Family hotels near the London Eye and the South Bank
Written October 2026
The South Bank, to a kid, is the London Eye, the path along the river and Jubilee Gardens, where the playground under the wheel has a ship to climb and a double slide. Across Waterloo Bridge is Covent Garden and the London Transport Museum, where under-fives get to drive little trains and boats.
Two of these hotels are under the wheel, one of them inside County Hall. The others are a walk along the river in Southwark, Covent Garden and Vauxhall, and each one sleeps four: a studio with a sofa bed, two rooms joined by a door, or a two-bedroom suite. For the whole city, see the best family hotels in London.
Under the wheel: County Hall and Westminster Bridge Road
Both are a few minutes from the London Eye and the Jubilee Gardens playground, with Waterloo station behind them.
Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge Road
The studios are about 36 square meters, with a sofa bed for two adults and two kids, a microwave and a small fridge, and the one- and two-bedroom suites add a kitchenette and a bedroom with a door. There's a 15-meter heated indoor pool, kids get a goody bag at check-in with a coloring book and pencils, and under-12s eat breakfast free with their parents.
The hotel puts the London Eye and Big Ben within a short walk, and the Jubilee Gardens Playground is about 0.3 km away, fenced, with the ship to climb.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor, heated
Premier Inn London County Hall
County Hall, Belvedere Road
Inside County Hall, with the London Eye about 0.1 km from the door and the playground beside it. Family rooms have a king bed plus a sofa bed and a pull-out bed, a travel crib is free, and up to two kids eat breakfast free when an adult orders one.
Waterloo station is about an eight-minute walk by the hotel's count.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
Along the river in Southwark
The Hoxton, Southwark
Blackfriars Road
The Double Up joins two bedrooms with two bathrooms for up to five, a king or twins on one side and a queen on the other, about 42 square meters in all. Babies get the Tiny Hox kit on request (a baby bath, bottle warmers, freezer space for milk) and a free breakfast bag.
Southwark tube is a two-minute walk and the Tate Modern is a short one, with the London Eye about 1 km along the river. OXBO Bankside, which does a Moomin brunch for families, is about 0.25 km away.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
Across Waterloo Bridge in Covent Garden
One Aldwych
Aldwych, Covent Garden
On the north side of the river, about 1 km from the Eye, with the London Transport Museum and its All Aboard play zone for kids up to seven about 0.15 km away. Cribs come with fitted sheets, and baby bathtubs, bottle warmers and sterilizers are on hand.
The Classic Suite has a small separate living room with a sofa bed for young children, and the Interconnecting Rooms pair a queen bedroom with a twin bedroom and two bathrooms. The 18-meter pool under the hotel is chlorine-free, for kids over twelve months.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor
- Laundry
- Yes
Upriver in Vauxhall
Park Plaza London Riverbank
Albert Embankment, Vauxhall
On Albert Embankment, 1.4 km from the London Eye by the hotel's own map, a walk along the river. The Natural History Museum Dinosaur Family Suite has a bedroom for the adults and a kids' room for up to three with a bunk bed shaped like a T. rex skeleton, plus a dinosaur trail that ends in a certificate.
Other suites connect to make two or three bedrooms, with a kitchenette and a dining area, and the heated indoor pool is 12 meters long, for kids 16 and under with an adult. Vauxhall City Farm is 0.6 km away, by the same map.
- Cribs
- Yes
- Connecting rooms
- Yes
- Suites
- Yes
- Fridge
- Yes
- Kitchenette
- Yes
- Pool
- Yes, indoor, heated
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Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge: Fæ (CC BY-SA 3.0) · One Aldwych: Chris Downer (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Park Plaza London Riverbank: Charles from Port Chester, New York (CC BY 2.0)