Contemporary chic and glamorous, 60 Hyde Park Gate Hotel offers the ultimate experience in the heart of London. Located opposite Hyde Park and overlooking Kensington Gardens and Palace, the hotel boasts an exclusive location close to the Royal Albert Hall, world renowned museums, and Knightsbridge. Set in an original Victorian building, the hotel flawlessly blends traditional style with modern elegance.
The central location makes 60 Hyde Park Gate Hotel London the perfect accommodation solution for every traveller. Within a 10-minute walk from the hotel, you will find Kensington Palace, The Royal Albert Hall, Victoria and Albert Museum, Design Museum and Harrods
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Above 99 Kensington High St can be found the largest roof garden in Europe, an exclusive hospitality venue laid out in 1938. There are 500 species of plant, fountains and even flamingos.
The acoustics here were once so bad, it was said this was the only venue where a composer could be sure of hearing his work twice. It was corrected in 1969 by putting diffusing discs on the ceiling.
Opened in 1881, the museum facade uses terracotta tiles which were resistant to the soot of Victorian London. The largest of the famous dinosaur skeletons in the central hall is a diplodocus.
Much of the collection was inherited from the Museum of Patents (est 1858) and includes early locomotives such as Stephenson’s Rocket and Puffing Billy, and the first jet engine.
Hyde Park was a favourite venue for duellists in the 18th and 19th century, including the brutal 1712 duel between the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun in which they hacked each other to death.