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Clink78

Dorm Bed $15.65
Private Room $43.04
82%
Overall Rating
78 King's Cross Rd , London, England, WC1X 9QG
Welcome to Clink78 London! Clink261's bigger sister! Clink Hostels are London's most original hostels!

Stay in a former courthouse!

Sleep in an authentic prison cell!

Chill out where The Clash stood trial!

Email from our magisterial internet courtroom!

Meet up in Clashbar!

Explore London from a great central location: King's Cross!

Judge for yourself!

Clink78 combines 200 years of history with a quirky and colourful interior in London King's Cross. Set in a former courthouse, our hostel is truly unique! We offer a wide range of clean and modern facilities such as a self-catering kitchen, a fun bar, a games area, internet and TV lounges in original courtrooms, a travelshop, a laundry...

Our reception is manned 24/7 by multi-lingual staff, with night security

from 9pm. We have no curfew, but you need your keycard to gain access to the

hostel and your room. We are all about security!

We offer a mixture of private rooms and dorms. Most private rooms and some dorms have their own bathrooms. We also offer Girls Only dorms and Girls Deluxe for even more

luxury.

Freebies include:

Continental breakfast

Bed linen

Luggage room

Towel for everyone who books into a female deluxe dorm

London walking tour

London map

CLASHBAR (open from 7pm until late every night) - strictly for the over 18s

Clashbar brings you 7-nights-a-week of pure entertainment, fun…


Perfectly located to explore London’s rich past as well as its diverse multicultural present, Clink78 is the ultimate destination from which to discover all that London has to offer.

To the North; you will find Camden Markets and Regent's Park Zoo, to the South; the world famous British Museum, St Paul's Cathedral and the Tate Modern, to the East; the trendy nightlife of Angel, Old Street and Farrington and to the West; the shops of

Covent Garden and Oxford Street.

All are within walking distance or just a few minutes away by bus or underground.

Our closest underground Station is KING'S CROSS. We're about a 10-minute walk away or 2 bus stop away by bus 63 (bus stop in front of the station).

There are a LOT of exits but once you have walked outside make sure that EUSTON RD

is in front of you and that Station is behind you. All you have to do is turn LEFT and walk down Euston Rd which becomes PENTONVILLE RD. Walk along this road and the 2nd street on your right is KING'S CROSS RD. Follow this road as it curves to the right, you will see a big TRAVELODGE on your left, we're the big victorian building with the steps and red phone box in front of it.

From Heathrow airport, take the underground Piccadilly Line all the way to King's Cross.

From Gatwick airport, take the First Capital Connect train all the way to King's Cross.

From Luton airport, take the First Capital Connect train all the way to King's Cross.

From Stansted airport, take the Terravision Buses or Stansted Express train to Liverpool Street Station. Then transfer to the underground taking the Metropolitan Line, Circle Line or Hammersmith & City Line WESTBOUND to King's Cross.

From Victoria coach station, take the Underground Victoria Line to King's

Cross.

Once in King's Cross, follow the directions above.

Reviews

Anonymous
Positives: Friendly staff, helpful. Bed, toilets and showers were clean. This hostel is near the tube,…
Negatives: Dormrooms were very small, and packed, and it was less convenient to sleep in the…
69%
Louise Coward
Positives: Great location, free breakfast, fantastic character of the building
Negatives: Room too small for number of beds, not enough hooks to hang thinks in the…
94%
Anonymous
Positives: I liked how quick it was to check out, how close it was to King's…
Negatives: The heater in our room was on all night, and it made the room stifling…
77%
Sook Kean Swee
Positives: location is very convenient, when i get off from bus 63, the hostel just in…
Negatives: staff not so helpful
83%
Mike Mole
Positives: Friendly Staff. Pleasant Atmoshere. Very Welcoming.
Negatives: Rooms quite small with little room for belongings. Something to remind you that your sleeping…
83%
Anonymous
Positives: Clean, plenty of character (previously a courthouse with actual jail cells converted into rooms in…
Negatives: The free lockers as well as the personal bed lockers required you to have your…
74%
anna beardsmore
Positives: good facilities, cheap booze, secure, location.
Negatives: smoking area too crowded
89%
marcos martinez
Positives: It is clean and has most of what you need
Negatives: The showers are very annoying because the water only last a few seconds and the…
66%

Within Walking Distance
Wellcome Collection
Science Museum
183 Euston Rd. - The extraordinary Sir Henry Wellcome (d.1936) founded one of the great multinational pharmaceutical companies, and this museum is bas
Within Driving Distance
M&M's World
Candy Store
Leicester Square - its the most amazing place in London.. especially considering the fact that it has 4 floors of M&M products
Museum of London
History Museum
150 London Wall - The world’s largest museum of urban history documents the city’s development from Roman settlement to cosmopolitan metro
The Brasserie At Charing Cross
Fine Dining
Restaurant inside Guoman Thistle Hotel Charing Cross.
Regent College
College
The Harp
Pub
Princi
Pizza Place
135 Wardour St. - Good Italian coffee, great salads and wonderful pizza :-)
Charing Cross Tube Station
London Underground
Three Store Strand
Technology
Conversation With Oscar Wilde
Sculpture
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
IRIS Waterloo
Corporate Office
National Portrait Gallery
Art Gallery
Saint Martin's Place - One of the gallery’s most famous pictures is the Chandos portrait, which is said to be of William Shakespeare by his
Covent Garden Market
Flea Market
The Piazza - The market is bustling with shoppers, tourists and performers on the weekend. Except for the many restaurants and cafes, there is also th
Directions to Hyde Park
Total Distance: 6.0 km
Head north on King's Cross Rd/A201 toward Acton St
Toll road
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Turn left onto Acton St
Toll road
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Turn left onto Acton St/A501
Toll road
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Turn right onto Grays Inn Rd/A501
Continue to follow A501
Partial toll road
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Continue onto Marylebone Flyover/A40.
Exit onto Harrow Rd/A404 toward Kensal Rise/Paddington.
Turn left onto Bishop's Bridge Rd/A4206
Continue to follow A4206
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Turn left onto Garway Rd.
Continue straight onto Leinster Square
Destination will be on the left
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Directions from Heathrow Airport
Total Distance: 3.7 km
Head north on Trafalgar Square/A400 toward Duncannon St
Toll road
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Take the 1st right onto Duncannon St
Toll road
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Continue onto Strand/A4
Continue to follow A4
Toll road
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Keep left at the fork
Continue to follow A4
Toll road
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Continue onto Fleet St
Toll road
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Turn left onto Farringdon St/A201
Continue to follow A201
Toll road
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