Hotels in Eltham

Eltham sits in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in south-east London, roughly nine miles from the centre. It is a residential district built around a long high street, with Eltham railway station on the line out through Bexleyheath and a fast road link to the A2 and A20.

The best-known building here is Eltham Palace, cared for by English Heritage. It began as a medieval royal palace — Henry VIII spent much of his childhood at Eltham — and its great hall still stands. In the 1930s Stephen and Virginia Courtauld built an Art Deco house onto it, and it is that combination of medieval hall and between-the-wars interior that most visitors come for.

A short walk away, Well Hall Pleasaunce is a public garden on the site of a much older house, with a surviving Tudor barn; the writer E. Nesbit, author of The Railway Children, lived at Well Hall for a number of years. North of Eltham, on Shooter's Hill, the 18th-century folly Severndroog Castle stands in Oxleas Wood, which is open woodland with long views south across Kent on a clear day.

There is not a large amount of hotel accommodation in Eltham itself. What follows is what is actually nearby, closest first.

Places to stay

Closest to Eltham first. Room counts, facilities and ratings are what Google holds for each property, recorded October 2026 — we have not stayed in any of them, so you will find no opinions here, only what is on the record.

Premier Inn London Eltham

738 Sidcup Road, SE9 3NS
4.0/5 from 874 Google reviews · about 1.9km from Eltham

Hotel · 91 rooms · good for children · step-free entrance

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Premier Inn London Sidcup

101-108 Station Road, DA15 7BS
4.2/5 from 811 Google reviews · about 3.7km from Eltham

Hotel · 109 rooms · good for children · step-free entrance

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The Station Hotel

14 Staplehurst Road, SE13 5NB
4.3/5 from 1,800 Google reviews · about 3.9km from Eltham

Hotel · 16 rooms · good for children

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