Holiday Inn Express London Wimbledon South Hotel

Stayed here for a couple of nights while attending a course at St George's Hospital, a 10 minute walk away. Had pre-booked my accomodation on a budget no-refund basis several months earlier which made it even better value. Hotel practically directly opposite Collier's Wood tube station on the Northern Line with rapid tube / rail links to City centre and Gatwick Airport. Standard Holiday Inn Express rooms and decor - all clean and comfortably furnished. Decent Continental breakfast. Fair number of bars and restaurants around hotel, some of which deliver to residents, and a large Sainsbury Supermarket 5 minutes away. Good value business accomodation.

Very comfortable and clean for a budget hotel in London. Holiday Inn Express is one of the better budget chains and this one didn't disappoint. Stayed here for one night - big comfortable beds, nice linen, great shower. Rooms have been newly redecorated and are reasonably stylish. Breakfast is self serve continental -- no fry-ups but plenty of croissants and fruit. Colliers Wood is a slightly tatty, run down area, but fairly safe and not far from Wimbledon. Hotel is 1 minute from a tube station, which gets you into central London in 30 minutes. If you don't mind staying in the suburbs, and you won't miss having trendy restaurants nearby, you could do worse than staying here and taking the underground to the centre -- just like Londoners do!

I stayed here in September for 2 nights for the Davis Cup tennis at Wimbeldon. Booked via the holiday inn website and got advanced rates of £64 & £73. Included in the rate was the standard continental style breakfast. There were no real surprises at this hotel - standard holiday inn layout to room, rooms a little dated but according to literature in the room they are undergoing a refurbishment programme to be completed by end of November. We had 2 slight issues - double room but only 1 set of towels provided and our key did not want to work on 2nd day. However both issues were resolved immediately when staff were contacted. As others have mentioned there is no room service in this hotel (as with most holiday inn express) but they do have takeaway menus available and will call the takeaways free of charge to order for you and will call you when the food arrives. All in all this was a reasonable price for the room we got, I would be reluctant to pay much more but it was location that really attracted us to this hotel as I did not want to travel too far to get to wimbledon. Also all of the staff that we encountered were polite and helpful - a definate positive!

A great hotel, stayed there for work and it was in a great location perfect for St George's Hospital where I had a meeting, just 1 tube stop away. Reasonably priced for london. The area around seemed fine for a woman on her own, there was a pub next door that served food. The rooms were really nice and clean and a good size, very impressed. I got a cheaper rate as I paid upfront on my credit card, worth remembering!! The tube stop was literally opposite the hotel!!

We have stayed at the Holiday Inn Express for the last 2 years during the Wimbledon fortnight. The hotel was opposite the tube station and on a number of bus routes to the AELTC. I was really suprised at the standard of comfort in the bedrooms. They were well decorated with a good standard of bed and linen. There was very little outside noise, in fact very little noise apart from the loud person banging around in the corridor in the early hours. The only downside of the room was the bathroom. It was a good size and very clean, but the shower has no doors or base, so the floor gets really wet. Not a problem if you are the first to use it, but rather soggy for anyone following you. Breakfast was a buffet with good choice, lots of juices, teas and coffee. I would happily stay here again.

Good location opposite the tube station. Quite a few local amenities nearby. Staff were friendly and helpful. Fine for a one night stopover. Typical Express Holiday Inn hotel. Car park underneath charge (£5?) On arrival leave your car in one of the bays outside the hotel and check in first to get the swipe card to open the gate.

My wife and I stayed here for a week in October 2005 due to a problem with our London property. The hotel itself is a typical “no frills” / budget style hotel / motel. The rooms were of an average size (for Europe), furnishings were minimal but it was clean, warm and quiet. The staff were polite and helpful and the breakfast was surprisingly good. As already mentioned in a posting, the underground / secure car parking was a bonus and I don’t recall being charged for it. In terms of the location / area, it is not in central London but it is within easy reach of it. The Colliers Wood underground station is a 2 minute walk from the hotel and takes between 30-40 minutes to get into Central London at a cost of about £5 for a day travelcard. If you can, it is best to travel after 0930 to get a cheaper travelcard and avoid the rush hour crush. Wimbledon is a 10 minute bus ride from outside the tube station (#57, 219 and 493) and has good shopping, restaurants and bars. Colliers Wood itself is an “up and coming area” of London, this means is not the prettiest area but it is in a very safe (third lowest crime rate in London) and has the basics for local people to live i.e. pubs / supermarkets / takeaway food but there are no restaurants or shops to speak of. If you are staying in this hotel as a tourist it is best to simply use it as a place to sleep and make use of the amenities in Central London or Wimbledon. In summary, if you’re looking for a bargain priced London hotel and don’t mind the 30-40 minute travel time to Central London, then I would recommend this hotel (plus you will get to see an area where normal Londoners call home).

We had stayed in the heart of London and wanted to stay out closer to Gatwick the last two nights.The Tube being across the street was wonderful, the neighborhood might have looked sad at first glance, but we spent an afternoon roaming around and took a bus to see the courts in Wimbledon and the ride was nice and easy. The Pub next door was a great place to take in world cup games and the whole experience was great. But this disclamier we had been staying in tiny tiny place all through Europe and this was such a nice suprise in London. The room was small, but we had air condition and ICE the first ICE in weeks... it made our day. The staff gave us directions whenever we needed them and helped us learn how to work british pay phones, which we were having trouble doing. They even helped us find a long lost friend of my family by helping us make the correct phone calls. I would stay here again.

My quick summary: An excellent option for people arriving by car who have to watch their budget. We recently visited London and needed a hotel that was about halfway between Gatwick Airport (which is quite far south of the city) and the downtown area. Although we were by car, we also wanted to reach downtown by subway. These factors combined limit one's choices considerably, and even more so if budget considerations are a factor as well(having two kids along, we were looking for a quad room - not a common phenomenon in London where affordable hotel rooms are notoriously small, even for European standards). After much searching, I found this hotel. But as always I checked Tripadvisor and got worried by the rather negative comments of an earlier reviewer. Lacking a better alternative, we made reservations anyway. Here are our findings: (1) The hotel is literally across from the Northern Line of the "Tube" (London's subway) which in 30 minutes takes you to the heart of London (actually, the line splits so you can get to two areas in downtown without changing trains). Granted, you have to go thru 4 zones, which takes 4.50 pound for an adult roundtrip. But it is easy and fast. (2) The neighborhood is indeed not very attractive. There are a few pubs and restaurants across the street as well as a video rental place that offers internet access, but otherwise the environment is rather ugly. Pizza can be delivered as well. (3) The hotel is on a busy street, but our room was facing that street, yet the street traffic did not bother us much. Maybe it is because we have gotten used to Rome noise. (4) The breakfast, which is included in the price for all people in the room, is actually quite good. Not an English breakfast with warm foods, but juices, breads, rolls, fresh fruits, yoghurt, several cereals, coffee, sweets, and some cheese. Fruit and coffee are available all day. There is also a bar. (5) The room is fine for two but quite small for four people. Once the pull-out coach is turned into a bed, not much room is left. But you really cannot complain for the price. And the bathroom is certainly reasonably sized for European standards. (6) The hotel has an underground secured parking garage. The website as well as some signs in the hotel, suggest there is a 5 pounds charge per day, but we were not charged at all. However, drivers should get a good map of this part of London, because the signage in the streets is very poor. We had a very hard time even finding the way to the nearby Wimbledon tennis courts and later on to Gatwick airport.

I stayed in this hotel for a course at a nearby hospital, and had a pretty miserable experience. The room temperature had a mind of it's own; the bedroom was far too noisy (I could hear the conversations of the couple next door); it's on a busy street which keeps you awake most of the night; the bathrooms are tiny and the staff weren't too friendly. The breakfast is a cold buffet style, and the only food available in the evening is from vending machines, or pizza delivery from outside. The area isn't the best in the world, and it's quite a walk from the nearest tube station (which is about half an hour from the centre of London). I wouldn't be so upset, but it's actually quite expensive when compared to other hotels in the centre of London. I went to 3 other courses in the area, and decided to travel from the centre of London rather than stay at this hotel again. Not good value at all.