Suggestions on how to get to St. Pancreas Station at 4 am!!

Can you arrange a taxi thru your hotel?? We did that several times and they called and taxi came within ten minutes but that was day time. We had similar situation in Paris twice each time hotels called very very early. And again no problems. Check as soon as you register in hotel.. I know they say 4:45 AM perhaps because there is not much going on at that hour but I thought they usually wanted two hours before departure to go thru immigration. We only did it midday but it did go quickly. .

Yes, I suppose we will have to take a taxi. Besides, this will be much safer at that time of the morning. However, at present I am in the States, so I’m not sure whether our hotel will book a taxi for us. I definitely want to take a licensed taxi (not a Uber). How does a person book a taxi? I certainly doubt that we could hail a cab that early in the morning!!😆

Nice! Last summer I also foolishly bought tickets for the earliest train but with a family of 14 and plenty of luggage (but hey, they were the cheapest tickets available lol)

Needless to say, we had to take several taxis and we left with plenty of time. We were staying over in Kensington/Chelsea. We actually just called Uber and had no problems at all, but it wouldn't have hurt to schedule it the day before or have the hotel schedule it for us.

Checking in at St. Pancras was super busy and a bit chaotic. Once we were in the waiting area it was crowded with nowhere to sit. It was still worth it to take a taxi and get there early though.

If it is late June or July I would walk, walking through London during sunrise as the city wakes up is magical. Otherwise uber. Not sure what you mean by safety at that time?

Your hotel will most likely have a local taxi company (black cab) on speed dial, ask them to arrange taxi at whatever time you want it the morning of the day before, and then get them to confirm it before you head to bed. Your only other option is to change to one of the many hotels around St Pancras, all of which seem quite expensive.

Just take a taxi - you can juat call one yourself or prebook on an app (I find FreeNow works well). We usually leave very early to the station and I find the prebooked taxis will arrive early and wait while we check out. I normally take a taxi rather than an Uber because they have more luggage space, but Uber is also pretty reliable in London. If you prefer not to book it yourself, any halfway decent hotel will book for you.

"this will be much safer at that time of the morning."

Nothing to worry about - when I'm jetlagged i've been known to go for a walk at that time and while dark, it's often pretty busy already. London is a very safe city.

Re times - 75 minutes prior is the recommended time for Eurostar regardless of when in the say you're traveling.

PS it's St Pancras, named after the saint :)

Just being picky, but…..it’s St. Pancras you want, not Pancreas!
A common mistake. ;)

I also would walk. But to St Pancras. Otherwise get your hotel to call a cab.

If you're adventurous, if you can walk over the Golden Jubilee Bridge to Trafalgar square, there is a night bus - N91 - that will take you right to St. Pancras. Google Maps will give you many alternatives for night buses - just plug in starting location, destination, and desired arrival time. But at that hour, a cab makes the most sense.

I certainly doubt that we could hail a cab that early in the morning!!

I don't know why you have that impression. London is a 24 hour city, so there are always taxis around.

If it is a Friday to Saturday night or Saturday to Sunday night then a local would take the night tube, or otherwise the pretty dense night bus network which exists. I agree with Olivia (although not with luggage) walking across London by night can be quite the experience. I've done it before (notably Euston to Victoria, off a late train arrival at around 2am, connecting into a roughly 5am train from Victoria). Victoria is closed overnight other than for Gatwick train departures, so time to kill on a fine night. Anywhere in central London is safe at night.
I regularly do Victoria to Waterloo at around 6am- arrived overnight from Scotland or the North of England, and I never need my buffer time before the Waterloo train departure, so may as well walk (with luggage) than bus then killing time at Waterloo.
Or once Victoria to the Tower of London at 6am as the city came to life- in some ways it reminded me of Hong Kong Central (of all places) at that time of the morning- a totally different city to the daytime/evening city the tourist experiences. It was very different to being in that early morning commuter crowd rushing round train to tube to office, instead having time to enjoy London again.