Desk openReel 04 · Areas13 districts, both banks
Both banks, mapped district by district
The Thames runs through the middle of this map. South of it: the Shard, Bankside and the warehouses of Bermondsey. North of it: the Square Mile and the late streets of Shoreditch. Each district has a page of its own with the hotels a companion is asked to, the stations close by with minutes on foot, and a shortlist of the companions quickest to get there.
North bank, south bank
Hover a district to light its bridge, or open it for the hotels, the stations with walking minutes and a shortlist of companions.
EC2 · EC3 · EC4 · E1 · E2North bank
Bank station, 1 min on foot · 5 hotels named on the page
Bank station, 1 min on foot · 4 hotels named on the page
Aldgate station, 1 min on foot · 5 hotels named on the page
Shoreditch High Street station, 2 min on foot · 5 hotels named on the page
Liverpool Street station, 1 min on foot · 4 hotels named on the page
SE1 · SE16South bank
London Bridge station, 2 min on foot · 5 hotels named on the page
Waterloo station, 1 min on foot · 4 hotels named on the page
Southwark station, 1 min on foot · 5 hotels named on the page
Borough station, 1 min on foot · 4 hotels named on the page
Bermondsey station, 3 min on foot · 4 hotels named on the page
Tower Gateway station, 7 min on foot · 4 hotels named on the page
London Bridge station, 1 min on foot · 4 hotels named on the page
7 districts inside the postcode, one page each
South bank, from the Eye to the bascules
Waterloo holds County Hall and the large river hotels. Southwark is Bankside, between the Tate and the Globe. Borough is the market and its supper lanes. London Bridge sits at the foot of the Shard, and Bermondsey runs east along Tooley Street into warehouse flats. Tower Bridge takes both ends of the bridge itself, Shad Thames on one side and St Katharine Docks on the other.
North bank, the City and its edges
City of London spans all of the Square Mile, which falls quiet after eight. Bank and Monument narrows that to the old financial core. Aldgate is the eastern gate, with newer hotels and aparthotels, and Shoreditch is where the offices stop and the rooftop bars begin.
Two stations and a postcode
Some guests know only where their train comes in. London Bridge Station is written for Thameslink arrivals from Gatwick and the southern lines, and Liverpool Street for the Stansted Express and the Elizabeth line. SE1 gathers the south bank onto a single page for anyone who knows the postcode but not the street.
The same terms on every page
Nothing changes from one district to the next. All twelve sit inside Zones 1 and 2, which puts the cab over the river inside the fee, and most nights she knocks within the hour of the desk saying yes. The rates page holds the full ladder.
The map, explained
Yes. Canary Wharf is in Zone 2, so her travel is included there too, even though it has no page on this site. Send the hotel name and the desk gives you an arrival time.
Still possible. Her return cab is added, stated as a single sum before you say yes. Heathrow and Gatwick hotels take three hours at least, her journey counted inside them.
Name your district
Hotel room, serviced apartment or private address, north of the river or south of it: one message covers it, at any hour.