The slightly odd, very stylish and pretty cheap Atrium Hotel opens at Heathrow Airport

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• Rich says:

  20 Aug20 August 10:23

  Wow, is this only just opening? I had a night booked in February or March I think, which got cancelled. (Sensibly I’d also booked the Premier Inn T4 on a refundable rate of £36, which turned out to be fantastic value.)

• AJA says:

  20 Aug20 August 11:02

  I drive past this regularly. This hotel is on the former Gate Gourmet airline kitchen site. At one point it was going to be a Big Yellow self storage site. As another poster says it is ight under the flight path, so I hope the sound-proofing is good. It is also in an island surrounded by roads and the A30 is within 2 metres of the building, interesting that it has a swimming pool but really odd location. Very odd garish colour scheme too which I think will age quickly. I always thought the HGI (former Jury’s Inn) was badly placed but this one takes the biscuit. Really don’t see the point of staying here but good luck to them, they obviously think they can make it pay its way.

  • Rob says:

    20 Aug20 August 13:07

    Was wondering what was there before. Another comment implied that there was not a street crossing there, which is crazy if true (although I suppose the council may now do one).

    • Simon says:

      20 Aug20 August 17:21

      Just had a look on Google Maps. There are crossings at the lights on the corner, but it’s definitely a junction which prioritises traffic flow over pedestrians, and it’s not a straight line from the Tube at all. Cars, pollution and noise means it’s just not a particularly pleasant corner of Heathrow, but then it’s targeting a corner of the market which takes the Tube or the bus from Feltham rather than the HeX. I wonder if they might become a go-to hotel for airlines offering accommodation because of delays etc.

      The odd thing is that the company seems to otherwise operate unbranded high end country house hotels in the home counties.

    • Relaxo says:

      20 Aug20 August 22:07

      There’s definitely pedestrian crossings, but the wait until lights change is on the longer side. Its definitely very dangerous if you try to jaywalk over though

  • Mike says:

    20 Aug20 August 15:47

    You don’t realise how bad the last 100m of access is until it’s too late!

    • TGLoyalty says:

      20 Aug20 August 19:20

      Can’t say I’ve ever noticed on my walks to the HGI. Always thought there was a pedestrian crossing.

• Charles says:

  20 Aug20 August 22:18

  On upside of it not being aligned to a brand is that it won’t be full of intolerable Americans wearing chinos thinking they’re the best because they have a frequent hotel flyer card.

  • the_real_a says:

    20 Aug20 August 22:53

    Its the shorts with white socks pulled so high… and black shoes…

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