"Best for: family movie nights Closest tube station: Temple One of London’s best-kept secrets, One Aldwych is a fresh, forward-thinking hotel with unusually spacious suites for the city and staggering views over the West End. Children (and adults) revel in its Charlie and the Chocolate Factory afternoon tea—a feast of snozzberry jam, lemon sorbet tea, and smoking pistol punch. Popular demand prevents the hotel from ever moving the quintessentially British affair onto another theme. Another hit with families here is the chlorine-free swimming pool’s underwater music and exotic fish projections during family swimming hours. Once out of their mini bathrobes and slippers, children can head down to the private cinema with popcorn or explore Theatreland and its warren of independent restaurants and shops (1856 toyshop Pollock being a firm favorite)." - Rosalyn Wikeley
