Hotels in Pimlico London Discounted Pimlico Hotels
The grand city of London is all about boroughs, which are small districts within London with their own city council. Each borough is broken down into villages. There are quite a few of them. One of the more interesting and popular ones is Pimlico located in the City of Westminster near the river Thames. It contains the principal bus station in London, Victoria Station.
Pimlico has many fine restaurants to have dinner in and you have the Tate Britain on Millbank, one of the four galleries making up the Tate Gallery. It was built in 1897 and is the seat of a good deal of modern Victorian art mostly from the XVIth Century onwards from Blake and Constable. If you have heard of the Turner prize, it is announced from here.
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Park Hotel  |
Rooms available from GBP 44.00 64 Belgrave Rd, Victoria Pimlico City of Westminster London SW1V 2BP Tourist Board: 1 Star |
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Hanover Hotel  |
Rooms available from GBP 40.00 30 St. Georges Drive, Victoria, Westminster Victoria City of Westminster London SW1V 4BN AA: 3 Star, International: 3 Star, Tourist Board: 3 Star |
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SIDNEY HOTEL London-Victoria  |
Rooms available from GBP 45.00 68-76 Belgrave Road Pimlico City of Westminster London SW1V 2BP AA: 4 Star, RAC: 3 Star |
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Victoria Inn London  |
Rooms available from GBP 59.00 65-67 Belgrave Road, Victoria, Westminster Pimlico City of Westminster London SW1V 2BG AA: 3 Star, RAC: 3 Star, International: 3 Star, Tourist Board: 3 Star |
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Blades Hotel  |
Rooms available from GBP 60.00 122 Belgrave Road, Victoria/Pimlico Pimlico City of Westminster London SW1V 2BL AA: 3 Star |
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Central House Hotel-Victoria  |
Rooms available from GBP 59.00 39 Belgrave Road Pimlico City of Westminster London SW1V 2BB AA: 2 Star, Tourist Board: 2 Star |
The name sounds like some kind of flower, drink or spice, and surprisingly, this is not far from the origin of the name. The powerful role of classes throughout British history is at play here. What is Pimlico today was once called Ebury and was leased to public servants. King James I sold it in 1623. About 40 years later, a wealthy woman, Mary Davies, became the owner. She was not married, but took her time choosing a spouse, finally settling on the Grosvenor family in 1677.
Catastrophes often lead to development. The fire and plague that struck London in the last 35 years of the XVIIth Century led to a housing boom. It would carry on until the arrival of Thomas Cubitt in 1825. Much of the architecture that you see as you amble through its streets is his work. His chef d'oeuvre is Eaton Square with its stucco and gardens. About 30 years later, a different boom would begin: cheap housing for the poor. Victorian policies about charity and poverty focused on Pimlico and the result was the Peabody Estates. This phase included the flourishing of cheap bed and breakfasts places. It would last until 1950 transforming renown into disrepute. Such a situation led to the selling of much of the disreputable areas. Buildings were torn down; nice fashionable houses took their place, and this became a place to be again as it is still is today!