There are 4 adults arriving in London for a cruise out of Tilbury in September 2025. Can anyone recommend nice a hotel for a 1 night stay before our cruise?
Posted by
London, UK
479 posts
Tilbury isn't somewhere I would chose to stay.
Is the cruise line offering bus transfers from Victoria on the day of departure? If so, I would do that and stay in the Victoria area of London, and book a nearby Premier Inn (my usual go to option), but others may have more suggestions.
Posted by
OP
Florida
87 posts
Thank you Katy. As I research more, I realize Tilbury is not the place to stay! We will be taking Eurostar from Paris into St Pancras so now looking for a nice hotel around St Pancras. Hopefully, we can find a car service to Tilbury crusie terminal!
Posted by
Lake District, England
8288 posts
I'll tell you where I have stayed before a Tilbury cruise. At the Premier Inn Thurrock East - across from Lakeside Shopping Centre.
It is a very short walk from Chafford Hundred Station- from there it is a 7 minute train ride and then a 3 minute bus (or taxi) ride to the terminal. I've never looked at it but Upminster (at the end of the tube) is a rather nice villagey type of place. There may be somewhere there to stay.
The beauty of Lakeside is that I know I am in reaching distance. If the rail line is in meltdown next day there is a bus option on Ensign.
It's 6 miles, I know the area and it's transport so would never need to do it but it is only 6 miles by taxi- maybe £15.
Although firmly in Essex the red London bus #370 from Upminster station stops just across the Sainsbury's parking lot from the PI.