The Barkston Rooms occupies a Victorian style House and offers more than 90 bedrooms which can host over 400 people.

It is located in Earls Court, in a quiet conservation area in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. It has been built in the early 1900s and still keeps its splendour and charm.


The Barkston Rooms provides basic, budget facilities for backpackers and independent travellers close to Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, and a short distance from London cultural attractions such as the Natural History and Victoria & Albert museums and the Royal Albert Hall. The Hyde Park and world-famous Harrods's department store are also just a short walk away.

Easy access by public transport to West End shopping and theatres, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, London Eye, Covent Garden, City business and financial district, plus Notting Hill and the Portobello Road street market. The nearest tube station is Earl's Court (Piccadilly and District Line)and it is located at only 100 meters from the hostel.