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Waldorf Hilton, London, The
London, England, United Kingdom · Hilton Hotels & Resorts · Near Luxury
William Waldorf Astor helped finance impresario Edward Sanders's £700,000 West End hotel, which opened on Aldwych on 28 January 1908 with telephones, bedside light switches, three elevators, and central heating in every room. Scottish architect Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, brother-in-law of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, studied New York luxury before wrapping a 190-foot Aberdeen granite facade around a steel frame. Palm Court tango teas scandalised Edwardian London from 1913, and the Aldwych and Novello theatres still flank the block that Hilton runs as the Waldorf Hilton.
- 303 rooms
- Opened 1908
- Neighborhood: Aldwych
- Architect: Alexander Marshall Mackenzie
About Waldorf Hilton, London, The
- Howard Godfrey and the Waldorfians cut Live at the Waldorf 78s with Al Bowlly. A wartime bomb missed; shockwaves smashed the Palm Court roof.
- Aldwych, between the Strand and Kingsway, flanked by the Aldwych and Novello theatres. This is the Waldorf, not a Mayfair house.
History
William Waldorf Astor backed Edward Sanders's hotel, opened 28 January 1908. Alexander Marshall Mackenzie wrapped Aberdeen granite around a steel frame. Hilton took it in 2004 after Meridien and Forte.
The setting
On the Aldwych crescent between the Strand and Kingsway, flanked by the Aldwych and Novello theatres. Covent Garden is a short walk. This is the Waldorf Hilton, not a Mayfair hotel.
Amenities
- Fitness center
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