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Great Dover Street Apartments

2.0 star property
Hostel convenient to The Shard

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In the heart of London, Great Dover Street Apartments offers a convenient retreat. Connect to WiFi in your room, store your luggage securely and enjoy laundry facilities on site. With 24-hour front desk support and an elevator for easy access.

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Non-smoking
  • Free WiFi

Main amenities (5)

  • Daily housekeeping
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Vending machine
  • Self-serve laundry
  • Luggage storage

Feel at home (4)

  • Stovetop
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Elevator

Room options

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Standard Single Room | Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Single Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(3 reviews)

Highlights

Heating
Refrigerator
Private bathroom
Microwave
Stovetop
Shared/communal kitchen
Desk
Desk chair
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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About the neighborhood

Map
165 Great Dover St, London, England, SE1 4XA

What's nearby

  • The Shard - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Borough Market - 11 min walk - 0.9 km
  • London Bridge - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Tower Bridge - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Tower of London - 6 min drive - 2.0 km

Getting around

  • London City Airport (LCY) - 35 min drive
  • Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 61 min drive
  • Stansted Airport (STN) - 63 min drive
  • London (SEN-Southend) - 72 min drive
  • Luton Airport (LTN) - 88 min drive
  • Gatwick Airport (LGW) - 93 min drive
  • Elephant & Castle Station - 11 min walk
  • London Bridge Station - 11 min walk
  • London Waterloo East Station - 20 min walk
  • Borough Underground Station - 6 min walk
  • Elephant & Castle Underground Station - 12 min walk
  • London Bridge Underground Station - 13 min walk

Restaurants

  • ‪Starbucks - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪The Rising - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Lebanese Grill - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪The Roebuck - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪The Britannia - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Great Dover Street Apartments

When you stay at Great Dover Street Apartments, you'll be within a 15-minute walk of The Shard and Borough Market. Also, London Bridge and Tower Bridge are just a 5-minute drive away. Fellow travelers say good things about the overall property condition. The property is just a short walk to public transportation: Borough Underground Station is 6 minutes and Elephant & Castle Underground Station is 12 minutes.

At a glance

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Hotel size

    • 769 rooms
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Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
    • Late check-in subject to availability
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 10:00 AM
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Special check-in instructions

    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
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Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18
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Pets

    • Pets not allowed
WIFI

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms
LOCAL_PARKING

Parking

    • No onsite parking
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Other information

    • Smoke-free property

Property amenities

Services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage

Facilities

  • Bicycle parking

Accessibility

  • Elevator

Room amenities

Home comfort

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Sleep well

  • Bed sheets provided

Freshen up

  • Shower only
  • Towels

Stay connected

  • Desk
  • Free WiFi
  • Desk chair

Food and drink

  • Refrigerator
  • Microwave
  • Shared kitchen access
  • Stovetop

More

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Local maps

Fee & policy details

Policies

This property accepts credit cards and debit cards. Cash is not accepted.
Credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard

Also known as

Great Dover Apartments London
Great Dover Street Apartments London
Great Dover Street Apartments Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
Great Dover Apartments London
Great Dover Street Apartments London
Great Dover Street Apartments Hostel
Great Dover Street Apartments Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

Frequently asked questions

Does Great Dover Street Apartments offer free cancellation for a full refund?

Yes, Great Dover Street Apartments does have fully refundable room rates available to book on our site. If you’ve booked a fully refundable room rate, this can be cancelled up to a few days before check-in depending on the property's cancellation policy. Just make sure to check this property's cancellation policy for the exact terms and conditions.

Are pets allowed at Great Dover Street Apartments?

Sorry, pets aren't allowed.

Is parking offered on site at Great Dover Street Apartments?

Sorry, there's no onsite parking at Great Dover Street Apartments.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Great Dover Street Apartments?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight. Check-out time is 10:00 AM.

What is there to do at Great Dover Street Apartments and nearby?

Recommended spots to visit include The Shard (11-min walk) and Borough Market (13-min walk), along with Globe Theatre (1 mi) and Tate Modern (1.1 mi).

What's the area around Great Dover Street Apartments like?

Great Dover Street Apartments is a short 6-minute walk from Borough Underground Station and 11 minutes' walk from The Shard.

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Reviews

Great Dover Street Apartments Reviews

8.4

Very Good

8.6

Cleanliness

9.4

Location

8.6

Staff & service

8.2

Eco-friendliness

8.2

Property conditions & facilities

Popular mentions

Shower
Bathroom
Location

Reviews

10/10 Exceptional

Lovely accomodation

Lovely accomodation that. Lovely.
Alan, 1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Great location and good standard of basic accommodation. Only issue was the fact windows didn’t open very wide at all, and no fans etc available, so very warm and stuffy in the height of summer.
Anthony, 9-night trip

8/10 Very good

I didn't expect I will find an accommodation in that price in London until I found Great Dover apartments. Very pleased with the location, as it was in a short distance to Undergrand.
Edyta, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

It was good. Secure environment.
2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Single traveller, one night

One night stay, comfortable but litter (including cig butt) left in bin and small pieces of litter left on table and in bathroom. Still worthwhile for single night, good location.
Kevin, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Basic accommodation in good location.

Very good location close to tube stations and city center. Room was basic and comfortable. It is student accommodation. The bathroom was a bit of a joke though. Shower just perched in one corner right beside toilet. But considering it's London the price was very reasonable.
Colm, 3-night trip

8/10 Very good

No A\C but excellent otherwise

No A\C but excellent otherwise. One day I asked for fresh towels and they delivered, but also took the dirty ones off the floor and hung them back up!!!! But no matter. I would stay here again. Clean and very nice place, and within walking distance from the heart of the city.
5-night trip

6/10 Good

The kitchen is disgusting and is full of mould. Also mould found in the showers
Katia, 7-night trip

4/10 Fair

I was kept awake until 1.30 am by a loud female guest in a nearby room. She only stopped when I knocked on my door in desperation,
karen, 1-night trip

6/10 Good

Ridiculously noisy but good value otherwise

I hadn't realised that I was booking student accommodation out of term time. That's fine, often a good deal, as this would have been, were it not for the two hundred foreign students (I assume) who were partying outside until gone midnight. No TV or kettle. Apart from that it was very good.
James, 1-night trip

2/10 Poor

I have stayed at a lot of budget accommodations in London. This is one i won’t forget. I was worried about noise being a KCL student accommodation. I was not prepared for filth and neglect. First, there was a disgusting baby bottle full of disgusting dark fluid on the desk. Random! Then no toilet paper. No shower curtain either, but somehow toilet paper I thought was below the belt (literally). Light in the bathroom didn’t work. Otherwise I might have seen no toilet paper. The Mattress springs were all broken. The duvet like the carpet was filthy. No glass for water - nothing! Squalor. So no, I do not recommend this place
Isabel, 1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

C’est comme une auberge de jeunesse (prix) mais avec une chambre seule équipée d’une salle de bain personnel. Une cuisine avec équipements (frigo, poêle, micro-onde, toaster) en commun mais sincèrement je n’ai pas vu personne dans la cuisine
JOHANNE, 7-night trip

8/10 Very good

Gut: Gute Lage und freundliches Personal. Weniger Gut: Zimmerboden nicht komplett sauber, Duschen nicht voll funktionsfähig (zu kaltes oder zu heißes Wasser).
Kevin, 4-night trip

6/10 Good

Student accommodation - so simple, but very good value for money for location
1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Location, location!

Great value for great location
BE, 6-night trip

8/10 Very good

Functional, practical, great location, great value for money
1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Good location. 7 minutes bty walk from Borough underground and almost 15 minutes by walk from London Bridge. Reception h24. For the price, very nice room.
2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

buona la posizione, camera singola comoda, pulizia buona
5-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

very clean. good option for price

super easy check in, clean room, quite alot of space. Fine if you are just wanting somewhere to spend the night and shower with no frills. Good option for London!
Lydia, 1-night trip

2/10 Poor

DO NOT BOOK! TOTALLY UNSUITABLE! RUBBISH PLACE!

DO NOT BOOK THESE APARTMENTS!!!!! - I am very sorry to have to say that I cannot under any circumstances recommend anybody to use these premises. The problem is not with the actual buildings, the facilities, the location, the price or with any of that, the issue lies with the management. Imagine being asked to vacate your room at 10pm on a busy Saturday night with no offer of a transfer to another hotel or anything, and with absolutely no explanation given as to why one has to vacate, no attempt made to contact you during the day on a mobile number which you know they have on file for you, leaving you quite literally in the street with nowhere else to go. And then having to pay extortionate rates for another room nearby! Well that is what happened to a large number of people in August 2019 at these premises. The management are very bad and not to be trusted one little bit. The other problem is that the place is often full of large numbers of homeless people and large groups of foreign children all making noise throughout the day and night. Drug, alcohol and sexual abuse is also rife in these apartments. Not suitable for anyone. I can only advise to stay well clear! Oh, and there is absolutely nothing supplied in the self catering kitchens either by the way, not so much as a cup, plate or any utensils. Disastrous place. Never ever again! DO NOT USE! Hotels.com should remove this accommodation immediately as being unsuitable for bookings.
3-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Everything is great,clean and comfortable, basically it is a en suite for student.
2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

よかったです！

ロンドンひとり旅で宿泊させていただきました！ひとりなので不安もありましたがカードキーなどのセキュリティもあり、フロントの方もいてたり、周りは夜10時ごろになっても人が歩いてたりバーも近くにあるのでなんとなく安心でした。 フロントの人も初めに荷物を持ってくれたりコインランドリーの使い方を教えてくれたり優しかったです。(英語が分からないので伝わってなかったりしてることもあって完璧とはいいませんが、英語のわからない私に対してもたぶん頑張ってくれていました) 部屋は思ってたより広くて白くて綺麗でした。シャンプーとリンスが少しついててよかったです。エレベーターもあるので大荷物でも安心しました。
7-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Well located and well managed London University do

Good stay to remind one of one's long gone student days
Miranda, 14-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Great value for money. Quiet and calm, very comfortable bed.
Vegard, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Amazing

Great location, great staff and great rooms, what more can I say!! Had a lovely time here, definitely recommend.
Chris, 3-night trip