The practical hotels for ExCeL London are the ones that keep the return trip short when the venue empties. Our ExCeL selection holds 34 properties within 1.9 miles of ExCeL London. 3 of them sit inside 650 yards of it, the closest being Sunborn London Yacht Hotel at 100 yards. The median observed rate across the priced properties here was around £134 in August 2026. Every distance on this page is a straight line from the property postcode. We do not convert those into walking times.
These are the four properties closest to ExCeL London in a straight line. Distance is not the only argument, so each card also shows the nearest station and the rate we observed.
Silvertown, E16 · hotel
Closest in our selection
The reason to look at this hotel is how close it sits to ExCeL London, about 100 yards in a straight line. That matters most on the nights when ExCeL is busy.
Silvertown, E16 · hotel
Second closest
The reason to look at this hotel is how close it sits to ExCeL London, about 400 yards in a straight line. That matters most on the nights when ExCeL is busy.
Silvertown, E16 · hotel
Third closest
The reason to look at this hotel is how close it sits to ExCeL London, about 500 yards in a straight line. That matters most on the nights when ExCeL is busy.
Silvertown, E16 · hotel
Fourth closest
This hotel sits about 650 yards in a straight line from ExCeL London, in Silvertown. It suits a trip built around ExCeL rather than around central sightseeing.
Sort by any column. The first row carries a brick top border because it is the closest to ExCeL London, not because it is the best choice for every trip.
| Hotel | Location | Straight line | Nearest station | Observed rate | Type | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunborn London Yacht Hotel | Silvertown, E16 | 100 yards | Custom House250 yards | £193 | hotel | Check availability |
| Aloft London Excel | Silvertown, E16 | 400 yards | Prince Regent200 yards | £136 | hotel | Check availability |
| Novotel London Excel | Silvertown, E16 | 500 yards | Custom House350 yards | £135 | hotel | Check availability |
| DoubleTree By Hilton London Excel | Silvertown, E16 | 650 yards | Prince Regent450 yards | £114 | hotel | Check availability |
| Prince Regent Hotel Excel London | Canning Town, E16 | 650 yards | Prince Regent500 yards | £84 | hotel | Check availability |
| Good Hotel London | Canning Town, E16 | 750 yards | Royal Victoria250 yards | £134 | hotel | Check availability |
| Two Bed Serviced Apartment by London Docklands | Canning Town, E16 | 800 yards | Royal Victoria150 yards | £342 | aparthotel | Check availability |
| London ExCeL Stays - Three Bed Serviced Apartment | Canning Town, E16 | 850 yards | Royal Victoria100 yards | £583 | aparthotel | Check availability |
| Holiday Inn Express London - ExCel by IHG | Silvertown, E16 | 0.5 miles | Royal Albert350 yards | £114 | hotel | Check availability |
| Hampton By Hilton London Docklands | Silvertown, E16 | 0.5 miles | Royal Albert350 yards | £102 | hotel | Check availability |
| Star Homes | Canning Town, E16 | 0.6 miles | Prince Regent750 yards | £123 | guest house | Check availability |
| SONG House | Beckton, E16 | 0.7 miles | Royal Albert400 yards | £82 | guest house | Check availability |
| Courtyard by Marriott London City Airport | Silvertown, E16 | 0.7 miles | London City Airport400 yards | £108 | hotel | Check availability |
| Holiday Inn Express Royal Docks by IHG | Canning Town, E16 | 0.9 miles | Canning Town250 yards | £142 | hotel | Check availability |
| Wild Roses Serviced Apartments - Canning Town | Canning Town, E16 | 1 mile | Canning Town450 yards | £227 | aparthotel | Check availability |
| ibis London Canning Town | Canning Town, E16 | 1 mile | Canning Town150 yards | £116 | hotel | Check availability |
| 02 Arena View Suite | Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 | 1.1 miles | North Greenwich300 yards | £509 | aparthotel | Check availability |
| London City Airport Hotel | North Woolwich, E16 | 1.1 miles | London City Airport400 yards | £93 | hotel | Check availability |
| Clifton House O2 & Excel Rooms with private bathroom and Breakfast option | Canning Town, E16 | 1.1 miles | Star Lane450 yards | £203 | bed and breakfast | Check availability |
| The Pilot Inn | Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 | 1.2 miles | North Greenwich700 yards | £138 | inn | Check availability |
| InterContinental London - The O2 | Blackwall, SE10 | 1.3 miles | North Greenwich500 yards | £269 | hotel | Check availability |
| Newham Residence | North Woolwich, E16 | 1.4 miles | King George V200 yards | Not known | aparthotel | Check availability |
| Holiday Inn Express London Greenwich by IHG | East Greenwich, SE10 | 1.4 miles | North Greenwich0.6 miles | £108 | hotel | Check availability |
| Radisson Blu Hotel, London Canary Wharf East | Blackwall, E14 | 1.5 miles | Blackwall200 yards | £206 | hotel | Check availability |
| Radisson RED London Greenwich The O2 | East Greenwich, SE10 | 1.5 miles | Maze Hill0.6 miles | £101 | hotel | Check availability |
| ibis London Docklands Canary Wharf | Blackwall, E14 | 1.6 miles | Blackwall100 yards | £99 | hotel | Check availability |
| SE10 House | East Greenwich, SE10 | 1.6 miles | Westcombe Park350 yards | £97 | guest house | Check availability |
| The Angerstein Hotel | East Greenwich, SE10 | 1.6 miles | Westcombe Park300 yards | £92 | hotel | Check availability |
| Arena House | East Greenwich, SE10 | 1.6 miles | Westcombe Park400 yards | £241 | guest house | Check availability |
| All saints Rooms | Poplar, E14 | 1.7 miles | All Saints300 yards | £56 | guest house | Check availability |
| The Greenwich Pensioner Guesthouse | Poplar, E14 | 1.7 miles | All Saints250 yards | £81 | guest house | Check availability |
| The Skyline Residence | Blackwall, E14 | 1.7 miles | South Quay550 yards | £229 | aparthotel | Check availability |
| Fraser Place Canary Wharf | Blackwall, E14 | 1.8 miles | Blackwall450 yards | £175 | property | Check availability |
| Guest house in E15 | West Ham, E15 | 1.8 miles | Plaistow450 yards | £710 | guest house | Check availability |
The gap between the closest property here and the furthest is the whole argument. On an event night the difference shows up twice: once on the way in, and again in the crowd leaving.
A straight line does not cross the same barriers a pavement does. Before booking, look at where the property sits relative to the approach route you will actually use.
Where we could not confirm a pool, parking, a pet policy or a star rating, the page says nothing about it. A blank is not a no.
Every price on this page is a single observation from August 2026. London rates move with the calendar.
The selection spreads across 4 postcode districts, with E16 (19), SE10 (8), E14 (6) and E15 (1) carrying the most properties. That spread is the practical difference between one option and the next: the area name stays the same while the street around it does not.
By micro-location the weight sits in Canning Town (9), Silvertown (7), Blackwall (5) and East Greenwich (5). Those names come from OpenStreetMap neighbourhood data rather than from marketing copy, which is why some of them are narrower than the district a booking site would show you.
Across the two nearest stations for each property, the networks that come up most often are DLR, Underground and National Rail. If your trip depends on one particular line, read the station list on the individual pages rather than the area name.
Sunborn London Yacht Hotel is the closest property in our selection, about 100 yards in a straight line. The full ordering by distance is in the comparison table above.
Of the properties we hold here, 8 sat in the budget band in our August 2026 source data, the lowest observed being All saints Rooms at around £56 per night. Those figures are observations, not quotes.
We confirmed a parking arrangement at 10 of the properties here, including Novotel London Excel, DoubleTree By Hilton London Excel and Holiday Inn Express London - ExCel by IHG. Parking terms and prices change, so confirm with the property before you drive.
No. Every distance is a straight line from the property postcode to ExCeL London. Pavement routes are longer, and in parts of London noticeably longer, because of rivers, rail lines and main roads. We publish the measurement we can reproduce rather than a walking time we have not checked.
Across the 33 properties here with a credible observed rate, the median was around £134 per night in August 2026, ranging from about £56 to £710. Those are single observations from one month and they are not a forecast for your dates.
