Crescent Hotel

The Crescent Hotel occupies a Grade II listed Georgian townhouse on Cartwright Gardens, a curved terrace of matching facades overlooking private gardens and tennis courts shared with a handful of neighbouring hotels. It has been run as a bed and breakfast by the same family across several generations, a rarity among London hotels of any size. Rooms range from singles to family suites, furnished simply rather than styled to a design brand, and breakfast is cooked to order rather than held under lamps. Guests get access to the private gardens opposite, an amenity unusual this close to Russell Square, the British Museum and the British Library. Its long single ownership sets it apart from the branded budget hotels that now dominate much of Bloomsbury's hotel stock.