
Emma
2022-12-04
Actually everything was good, my next choice again in London. It was a good choice for short stay, had really comfortable time. Furthermore, the parking was on site and convenient.
Percy
2022-11-26
The units are huge with huge private bathroom. The cost is £ 80. I appreciated welcoming personnel that ensures guests have a great stay. The location is close to a tube station, marvellous. Balham district is worth looking into.
Eleanor
2022-11-18
It was in the very central location by the tube station...
Arthur
2022-11-04
The breakfast was incredible and the service was amazing. The location was incredible and brilliant - within walking distance of everywhere we wanted to go.
Its breakfast certainly should of been included.
Nigel
2022-10-26
There were an electric kettle and a refrigerator too. The location was stunning near tube and the staff here was accommodating. Balham district was worth visiting.
Colin
2022-10-10
An electric kettle and a refrigerator were very handy. The setting was marvellous and handy, close enough to tube and Clapham Common and the Underground station Clapham South. It also was so close to London city centre.
Fred
2022-09-27
I came here with my family members. It was recently refurbished, huge and in large bedroom. The location in a nice quiet area was unbeatable and there were shops and supermarkets nearby. Also, the hotel was placed 3 km from touristic place like an open - air fresh water swimming pool.
Helen
2022-09-13
The place was fully equipped and fairly clean. Magnificent location close to subway, and the rooms were air-conditioned and neat. Location: the hotel was just next door to Clapham South tube station as well as shops. Also, it was 3 km from Electric Brixton Cinema.
Bob
2022-08-22
by the way, parking fee - gbp 10 per day. quiet area, very central location close enough to london. my favourite property in london.
Dan
2022-08-14
The most pleasant staff I ever met.
Donald
2022-07-16
It's my first option in London, thank you. Had COMFORTABLE stay overall, pleasant place and the weather was fine. The location was marvellous, for example, Prince of Wales was within walking distance of the hotel. Lots of food options at a moderate distance from the venue. The staff was accommodating, the bathroom was huge.
Victor
2022-06-14
An excellent way to end my weekend. The place was great and brilliant for short stay. I loved its staff, everyone was pleasant and welcoming. The location was marvellous and handy, just a short walk away from Prince of Wales. Found in the nice area, the hotel offered excellent prices;))
Emma
2021-02-26
Great hotel, it has ok rooms and EXCELLENT location. Thoroughly enjoyed that this venue was around 4-6 minutes away by foot clapham south subway station.
Wayne
2021-01-14
Stayed here before, loved the location and rooms. A great selection of restaurants to eat close by, like Mayflower that was only 5 minutes' walk away.
Timothy
2020-03-23
One could dine at restaurants such as The Georgian 15 minutes away. Honestly no complaints whatsoever;)))
Nothing not too like.
Matthew
2020-02-04
We could visit one of our favorite spots harrods next to the hotel. The beds were comfortable in our room. Balham subway station was just a walk down to the venue.
Nothing atall.