Courthouse Hotel London, WorldHotels Elite

Soho keeps reinventing itself, but Carnaby Street still carries the swagger of the sixties, all colour and music and crowds.

The Courthouse Hotel London sits right beside it on Great Marlborough Street, housed in a former magistrates' court where history is built into the walls, original cells and panelled courtrooms now part of the hotel's character. The building is the draw and the showpiece. Behind a grand facade, the rooms and suites bring contemporary comfort to genuinely historic bones, and the public spaces make the most of the courthouse drama, from the old holding cells to the bench where magistrates once sat. It is a setting you feel the moment you step inside, theatrical without trying too hard. The location could hardly be more central. The shops of Carnaby and Regent Street are on the doorstep, Oxford Circus is minutes away, and the restaurants and theatres of Soho and the West End spread out in every direction. Liberty's landmark Tudor-revival store stands just across the street, and the green calm of Soho Square is a short walk off. This is London with the volume up, the city's creative heart at its busiest and best. Book your stay at the Courthouse Hotel London, WorldHotels Elite and let Soho draw you in.