Spots

Soho House Group's grand banking hall — nine restaurants, rooftop pool, members' club feel with hotel access.

Floors 34–52 of The Shard — the highest sky pool in western Europe. Splurge with a river view.

Ex-Camden town hall next to St Pancras — red exterior lift, Decimo rooftop, all-day Isla café.

Georgian townhouse charm — a smart boutique for a first London visit. Seymour Bar downstairs.

East London original — lobby doubles as a coworking café, Hoxton Grill for hangover brunches.

33 rooms carved out of restored 18th-century houses in Clerkenwell — creaky floors, four-posters, roll-top baths.

Art-deco Mayfair grand — Antony Gormley 'ROOM' suite is a suite you sleep inside a sculpture.

Edwardian courtyard hotel behind an arch off High Holborn — Scarfes Bar has the best pianist in Bloomsbury.

Sister to The Rookery in Spitalfields — 29 Georgian-styled rooms, honesty bar, dawn walks to Brick Lane bagels.

Notting Hill townhouses knitted into a 51-room boutique — Portobello market at the door.