The Clarendon Hotel nr Greenwich Park - Description

In the eighteenth century when the Clarendon Hotel was built, Greenwich was one of the most powerful places in the world. Now as public interest is drawn here for the new millennium, the hotel provides the visitor with an ideal base to visit the famous National Heritage sites, just a short distance away across the green of Blackheath. The Old Royal Observatory, in Greenwich Park, Wren's Royal Naval College (now Greenwich University and Trinity College of Music), Inigo Jones' Queen's House, the National Maritime Museum and Cutty Sark, lend some balance to the ultra modernism of the Millennium Dome, Canary Wharf and the Thames Barrier. Beneath the area lie the remains of the Tudor Palace of Placentia, where Henry VIII was born and Elizabeth I sent Sir Walter Raleigh and the English Navy against the Spanish Armada. Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, the West End of London and theatreland are only twenty minutes away should you wish to go further afield. There is so much to see and do here it is often difficult to fit it all in. Both Blackheath Village and Greenwich town offer a wide choice of international restaurants and famous pubs, yet the Clarendon is considered a regular favorite by locals and visitors alike as a place to eat, drink and relax. Indicating the quality of the hotel, our bedrooms are all very comfortably appointed and tastefully decorated. Many offer a panorama of Blackheath, looking north Towards Greenwich. All rooms are ensuite and of course, all are centrally heated. Terrestrial and satellite television, direct-dial telephone, coffee and tea making facilities, hairdryers and radios etc. are standard features in all rooms. Our website provides for today's information-seeker and email messages are taken and sent on request by our experienced office staff. The Clarendon has always prided itself in its first rate Room Service where quality and promptness are watchwords - a sign of a quality hotel. A menu is to be found in your room, and you can order from Reception.