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Saint James Backpackers

2.0 star property
Hostel convenient to Kensington High Street

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In the heart of London, near Buckingham Palace, Saint James Backpackers offers a lively retreat. Enjoy free self-serve breakfast on the garden patio or unwind at the gym after a long day of exploring Big Ben and London Dungeon. With in-room WiFi, luggage storage, and helpful staff available 24/7.

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Gym
  • 24/7 front desk

Main amenities (12)

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Fitness centre
  • Terrace
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Coffee/tea in a common area
  • Garden
  • Microwave in a common area
  • Fridge in a common area
  • Picnic area
  • Barbecue grills
  • Luggage storage
  • TV in a common area

Feel at home (5)

  • Playground on-site
  • Garden
  • Terrace
  • Daily housekeeping
  • BBQ(s)

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About the area

Map
21 Longridge Road, London, England, SW5 9SB

What's nearby

  • Cromwell Road - 1 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Kensington High Street - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Holland Park - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Kensington Gardens - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Imperial College London - 17 min walk - 1.5 km

Getting around

  • Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 33 min drive
  • London (LCY-London City) - 70 min drive
  • London (LTN-Luton) - 80 min drive
  • Gatwick Airport (LGW) - 88 min drive
  • London (STN-Stansted) - 108 min drive
  • London (SEN-Southend) - 134 min drive
  • West Brompton Station - 12 min walk
  • Kensington (Olympia) Underground Station - 16 min walk
  • Kensington (Olympia) Station - 17 min walk
  • Earl's Court Station - 7 min walk
  • West Kensington Underground Station - 10 min walk
  • West Brompton Underground Station - 12 min walk

Restaurants

  • ‪Paul - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Pret a Manger - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Caffè Nero - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Earls Court Tavern - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Saint James Backpackers

  • Saint James Backpackers puts you a short five-minute drive from Kensington High Street and Hyde Park. Guests can visit the fitness centre for a workout, and free perks include WiFi and self-service breakfast daily between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM. Other highlights include a terrace and a garden. Fellow travellers love the helpful staff. Public transportation is only a short walk: Earl's Court Station is 7 minutes and West Kensington Underground Station is 10 minutes.

At a glance

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Hotel size

    • 22 rooms
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Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: midnight
    • Minimum check-in age – 18
    • Check-out time is 10 AM
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Special check-in instructions

    • Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
    • To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
    • Guests should be aware that 1 cat and 1 dog reside at this property
    • This property enforces quiet hours from 11:00 AM to 7:00 AM
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
    • Each guest is required to present a valid government-issued photo ID card at check-in, such as a passport or driving licence.
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Required at check-in

    • Credit card or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18
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Children

    • No cots (infant beds)
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Pets

    • Pets not allowed
WIFI

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms
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Parking

    • No on-site parking
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Other information

    • Designated smoking areas
    • No alcohol served on site

Property amenities

Food and drink

  • Free self-service breakfast each morning 7:00 AM–10:00 AM
  • Coffee/tea in a common area
  • Barbecue grills
  • Shared microwave
  • Shared fridge

Travelling with children

  • Playground

Services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Facilities

  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace
  • Television in common areas
  • Fitness centre
  • Banquet hall
  • Outdoor furniture

Accessibility

  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

Room amenities

Home comfort

  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Sleep well

  • Bed sheets provided

Freshen up

  • Hairdryer (on request)

Stay connected

  • Free WiFi

More

  • Daily housekeeping

Fees & policies

Refundable deposits

  • Deposit: GBP 20 per person, per stay

Optional extras

  • Towels are available for an extra charge of GBP 5 per stay (or guests may bring their own)

Policies

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
This property does not have lifts.
Guests can rest easy knowing that there's a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector on-site.
This hostel accepts only chip and PIN credit cards for on-site payments.
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and mobile payments. Cash is not accepted. 
Credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, American Express
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with UK consumer law, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

Also known as

Saint James Backpackers Hostel London
Saint James Backpackers Hostel
Saint James Backpackers London
Saint James Backpackers London England
Saint James Backpackers London
Saint James Backpackers Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
Saint James Backpackers Hostel/Backpacker accommodation London

Frequently asked questions

Are pets allowed at Saint James Backpackers?

Sorry, pets aren't allowed.

Is parking offered on site at Saint James Backpackers?

Sorry, there's no on-site parking at Saint James Backpackers.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Saint James Backpackers?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: midnight. Check-out time is 10 AM.

What is there to do at Saint James Backpackers and nearby?

Saint James Backpackers has a fitness centre and a picnic area, as well as a garden.

What's the area around Saint James Backpackers like?

Saint James Backpackers is a short 7-minute walk from Earl's Court Station and 9 minutes' walk from Kensington High Street.

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Reviews

Saint James Backpackers Reviews

7.8

Good

7.4

Cleanliness

8.4

Location

8.0

Staff & service

7.4

Property conditions & facilities

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Reviews

Verified

10/10 Exceptional

Friendly staff at desk and housekeeping. Nice room with storage, and good bathrooms. Just what I needed for an affordable stay.
Bedros, 5-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

very accommodating staff, friendly guests, good services, would recommend!
Katrina, 4-night trip
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6/10 Good

Nice staff and reasonable facilities, slept quite well
patrick, 1-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Loved the free cooked breakfast, TV room area, and outside chill out area.
Rawle, 7-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Excellent service and facilities.
Rawle, 7-night trip
Verified

6/10 Good

Lot's of staff who are in and out. Mostly voluntery pepole who needs a new chance in life or come from a different country, most of the staff and voluntery staff are great, someone i wondring why they voluntery there... because they get free accomondation and free food.. Very good breakfast and free dinner if you are early to sign you up. Bathroom it's very dirty and overflows with water. Many times att WC urin is everywhere.
Øyvind, 5-night trip
Verified

8/10 Very good

Good for the position - Museums, Hyde Park, High Street Kensington - all within walking distance. In addition to breakfast, the first 30 to sign up on a list can claim free dinner. Not really impressed by some of the staff, and although the place can be busy with some guests not being particularly attentive to cleanliness themselves, the place could be way cleaner.
Margherita, 14-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

The staff was helpful and a lot of the costumers were friendly. The location was very close to the tube station and had several bus routes that pass really close
Aideen, 8-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderful people, and the option of a free meal in the evening (subject to numbers signing up) was completely unexpected!! Courtyard area is beautiful. Visited in the middle of a heatwave so wasn't really able to take advantage of a lot of the facilities because I felt so tired! But the sound of people playing table tennis below as I cooled down inside made me smile :-)
Sean, 2-night trip
Verified

6/10 Good

Breakfast included

Basic, toilets were passable however not in large enough numbers on each floor. Breakfast was most welcome as were beds being made on arrival.
Gary, 1-night trip
Verified

8/10 Very good

Saint James Hostel

Saint James hostel is a welcoming place to stay. It gives you the feel of a family home, with its very friendly and helpful staff who connect with guests. The hostel offers free breakfast and free dinner. They organise events and games to entertain. They even have a happiness manager! Tosh does a great job whether he is cooking dinner, making popcorn or organising a game for the guests. I recommend trying it if visiting London.
Nibal, 6-night trip
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8/10 Very good

This was a good stay, convenient and handy. The feel with a double room is a little like a b&b, with helpful staff and very simple rooms. The main negative is a very noisy pipe running in the room which seemed to be linked to people having showers, although the nose finishes at midnight. The communal areas are nice, and it served a tofu and potato curry for free evening meals (you have to get on the list so maybe email in about this as it fills up fast. The atmosphere was relaxed and friendly. Going by out stay the private rooms are at the top, so accessibility could be an issue (steep stairs) ... Overall, I would definitely come again, it has a nice vibe and for the price and location, it's really good.
Paul, 1-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

Not often stayed in a hostel with so many amenities and extras, like the free breakfast, evening meals and drinks. Didn’t have the best nights sleep but this was due to the people in the room, which the hostel can’t do anything about!
Jeremy, 2-night trip
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8/10 Very good

They don't have an elevator, but the staff helped me with my luggage, so I can't complain. They offer free dinner (on my stay it was vegan beans, salad, and rice) and free breakfast (eggs cooked for you upon request). They have a dedicated bathroom for women which is great. The only mess was that the key they gave me at checkin didn't correspond to my bed number. The locker was stuck under the bed. When I came back from theatre in the evening, someone else put her stuff on my bed. I had to go check with the reception and they pointed me to another unused bed. All the changes caused a longer check-out time.
Huilian, 1-night trip
Verified

6/10 Good

Friendly, helpful staff. Good hot free breakfasts and dinners. Didn’t like the fact that reception allowed homeless people with just a plastic bag of clothes book in at 2am in the morning. Two nights in a row the whole room was woken up by drunk residents. One was aggressive, the other was just inconsiderate. Otherwise, a great place to stay.
Garry, 3-night trip
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6/10 Good

Friendly staff and perfect more thsn perfect Spaghetti Bolognese. The rest wasn't good. Loud everywhere and the doors very loud until ithe night and morning. I slept maximum 3 hours each night. Wash bassins only extreme hot water. Shower area to small. The "Power" in the bathrooms for shaving doesn' t work. No electricy. You have to buy an adapter for UK but that is not useable in the bathroom.
Patrick, 4-night trip
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6/10 Good

Cheap room, good location. Only one small fridge and pretty strict rules meant I had in-date food thrown out twice. Kitchen is also closed at meal times for staff to make food for guests. And when it opens back up is at the discretion of staff on the day, they dont follow the set times. Bathrooms often flooded, and missing toilet paper. Rooms dont have fans which is an issue in the summer. Lock boxes under the bed are too small for bags. Staff were ok. Polite and attentive, but not particularly friendly (to me anyway).
Tom, 10-night trip
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10/10 Exceptional

This is a family owned and run hostel that has been generationally passed down. It is affordable, well run, you always have hot water, and the staff are very welcoming and helpful and keep the bathrooms clean (which is quite a task!). In addition, there are lockers under the beds where you can store your stuff (just bring a lock), the breakfast is good and predictable and there is an optional dinner you can sign up for every evening. There is a football match on nearly every evening to boot (in season of course)! It is only a 5 min walk from the tube (Stamford Bridge is only 2 stops away!) and restaurants abound. A couple of things you won't know from booking here: there is a 10 pound refundable deposit for the room key (bring cash), bring a towel (but a small travel towel on Amazon) and soap/shampoo with you (or buy it at the grocery store when you arrive), and they have deals on weekly rates of you book with them directly and you don't start your stay on the weekend. Overall, I'd go back in a heartbeat. Next time you travel to London, don't stay at a hotel, support a local family that is doing good work in the city. Stay at St James Backpackers!
Scott, 7-night trip
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8/10 Very good

people at hostel very social. some people were weird, but that's everywhere. the female dorm was clean and the fellow stayers were extremely supportive. free breakfast was like reheated heinz beans, hotdog wieners boiled, eggs, pancakes, toast, cereal. 7pm dinner was free if you signed up early enough. there is a female only bathroom n shower. everything was clean. no mold. no laundry though. close to main attractions. wifi hit or miss lowkey. staff was sweet. very active and social at night. the age range was from 20s to 30s, but there were many older stayers as well. There is a cat, the cat was cute. make sure you have shower shoes. ask for the bottom bunk. clean plates and there is a fridge.
Morgan, 4-night trip
Verified

8/10 Very good

Overall, this was good value for the price and the hostel is in a great location - close to the tube and there is a grocery store and multiple restaurants down the street. My one complaint was that when I took a shower, the drain was clogged and I was immediately standing in 4 inches of dirty water. Future guests should note the following: - The all-female dorm is two floors above the all-female bathroom. All other bathrooms are any gender. - There are no privacy curtains on the bunks - Dorms do not have quiet/curtesy hours posted - The kitchen is small and closed when the staff are cooking dinner. Dinner is limited to the first 30 people who sign up each morning. So if you have plans to make your own dinner, you can’t use the kitchen during normal dinner hours - Guests are not allowed to store cooked food in the fridge, so you can’t keep leftovers - The communal area is pretty small for the number of guests that can fit into the hostel. The hostel was not at full capacity when I was there but I often couldn’t find a place to sit and eat. Although in the summer, there are many seats to sit out in the garden - Each bunk is assigned a lock box for your items that rolls under the bed. I liked this system and the boxes are fairly large. - My bunk did not have a bedside light or shelf
Hannah, 5-night trip
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8/10 Very good

I love this hostel it is one of the best in London. I love the staff and the Melo inviting environment. Great price good free food close to convenient shops.
Renee, 1-night trip
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4/10 Fair

Room have beg bugs I can't stay upstairs staff give me room on 3 floor
nasir, 1-night trip
Verified

8/10 Very good

Good place to stay
Antony, 2-night trip
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8/10 Very good

Great stay✌️
Verified

8/10 Very good

Good
Karl, 6-night trip