Up to 42% off a boutique Clerkenwell hotel in a former warehouse

The Zetter is one of those independent small hotel groups that has built a genuine reputation in London: independent, considered, with a real point of view on design and hospitality. Marrable’s Hotel is their Clerkenwell outpost, housed in a sustainably-run former warehouse on Clerkenwell Road, and it wears its neighbourhood well. This is one of the more interesting parts of central London: a few minutes from Farringdon and Barbican stations, close to the City without being consumed by it, and with a genuinely good local food and drink scene around it.

The rooms are spacious and well lit, with contemporary interiors that keep something of the building’s industrial character without making a performance of it. There is a street-level terrace for people-watching, and Gazette — the hotel’s French-influenced restaurant and bar — handles everything from breakfast through to dinner, with a menu that runs to beef tartare and chateaubriand alongside the more everyday. Breakfast is optional on this offer rather than fixed into the rate, so worth factoring in when you book.

The location puts you within easy reach of Covent Garden, Bloomsbury, Soho and Oxford Street, and the Farringdon Elizabeth line connection makes Heathrow straightforward. For those arriving by air, London City Airport is under 40 minutes away. The surrounding streets take you through medieval, Georgian and Victorian architecture in fairly quick succession, which is the kind of thing that makes Clerkenwell worth exploring on foot.