Here at Strand Palace HQ we’re definitely gripped by tennis fever thanks to the 2016 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. What do the Strand Palace Hotel and Wimbledon Tennis Championships have in common? The answer is actually rather a lot. The first Wimbledon Tennis Championships took place in the height of Victorian London in 1877 and introduced […]
read articleThe fireworks You won’t get tickets for the official viewing area now (make a note to book early next year!) but the display takes place just over the river from Strand Palace, so you won’t be far from the atmosphere and the action. While ticketing, brought in in 2014, has been controversial, the consensus is […]
read articleThe Strand Palace Hotel dates back to 1909, but it didn’t begin its life as a hotel. In fact, the original premises were constructed in the 1500s, when the Strand was just a speck on the London landscape and Shakespeare was entertaining the growing crowds that flocked to the capital. Burghley and Exeter House In […]
read articleDID YOU KNOW THESE TEN THINGS ABOUT THE STRAND PALACE HOTEL? 1) When the hotel opened in 1909, the price for a single room with breakfast was just 5s6d (equivalent to 31p in today’s money). Now it is priced at least £125. 2) Before the Strand Palace Hotel was built, anti-slavery campaign speeches were held […]
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