The Premier Inn at South Harrow's not bad!
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Hotel in Viktoria strasse in Brig is the hotel Victoria, with rooms with balconies immediately opposite of the MGB platformsI've ended up in hotel rooms overlooking the railway in various places in France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland over the years - but I can't off-hand remember the names of any of the actual hotels. I do know the one in Menton (last town on the south coast of France before the Italian border) was in the rue Albert 1er, and the one in Hamburg was in Holzdamm. The one in Brig, in Switzerland, was - I think - in Viktoriastr, with multiple track gauges to see out of the window!
And as a kid I stayed in a B&B in Folkestone, where (if I leanded out of the window when my parents weren't keeping an eye on me) I could see the steep tracks up from the harbour station, steam engines and all.
Can you see anything facing west from the Premier inn, Charing Cross, Glasgow?
Hmmm - I don't know where that Premier Inn is, but that isn't South Harrow!! South Harrow was my local station back in my childhood, and I know it rather well - and that isn't it.
Sleeperz, Clayton and Radisson Blu in Cardiff (seem to keep changing their names but that’s what they were last time I was there)
Hmmm - I don't know where that Premier Inn is, but that isn't South Harrow!! South Harrow was my local station back in my childhood, and I know it rather well - and that isn't it.
South Harrow is between Harrow on the Hill (or town centre) and Northolt (by road). The hotel you mention is as you say at Kenton (which is probably NE of Harrow, but certainly not South)The hotel is definitely in South Harrow, although it’s titled plain Premier Inn Harrow.
Out of shot to the left beyond the Kenton Road overbridge is Kenton Station.
The hotel is definitely in South Harrow, although it’s titled plain Premier Inn Harrow.
Out of shot to the left beyond the Kenton Road overbridge is Kenton Station.
Hotel in Viktoria strasse in Brig is the hotel Victoria, with rooms with balconies immediately opposite of the MGB platforms
The pension postli pavement terrace is a good place for a cheap beer while watching trains going in and out of Brig. I imagine some of the rooms would have good views, tooIf it's by Kenton station, it's miles from South Harrow! Neither the bridge in the pic, nor those rail lines, are anywhere near South Harrow! Calling a hotel by Kenton Station the Premier Inn Harrow is a bit of a stretch - but to suggest it's anywhere near South Harrow is nonsense.
Aha - yes, that sounds right. Thanks! (And the breakfasts were good - in a Swiss way - too!)
If it's by Kenton station, it's miles from South Harrow! Neither the bridge in the pic, nor those rail lines, are anywhere near South Harrow! Calling a hotel by Kenton Station the Premier Inn Harrow is a bit of a stretch - but to suggest it's anywhere near South Harrow is nonsense.
Aha - yes, that sounds right. Thanks! (And the breakfasts were good - in a Swiss way - too!)
Some rooms at Leeds Central Travelodge have great views of the eastern end of Leeds station - one floor at just above track level.
I doubt that many folks from ‘South Harrow’ have stayed at the Premier Inn ‘Harrow’. It’s therefore probably quite reasonable for Whitbread, when naming their property, to title it Harrow, being far better known than Kenton. For a guest to describe it as South ‘Harrow’, being South of, say, Harrow & Wealdstone, seems reasonable too.
Local locational pedantry probably doesn’t trump the nuances of the English language, nor the views of Whitbread, nor those of the out of town guests who stay there.
See London Luton, Durham Tees Valley, Frankfurt Hahn etc., for non-hotel analogies.
Ultimately, however, anyone reading @Tetchytyke ’s post could identify the hotel that he mentioned within seconds, and the utility associated with that justifies the post, in my humble opinion.
The Jurys Inn in Nottingham overlooks the station there if you have a room on the right side.
Yes, could literally sit there all day watching the tide go out!Stayed in a pub come hotel in Arnside "Ye olde fighting cocks" that gives a nice view over the estuaryView attachment 82743