Pickit is the brand new social way to shop, buy Irish and get inspired for your home.
Join Pickit today!

Sign up with email

Been here before? Sign in now

mag

New Issue

Look inside

40 Winks Hotel: London's edgy, flamboyant boutique hotel

By Jimmy Loughran in Weird and Wonderful Hotels on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 16:28

What is it:

40 Winks Hotel London; An edgy, glamorous haven where quirky, flirty design and theatrical flamboyance merge.

What’s so special:

With just two bijou guest bedrooms, 40 Winks may be the world’s smallest boutique hotel. Located in a restored four-storey Queen Anne townhouse in the home of internationally celebrated, Belfast-born interior designer David Carter, the hotel has been fast-tracked to cult status by models, actors, photographers and celebrity followers (including Orlando Bloom, Thandie Newton, Laura Bailey).

The details:

40 WiNKS, 109 Mile End Road, Stepney Green, London. Tel: 004420 7790 0259. Email: reservations@40winks.org Web: www.40winks.org Stay from £65 a night or from £390 for the week.

Getting there:

Head on over to Ryanair and book a cheap flight to Stansted. From Stansted you can get a bus, or hop on the Stansted Express train for £19, which will take you into central London.