Host: Charlotte Breese

Bedrooms: 6

Address: 57 Holland Road, Kensington, London W14 8HL England

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Telephone: 020 7603 7807

Activities/Attractions: In the 21st century, London has reinvented itself on a monumental scale. With over 30,000 shops and stores to choose from shoppers will not be disappointed. The capital also has 400 live music venues, catering for everything from opera to Brit pop and sports fans will not be short of excitement whenever they come. The summer sees the world's largest classical musical festival at the Royal Albert Hall - the Proms.

• Holland Road is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which is the centre of residential London
  
• It is convenient for shops and public transport of all kinds
  
• There is wonderful shopping on Kensington High Street, which is within walking distance in one direction; with nearby Holland Park with its fine food shops and Notting Hill Gate in the other
  
• Also within walking distance, is Holland Park itself with wilderness areas, a children's adventure playground, peacocks and rabbits and Holland House too which hosts outdoor opera in the summer
  
• There is also an icehouse which is an art gallery and a lovely orangery
  
• Kensington New Pools has an enormous pool and gym about 15 minutes walk away
  
• Portobello Road with its splendid antiques and food and clothes market is close by and the West London shops and facilities in Knightsbridge and Sloane Square are a bus ride away
  

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General Information: Welcome to 57 Holland Road B&B ... this vast townhouse is to be found just off Kensington High Street, in London, England close to the exhibition halls of Olympia, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Centrally located on busy Holland Road, it is very convenient for shops, restaurants and transport into and out of the city of London.

The house has been double-glazed to exclude the noise of the road and the owner, a writer, has created a home of great warmth and comfort. Inside, there is the space and comfort of a country rectory, but it is decorated in the eclectic urban style of a world traveller. Perhaps best of all, the house opens on to a small private garden with a gate to lawned communal gardens filled with roses and mature trees.

• excellent family kitchen
  
• communal gardens
  
• TV, DVD, video and stereo, computer with broadband
  
• domestic help for 3 mornings a week included
  
• children welcome
  

On the basement floor there is a huge farmhouse kitchen with an Aga with French doors on to a small private garden with a fountain and barbecue, which opens on to big communal gardens full of roses and London plane trees and runs the length of the block and separately a formal dining room with a piano and harmonium which seats ten. There is also a full laundry and an extra loo.

The ground floor has a study, a separate loo and a large formal drawing room with a grand piano and vast fireplace and next to it a large family sitting room with books and TV and VCR and video and another fireplace. The first floor has two enormous bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and antique beds. The top floor has 4 small double bedrooms and a big bathroom.

Payment Accepted: Visa, MasterCard.

Rates: (Prices quoted in UK Pounds)

Approx. £7O-80/night for a big double room with bathroom ensuite.

Approx. £60-65/night for small doubles with a shared bathroom and less for children.

Approx. £2,500-3,000/whole house/week, depending on how many people there are and what time of year they come.