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This is part of our occasional series where we remind you of some of the hotel reviews we’ve run in recent years.
We started off with all of the great hotels that were reader-reviewed during the pandemic as part of our ‘My Favourite Hotel’ series. The article was very popular and helped a lot of readers to discover content that they never knew we had.
We followed up with an article looking at the 26 London hotels we have reviewed since 2019.
Today I want to bring together our London airport hotel reviews.

Where to find these articles in the future
If you are reading this by email, you should know that there is a ‘Reviews’ tab in the menu bar of our desktop and mobile sites.
Under this tab you will find six categories:
- flight reviews
- credit card reviews
- hotel reviews (in date order, which is a bit annoying I admit)
- UK airport lounge reviews
- London airport hotel reviews (again, in date order, but sorted below)
- ‘My Favourite Hotel’ reader reviews (2020/21)
Our London airport hotel reviews
This is far from a comprehensive list. We don’t pretend otherwise. However, we DO try to get to new and refurbished hotels when they open and the ones below are among the best of the bunch.
If there is a particularly good hotel at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton or London City which is not covered here, let us know in the comments and we’ll try to make it along.
For each hotel we have indicated which loyalty scheme it belongs to and whether it is walkable from, or even in, the terminal.
If you want to know which hotel loyalty scheme is currently running the most generous bonus points promotion, look at our list here.

London Heathrow airport hotel reviews
Hotel shuttle buses are banned at London Heathrow. The only way to reach hotels outside the terminal complex is via the Hotel Hoppa bus or public buses. A couple are easily walkable from Hatton Cross, the first underground station beyond the airport. The Thistle can be accessed by taking the driverless pods from Terminal 5.
In or attached to the terminals:
Hilton Garden Inn Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 (Hilton Honors, book here)
Aerotel London Heathrow Terminal 3 (independent, book here)
Holiday Inn Express London Heathrow Terminal 4 (IHG One Rewards, book here)
Crowne Plaza London Heathrow Terminal 4 (IHG One Rewards, same building as above, book here)
Premier Inn Heathrow Terminal 4 (independent, book here)
Hilton London Heathrow Hotel at Terminal 4 (image above, Hilton Honors, book here)
Sofitel London Heathrow Terminal 5 (Accor Live Limitless, book here)

Requiring a bus or taxi transfer:
These hotels are listed by approximate distance from the terminals, nearest first:
Radisson Hotel London Heathrow (image above, Radisson Rewards, book here)
Radisson RED London Heathrow (Radisson Rewards, same building as above, book here)
ibis Styles London Heathrow Airport (Accor Live Limitless. book here)
Courtyard London Heathrow Airport (Marriott Bonvoy, book here)
Holiday Inn London Heathrow Bath Road (IHG One Rewards, book here)
Staybridge Suites London Heathrow Bath Road (IHG One Rewards, same building as above, book here)
Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport (World of Hyatt, book here)
Moxy London Heathrow Airport (Marriott Bonvoy, book here)
Accessible via a tube transfer to Hatton Cross:
Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Airport (Hilton Honors, book here)
Atrium Hotel Heathrow (independent, book here)
Accessible via pod transfer from Terminal 5:
Thistle Heathrow Terminal 5 (independent, book here)

London Gatwick airport hotel reviews
Hilton London Gatwick Airport (top image above, attached to South Terminal, Hilton Honors, book here)
YOTEL Gatwick Airport (inside South Terminal, independent, book here)
Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Airport (inside North Terminal, Hilton Honors, book here)
Courtyard London Gatwick Airport (walkable without heavy luggage from South Terminal, Marriott Bonvoy, book here)
BLOC Hotel London Gatwick Airport (image above, inside South Terminal, independent, book here)
London City Airport hotel reviews
Courtyard London City Airport (walkable from terminal, Marriott Bonvoy, book here)
Moxy London Excel (walkable from terminal, but a lot further than Courtyard, Marriott Bonvoy, book here)

London Stansted airport hotel reviews
Hampton by Hilton Stansted Airport (image above, attached to terminal, Hilton Honors, book here)
Luton Luton airport hotel reviews
Holiday Inn Express London Luton Airport (nearest walkable hotel from terminal, IHG One Rewards, book here)
Courtyard Luton Airport (fairly long walk or local bus from terminal, Marriott Bonvoy, book here)
London Southend airport hotel reviews
Holiday Inn Southend Airport (walkable from terminal, IHG One Rewards, book here)
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