British Transport Hotels - Hotel Portfolio

Hotel Portfolio

The British Transport Commission took over the following hotels from the big four railway companies in 1948:

From the Great Western Railway

• Fishguard Bay Hotel, Fishguard (sold 1950, still operating)
• Grand Pump Room Hotel, Bath (sold 1956, now demolished)
• Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington, London (sold 1983, still operating, now known as Hilton London Paddington)
• Manor House Hotel, Moretonhampstead, Devon (sold 1983, still operating, now known as Bovey Castle)
• Tregenna Castle Hotel, St. Ives, Cornwall (sold 1983, still operating)

From the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

• Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool (sold 1983, still operating)
• Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh (sold 1981, still operating, now known as the Caledonian Hilton), at the former Caledonian Railway's Princes Street station
• Central Hotel, Glasgow (sold 1983, still operating, now known as the Grand Central Hotel)
• Crewe Arms Hotel, Crewe (sold 1952, still operating)
• Dornoch Hotel, Dornoch (sold 1965, still operating)
• Euston Hotel, London (closed and demolished 1963)
• Exchange Hotel, Liverpool (closed 1971)
• Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder (sold 1981, still operating)
• Highland Hotel, Strathpeffer (sold 1958, still operating)
• Lochalsh Hotel, Kyle of Lochalsh (sold 1983, still operating)
• Midland Hotel, Bradford (closed 1975, reopened 1993)
• Midland Hotel, Derby (sold 1983, still operating)
• Midland Hotel, Manchester (sold 1983, still operating)
• Midland Hotel, Morecambe (sold 1952, subsequently closed. Reopened in 2008)
• North Stafford Hotel, Stoke-on-Trent (sold 1953, still operating)
• Park Hotel, Preston (sold 1950, closed)
• Queen's Hotel, Birmingham (closed 1965)
• Queen's Hotel, Leeds (sold 1984, still operating)
• St Enoch Hotel, Glasgow (closed and demolished 1974)
• Station Hotel, Ayr (sold 1951, still operating)
• Station Hotel, Dumfries (sold 1972, still operating)
• Station Hotel, Holyhead (closed 1951)
• Station Hotel, Inverness (sold 1983, still operating - now named the Royal Highland Hotel)
• Station Hotel, Perth (sold 1983, still operating)
• Turnberry Hotel, Turnberry (sold 1983, still operating)
• Welcombe Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon (sold 1983, still operating)

From the London and North Eastern Railway

• Cruden Bay Hotel, Port Erroll (sold 1961, closed)
• Felix Hotel, Felixstowe (sold 1952, closed)
• Grand Hotel, West Hartlepool (sold 1983, still operating)
• Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, London (sold 1983, still operating, now known as Andaz Liverpool Street )
• Great Eastern Hotel, Parkeston Quay, Harwich (closed 1963)
• Great Northern Hotel, King's Cross, London (sold 1983, currently closed but due to reopen 2012)
• Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough (sold 1983, still operating)
• Great Northern Station Hotel, Leeds (sold 1952, closed)
• Great Northern Victoria Hotel, Bradford (sold 1952, still operating)
• North British Station Hotel, Glasgow (sold 1984, still operating, now known as the Millennium Hotel)
• North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh (sold 1981, still operating, now known as the Balmoral Hotel)
• Royal Hotel, Grimsby (sold 1949, closed)
• Royal Station Hotel, York (sold 1983, still operating, now known as the Royal York Hotel)
• Royal Station Hotel, Hull (sold 1983, still operating)
• Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne (sold 1983, still operating)
• Royal Victoria Station Hotel, Sheffield (sold 1982, still operating, now known as the Royal Victoria Hotel)
• Sandringham Hotel, Hunstanton (sold 1950, closed)
• Station Hotel, Aberdeen (sold 1983, still operating)
• Yarborough Hotel, Grimsby (sold 1952, closed)
• Zetland Hotel, Saltburn-by-the-Sea (sold 1976, closed)

From the Southern Railway

• Charing Cross Hotel, Charing Cross, London (sold 1983, still operating)
• Craven Hotel, Charing Cross, London (sold 1963, closed)
• Grosvenor Hotel, Victoria, London (sold 1983, still operating)
• Knowle Hotel, Sidmouth (sold 1951, closed)