Bermonds Locke, Tower Bridge, London

You're spoilt for food and drink options all along Bermondsey Street, as well as along the river near London Bridge and around Borough Market.

The location is reasonably convenient, with London Bridge's hub of transport connections just a short walk away.

By car: around 4 hours 30 minutes from Manchester and 3 hours from Bristol. Paid parking available nearby.

By train: Borough and London Bridge tube stations are 15 minutes' walk away. Liverpool Street is a 20-minute taxi ride. Book trains to London.

The hotel's style is relaxed and self-consciously cool, but also very practical and budget-conscious. Contemporary bathrooms have showers (rather than baths) with sustainable 'Who Gives a Crap' toilet paper, and rooms have well thought-out kitchen facilities.

Service is deliberately relaxed and the ambience sociable and inclusive. Staff regularly put on events, designed to make the hotel a focus for the local community. There's a small but well-equipped gym in the basement.

• Restaurant
• Bar
• Coffee house
• Lounge
• Gym
• Free Wi-Fi

Rooms are spread over six floors and are laid out as studio apartments. Neat and clutter-free, the colour schemes are with simple and soothing. Kitchenettes are well-equipped with a two-ring hob, oven and microwave, washing machine and (in most rooms) a dishwasher.

Room types: City Studio, Locke Studio, Suite, Courtyard Suite

Key amenities: ensuite bathroom, hairdryer, kitchen with hob and fridge/freezer, dining table, smart TV, free Wi-Fi

Shaman coffee house serves drinks and snacks during the day and turns into a bar at night with DJs on weekends. Robin Gill's Bermondsey Larder is the hotel's in-house restaurant, offering a farm-to-fork menu. The truffled Baron Bigod cheese with fig and walnut toast and Bermondsey St honey, brilliantly utilises some of the best English artisan ingredients.

Bermondsey Larder: family-run restaurant. Open for brunch, lunch and dinner.

Shaman: wellness café, speciality coffee and wholesome food. Open daily, 7.30am - 3.30pm.