Dorset Square Hotel

Top choice in The West End


Two combined Regency town houses form this gorgeous 38-room Firmdale Hotel overlooking leafy Dorset Sq, where Lord's Old Ground was laid in 1787 (which explains the cricket memorabilia in glass cases in the lobby and cricket-ball doorknobs). Bright and breezy guest rooms are snazzily attired with modern, eye-catching fabrics and snappy designs. Wonderful service.

Room 15 on the ground floor has its own little patio giving on to Gloucester Pl. The in-house restaurant, the Potting Shed (mains £16.50 to £24.50), is a cut above.


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1. Soho Square

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At Soho’s northern end, this leafy square is the area’s back garden. It was laid out in 1681, and originally named King’s Square; a statue of Charles II…