Company for late arrivals at Tottenham Court Road, W1T and WC1
Tottenham Court Road is the eastern edge of the West End and the fastest way into it. The Elizabeth line puts Heathrow around half an hour from the platform, the Central and Northern lines cross underneath, and the new station halls open onto a junction the city rebuilt from scratch: screens wrapped around the Outernet arcade, a theatre in the round beside it, the Dominion facing down the road and Centre Point standing over the lot.
Most bookings in this postcode begin with an arrival. A guest lands, takes one train, checks in somewhere between Bedford Square and Denmark Street, and would rather not spend the first evening alone in a strange room. Hotels, stations, timings and the nearest names follow, with all figures published on the rates page.
Stations, on foot
- Tottenham Court RoadCentral, Northern, Elizabeth line1′walk
- Goodge StreetNorthern4′walk
Walking times run from the station exit into Tottenham Court Road. She comes straight to your door, whatever the hour.
Your address
- HotelsW1T · WC1 · room visits
- ApartmentsServiced and short stay
- ResidencesPrivate homes
- Any hourDay, late or overnight
Outcall only. Tell the host where you are staying and any arrival notes for the front desk.
On the list for Tottenham Court Road
Any lady on the list can be with you in Tottenham Court Road. Open a card for her file and a message with her name in it.
Angelika
Bianka
Cindy
Danielle
Jasmin
Karolina
Laura
Lea
Liana
Lucy
Luna
Margo
Michelle
Milena
Molly
Nancy
Nora
Patricia
Rosa
Roxi
Samanta
Sonya
Stacy
Thea
Tiffany
Tina
Vanessa
Violetta
The junction the city rebuilt
The corner has changed beyond recognition in ten years, and for once the change is an improvement. The station is wide and bright, the arcade behind it wraps a courtyard in screens that play until late, and the small theatre next door sends its audience out at the same hour the pubs are filling. Denmark Street, one turn east, still sells guitars from shopfronts that have been there for sixty years.
Two minutes in any direction and it changes again. North is Bedford Square, Georgian and silent, with the garden locked behind railings. West are the quiet blocks of Fitzrovia. South, Charing Cross Road runs down past the bookshops towards Leicester Square. It is a junction rather than a neighbourhood, which is exactly what a traveller wants on the first night.
Hotels a minute from the platform
The Bloomsbury Hotel on Great Russell Street is the handsome one, brick and stone with a blue panelled bar off the lobby. The Radisson Blu Edwardian Grafton stands further up Tottenham Court Road towards Warren Street. St Giles London, a large house on Bedford Avenue, is thirty seconds from the station entrance. The Z Hotel on Moor Street and the Nadler on Carlisle Street are the small options a few minutes into Soho.
Named as addresses only: no hotel here has an arrangement with the house, and she needs none. Your visitor arrives as your guest, walks past reception and takes the lift. The serviced flats on Bedford Avenue and the apartments above Charing Cross Road work the same way, buzzer included.
One minute to the Elizabeth line
Tottenham Court Road station is about 1 minute from the junction, with the Central and Northern lines and the Elizabeth line running west to Bond Street, Paddington and Heathrow, and east to Farringdon and Canary Wharf. Goodge Street, on the Northern line, is roughly 4 minutes north.
The last Elizabeth line trains from the airport run late into the evening, and the taxi rank on the eastern side moves quickly once the theatres have emptied. Give the host your arrival time rather than a guess at when you will be settled, and the hour will be set with the journey in mind.
Arriving, then asking
The order that works best for travellers: land, take the train, check in, then write. One message with the hotel, the hour, the length of the booking and a name from the guest list or a description of the company you want. A host replies within 10 to 15 minutes whatever the time on your watch, which after a long flight is the whole point.
Your full name, the hotel and the room number go to the host once over WhatsApp or Telegram before she leaves. A quarter of the fee by bank transfer holds a standard booking; an overnight, an event or a trip takes half, with the travel share of that half non refundable. The rest is settled on arrival in cash or by transfer carrying a discreet reference.
From written confirmation, most bookings in this postcode begin inside the hour, which is usually less time than it takes to unpack. If the flight slips, say so and the hour moves with it. Three hours notice cancels free of charge, inside two hours half the booking stands, and there is a quarter of an hour of grace at the door.
A first evening, jet lag allowed for
20:00, a drink in the panelled bar off the lobby on Great Russell Street, slow and low lit, which is all anybody wants after a flight. 21:00, supper five minutes away in Soho or ten minutes east in Bloomsbury, wherever the host can find a table at short notice. 22:30, a walk back past the screens on the corner, which are worth two minutes of anyone's attention. 23:00, the room, and a conversation that does not require you to be at your sharpest.
Ninety minutes at £400 is the most common first night booking, two hours at £500 the next. Three hours at £700 adds a proper dinner. An overnight at £1,800 takes the whole thing through to breakfast, which is often the sensible choice when your body still thinks it is the middle of the afternoon.
Who reaches the junction first
From Soho, three minutes west, Jasmin starts after nine, Molly after ten and Tiffany keeps midweek evenings open. All three can be at a hotel door here before a kettle has boiled.
From Marylebone, Rosa is easy company on a jet lagged evening and Liana is the calm one at the end of a long journey. From Covent Garden, seven minutes south, Nancy is warm and unhurried. Every other name on the list travels here on the same terms.
Four minutes to everywhere
West along Bayley Street lies Fitzrovia and its dining rooms. South west, Soho Street leads into Soho itself. Straight down Charing Cross Road you reach Leicester Square and the lanterns of Chinatown beside it. The quarter in full is on the West End page, and the Soho postcode is mapped on the W1D page.
Tottenham Court Road, asked at the door
Short, plain answers. Anything else, the host takes by message at any hour.
Yes, and this is the postcode where that happens most. The door is answered at every hour, and after written confirmation she is usually with you inside the hour, which is often before you have finished unpacking.
Around half an hour on the Elizabeth line, straight into the station on the corner, with trains running late into the evening. Tell the host your landing time and the booking will be set around it.
The Bloomsbury Hotel, the Radisson Blu Edwardian Grafton, St Giles London and, a few minutes into Soho, the Z Hotel and the Nadler. They are buildings we arrive at, not partners, and she comes as your guest.
Yes, and it is the better plan when you are arriving late. Message during the day with your flight time and the hotel, and the host will hold the hour. The deposit of 25 percent by bank transfer confirms it.
Tell the host and the hour moves. There is a quarter of an hour of grace as standard, and beyond that a booking is simply rescheduled rather than lost, provided we hear from you.
Other doors
The same card opens every one of them. Choose a neighbourhood for its hotels, stations and answers.
Soho
Arrivals at The Soho Hotel and Ham Yard Hotel, and private addresses close by.
West End
Piccadilly Circus sits 2 minutes away on foot.
Leicester Square
Leicester Square sits 1 minute away on foot.
Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus sits 1 minute away on foot.
Chinatown
Leicester Square sits 2 minutes away on foot.
Carnaby
Oxford Circus sits 3 minutes away on foot.
Charing Cross
Charing Cross sits 1 minute away on foot.
Oxford Circus
Arrivals at The Langham, and private addresses close by.
Fitzrovia
Goodge Street sits 3 minutes away on foot.
W1D
The W1D map: its districts, streets and doors in one place.
Tottenham Court Road, after dark
Tell the host where you are staying in Tottenham Court Road and when. The rest is arranged quietly.