B&B in Bromley, Kent. A short ride from central London
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| The B&B in Bromley |
The Courtyard |
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Sue and Colin, your hosts, love their home and gardens in Bromley, Kent (which is just a short ride from central London) and offer guests a warm welcome to their bed and breakfast home which is tucked away and surrounded by trees at the end of a quiet and secluded cul-de-sac. The Ripley Arts Centre is just a short walk from the B&B and if you want to go a little further Chislehurst village is only a few miles away. Gloriously colourful, light, bright and airy in Spring/Summer, warm, snug and cosy in Autumn/Winter. We genuinely enjoy looking after our guests and believe that the ambiance and welcome offered in our comfortable modern home is truly special. We are proud to say that we frequently have guests returning to us.
Indeed we claim the "B&B Net Record" for the longest staying guest; Les, who in his own words (written in our Visitor's Book) - "I came for two nights and stayed for seven months - need I say more?", and then, along came Keith for five nights and stayed 3-4 nights a week for 18 months. Then Val two nights a week for 12 months and we have sadly just bade farewell to Doris who stayed an average of 24/25 nights per year for more than four years! So, we must be doing something right and we still retain the trophy!
Getting to and from central London :
The bed and breakfast is within easy traveling distance from central London. From Charing Cross station in central London it's 25 minute train ride followed by a 15 minute walk from the local station, Elmstead Woods. Bromley is easily found by train from either Heathrow or Gatwick airports.
Unfortunately owing to the open-sided staircase, your hosts are unable to accept young children and those with a severe visual impairment. They also regret that they are unable to offer kitchen/self catering, or refrigerated storage facilities.
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Your morning starts with a choice of Breakfast menu. If you have a large appetite, go for our excellent Full English breakfast; alternatively try our cold buffet platter, always served with home made preserves and often with a choice of Colin's home made bread; either will set you up for the day.
Sue loves to cook, and is more than happy to offer an excellent one or two course supper at a very reasonable cost. A barbecue is another popular option, as is alfresco dining on our roof terrace – weather permitting. We are both keen sailors and are off sailing our Dragon racing yacht most Saturdays in sailing season (May-October), but because of this we are often unable to offer supper on Saturdays in sailing season as we can never guarantee what time we get back!
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The double guest room
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The single guest room
Beautifully refurbished Guest Bathroom
We can accommodate up to 3 persons in our double and single bedded rooms, both of which have tea-making facilities, hair dryers, adaptors and even a brolly ! Both rooms have just been refurbished and whilst keeping the single room fairly similar, the double room has undergone a total transformation. One private bathroom with a power shower serves these two bedrooms (private facilities available by arrangement).
There is a comfortable lounge for our guests with TV, DVD, Video, Radio/Cassette, a good selection of videos/DVDs, books, and an abundance of tourist literature/information to help you plan your days. Your lounge leads onto our roof terrace, a blaze of colour from Spring through to Autumn, from here you can watch the antics of our white doves, see foxes and squirrels at play and enjoy countless species of wild birds, then try to believe you are only half an hour from Central London!
You can travel lighter as they supply shampoo/conditioner, soap, shower and bath gel, and make-up remover pads. Towels and flannels are changed daily and even fluffy bathrobes are provided for your use. This is a non smoking house.
The Roof Terrace overlooks the gardens and courtyard
Single room £30 per room per night
Double room £60 per room per night
Double room with private bathroom facilities £70 per room per night
Both Rooms for single occupation £70 pounds per night (for 2 persons)NO MINIMUM STAY. NOTE WE HAVE ONLY ONE DOUBLE AND ONE SINGLE
ROOM.
Please note that the B&B owners cannot take
credit cards.
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I'll break it down for any of your customers wondering what it's really like:
The location - their home is in a pretty residential area, so quiet it's difficult to remember that you're so close to central London and only a short walk from Bromley's town centre. It's a bit like a Disney film sometimes with doves, robins, parakeets, foxes, cats and dogs all gambolling about in the gardens. It's hard to believe, but it's true! At night, it's blissfuly quiet.
The rooms - I stayed in both bedrooms over time. They were just-like-home comfortable, spotlessly clean & cosy. The use of a separate living room & roof terrace to relax in was a luxury (unusual in a B&B where you can often be holed up in your room.) The bathroom was like a luxury hotel, sparkling clean, a fab shower and bath with a fluffy towels, a luxurious dressing gown and lovely smellies for use.
The food -because I was staying during the working week (and the bed was so comfy I had to stay in it as long as possible) I had the packed breakfast which I could grab and run with in the morning. (I'd often smell another guest's full english but I'd never allow myself enough time!) My packed breakfast was always the perfect balance of healthy, hearty and DELICIOUS. My 'magic bag' was the envy of my work colleagues (they still miss it as much as I do - it has become the stuff of legend.) Occasionally I would join Colin & Sue for an evening meal. It NEVER disappointed.
The company - Sue & Colin are kind and generous hosts. As soon as you walk in the door they make you feel at home. They'll give you as much help and information as you want for your stay but just as happily leave you in peace to relax.
I eventually found a permanent home in the area. I miss my 'magic bag' full of lovely packed breakfast. I miss the fluffy dressing gowns which were so much nicer than mine. And I miss Sue & Colin, who so effortlessly made me feel so at home. They are kind and generous people and I think you'd struggle to find anyone who's stayed with them to say otherwise. They have a guestbooks where people who have stayed over the years can leave their comments. They're bursting with rave reviews from people all over the world.
Thank you Colin & Sue, you made me feel at home when I was so far away from home. To anyone reading this and wondering if they should stay at this B&B, try it, you won't regret it!
Lizzie F (UK)
Hi, just wanted to let you know how our stay went. Well, we were ever so pleased with the accommodation, and the hosts were terrific. We didn't feel like strangers in a strange country, it was more like being with family. I would recommend them highly to anyone. The food was great and Colin's bread was a terrific bonus served warm with breakfast. Thank you and please send a big hello to Sue and Colin. Iris & Robert Smith (alias..Bob & Becky)
Best regards - Catherine Condon
Just to let you know we found everything fine over the weekend. We normally stay in a hotel and for the price could not fault the surroundings, cleanliness and food at this B&B. Sue and Colin were very helpful with directions - without their directions we would probably have still been looking for the church for our wedding and would have been much later getting home today. Thanks - Ann
Thanks for that, the accommodation was fantastic and the hosts were absolutely brilliant. I will definitely use them again should I need to go back down to London. Carole
This home has been listed with B&B NET since January 1996
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