HOTELS IN AREA
Megaro Hotel
Small stylish boutique hotel
Lower ground restaurant and cocktail bar opposite St Pancras station, 5 minute walk from Scala. No parking. Free Wifi.
Call 020 7843 2222
www.hotelmegaro.co.uk
Travelodge Kings Cross
Next door to Scala on Greys Inn Road. One minute walk to reception. (Please be aware that there is a second Travelodge in Kings Cross)
Please note that there are no evening meals available at this hotel.
No smoking policy.
For security reasons they are unable to offer a left luggage service.
This hotel is located just inside the London congestion zone.
The hotel does not have a car park.
Due to the proximity of the hotel to both Kings Cross and Kings Cross Thameslink Stations, some guests may experience Rail and Traffic noise.
Rooms from £39 to £87 average per night
Premier Inn Kings Cross
Approximately 4 minute walk from Scala up York Way
Air conditioned rooms, integrated restaurant, an outside-street level terrace, a Costa Coffee shop adjacent to the hotel and ‘The Waiting Room’ bar. No parking.
26-30 York Way, Kings Cross,
London N1 9AA
Overview: www.premierinn.com
Bookings:
www.premierinn.com
Rough Luxe Boutique Hotel
4 minute walk from Scala, along Euston Rd
A Grade II listed converted home connected to The Mews contemporary art gallery in the courtyard behind the hotel, where you will also find the Coffee Bar.
Open to the public by reservation only during the week. Rough Luxe Afternoon Tea is served most weekdays between 3.30pm and 5.30pm.
1 Birkenhead Street, London, WC1H 8BA Map
www.roughluxe.co.uk
The Hotels Network
www.thehotelnetwork.co.uk
A free, impartial website backed by Camden Council which lists hotels in the North London area. Intended as a resource for travellers through Kings Cross and St Pancras, and lists hotels to suit any budget.
TRAVELLING TO LONDON
London Underground (The Tube)
Kings Cross St Pancras Underground Station
Scala is approximately a 5 minute walk from Underground Station. Scala is very well served by tubes.
There is a fast entrance to the Victoria Line beside the Scala building on Pentonville Road, open Monday to Friday until 8pm only.
Underground Lines
Underground lines at this station include Piccadilly, Northern, Victoria, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Circle lines.
Buses
Scala is very well served by buses. Cash fare £2. Oyster fare £1.20.
Buy tickets before boarding on all routes at bus stops, tube stations or buy an Oystercard (£3 returnable deposit).
10, 17, 30, 45, 46, 59, 63, 73, 91,205, 214, 259, 390, 476,
N10, N63, N73, N91, 205, 214, 390 (typically from midnight)
Kings Cross Rail Station
3 minute walk from Scala
King’s Cross station
London, N1 9AG
Opening hours 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Cash dispensers are located in the main concourse area.
Station enquiries 08457 11 41 41
Station info at www.networkrail.co.uk
Live departure and arrivals info at www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ldb/
Train Companies serving this station are
First Capital Connect
East Coast
First Hull Trains
Grand Central
St Pancras International Station
Six minute walk from Scala, along Euston Road
More underground connections than any other London station.
Top quality retail stores, cafés, food-to-go places and restaurants
Champagne Bar (outdoor)
There are three main services from the station
East Midlands trains (Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln and Derby)
Eurostar (London – Paris 2 hours 15 mins)
First Capital Connect (Gatwick, Luton, Brighton, Bedford, King’s Lynn, Peterborough, Cambridge)
Taxi Ranks
There is a taxi rank directly outside Scala on Kings Cross Bridge.There is a second taxi rank on the furthest side of Kings Cross station, on Pancras Road, a five minute walk away.
London taxis are often referred to as Taxis can carry people plus luggage. Metrocabs can carry people.
All of London’s Black Cabs are wheelchair accessible.
Kings Cross is a busy area, so it’s often quickest and easiest to raise your arm to hail a black cab on the street. Black cabs are the taxis allowed to stop on the street for you like this. get into a car that is being offered as a taxi (or mini-cab) in London on the street. These drivers and their cars are not licensed and have not been checked out by the authorities. |
