The London Hilton on Park Lane
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Coordinates: 51°30′20.16″N 0°9′1.0794″W / 51.5056°N 0.150299833°W
| The Hilton, Park Lane | |
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| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Opening date | 1963 |
| Architect | William B. Tabler |
| Management | Hilton Hotels |
| No. of rooms | 453 |
| Number of suites | 56 |
| No. of floors | 28 |
| Website | Official Site |
The London Hilton on Park Lane is a hotel and skyscraper situated on Park Lane, overlooking Hyde Park in the exclusive Mayfair district of London. It is 101 metres (331 ft) tall and has 28 storeys and 450 rooms. It was completed in 1963 and was designed by William B. Tabler Architects. It is a concrete framed building, and it is regarded by some as an insensitive intrusion on the park. There are more than a dozen other Hilton hotels in London including the Waldorf Hilton, Hilton London Paddington and the Hilton London Docklands.
In August 1967, The Beatles met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Hilton and subsequently went to Uttar Pradesh with him in order to meditate.
On 5 September 1975, the London Hilton was the target of an IRA bomb which killed two people and injured 63 others.[1]
Queen Elizabeth II, whose garden in Buckingham Palace is overlooked by the hotel, opposed its construction and has made a point of never attending a function staged in the hotel.
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- London Hilton bombing
- Hotels in London
- Tall buildings in London
- Werewolves of London as referenced in Warren Zevon's seminal song
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