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Courtyard by Marriott London City Airport: the complete traveller's guide

The closest full-service hotel to LCY — a five-minute walk to both the terminal and the DLR, with 184 triple-glazed rooms, working air conditioning and a 24-hour gym. Ideal for an early flight. Just don't plan on parking a car here.

4-star · 184 rooms · 10 Connaught Road, E16 2AE · 5-min walk to LCY · 9-min walk to ExCeL · Updated 2026

Hotel overview

The Courtyard by Marriott London City Airport is a 4-star, 184-room hotel on Connaught Road in Silvertown, and it's the most practical choice for anyone flying out of LCY early. The hotel, HRS and Trip.com all put it at a five-minute walk from both the terminal and the DLR station, with ExCeL London nine minutes away on foot.

Two features stand out for an airport hotel. The rooms have triple-glazed windows — the hotel calls it soundproof serenity, and a guest confirmed it's a surprisingly quiet spot given it sits beside a runway. And the air conditioning has a thermostat you can actually adjust, which sounds trivial until you've stayed somewhere that doesn't.

It carries a large review base — nearly 4,000 verified reviews on one platform alone — with staff friendliness, cleanliness and sleep quality the recurring themes. The catches are that there's no guest car park, and opinions on the restaurant genuinely split.

The walk to LCY — and one dissenting voice

The hotel, HRS and Trip.com all state five minutes on foot; trivago hedges to "5 to 10 minutes"; one listing measures it at 0.65 km, another at half a mile.

In fairness, though, one TripAdvisor review is titled "Long walk from airport" — so it isn't a doorstep transfer for everyone. That same guest still praised the cleanliness, food, comfortable beds and sleep quality, and called it really handy for the airport and the DLR.

Our read: five minutes is realistic if you're travelling light and mobile. With heavy luggage, small children or any mobility limitation, budget ten to fifteen and consider a car for the last leg. It's a genuine walk along a road, not a covered walkway into the terminal.

DLR & getting around

This is what makes LCY hotels different from Heathrow or Gatwick ones: you're inside London and on the rail network, not stranded on a ring road.

Note the station names. The hotel is beside London City Airport DLR; one listing measures a 16-minute walk to King George V DLR, which is a different, further station. Use London City Airport station.

Rooms & the runway-view question

184 rooms, well specified for the category. Ranges below are indicative.

Runway views cut both ways. One guest's tip: if you like watching planes, ask for a runway-view room. But trivago suggests requesting a room not facing the runway for a quieter stay. With triple glazing the noise difference may be modest — but if you're a light sleeper before an early flight, take the quieter side.

Parking — the detail drivers need

How we'd reconcile it: there's no general car park for guests, but accessible bays exist at the rear and blue badge holders have parked there. Everyone else uses off-site parking — Horizon or a JustPark booking. Sort it before you arrive rather than driving in and hoping.

Worth saying plainly: this matters far less at LCY than at Gatwick or Heathrow. LCY is a DLR airport serving short-haul business routes — most guests arrive by rail, not car, and there's no park-and-fly culture here. If you were expecting the free-parking-and-shuttle model from our Gatwick guides, this airport simply doesn't work that way.

Dining

Reviews genuinely split here. Most praise the food — particularly room service and the breakfast buffet — but the dissent is direct enough to report. Breakfast at roughly £15 per person is usually charged separately, so check whether your rate includes it.

Facilities & services

Accessibility & suitability for less-mobile guests

Better than most in this series — this is a modern, purpose-built hotel rather than a converted period property.

Helpful points:

• Lift to all floors, praised by a guest for quick access
• Reserved disabled parking bays at the immediate rear — a guest used one, and a blue badge holder parked free
• Walk-in showers as standard
• Lift, restaurant, bar and room service on site — no need to go out
• Luggage storage; adjustable air conditioning; step-free modern building
• DLR station five minutes away, and the DLR is fully step-free

Worth confirming:

• Accessible room specifications aren't published — request directly
• The walk to the terminal is a real walk, and one guest found it long
• No cribs provided — relevant for families with infants
• Accessible bays are limited; reserve ahead

Suitability verdict: good. A modern hotel with a lift, walk-in showers, on-site dining, rear accessible bays and a step-free DLR station nearby makes this one of the stronger options we've covered for less-mobile travellers — well ahead of the no-lift Victorian properties around Gatwick. Book the accessible bay and a suitable room directly, and consider a car for the terminal leg rather than the walk.

Insider details

Sort parking before you travel

There's no guest car park. Use Horizon Parking Services or book a nearby space via JustPark as one guest did. If you need an accessible bay, contact the hotel directly — those do exist at the rear.

Choose your side: planes or quiet

Rooms overlooking the runway are available on request and popular with aviation enthusiasts. If you'd rather sleep, ask for a room away from the runway. The triple glazing helps either way.

The ExCeL walk is the underrated feature

At nine minutes on foot, this is a genuinely convenient base for anyone attending an exhibition or conference — no transport, no transfer, no taxi queue.

Check whether breakfast is included

The buffet is well reviewed but costs around £15 per person per day when charged separately. Worth comparing rates with and without.

The thermostat actually works

A small thing that guests notice: the air conditioning has a thermostat you can set yourself. Several properties in our Gatwick series had fixed heating guests couldn't adjust.

Management responds

Two general managers and a guest services manager all reply to reviews publicly. If something goes wrong, raise it — this is an engaged team, and staff including Anees and Lisa are named warmly by guests.

WiFi coverage & signal strength

Free high-speed WiFi is provided in rooms and public areas. Signal-strength-by-area detail isn't published — confirm with hotel, or share guest reviews and we'll add specifics.

Practical information

Customer reviews

Nearly 4,000 verified reviews on Booking.com alone, plus an active TripAdvisor presence.

Pros & cons

Pros

• 5-minute walk to LCY and the DLR — the most convenient full-service option
• 9-minute walk to ExCeL London
• Triple-glazed windows — genuinely quiet beside a runway
• Adjustable air conditioning with a working thermostat
• Marriott bedding, king beds, 55-inch Smart TV, bedside charging, walk-in showers
• Restaurant, 24-hour bar and well-reviewed room service
• Gym, three meeting rooms, business centre, luggage storage, bike hire
• Lift, accessible bays at the rear, step-free modern building
• Free high-speed WiFi; engaged management; ~4,000 verified reviews
• Runway-view rooms available on request

Cons

• No general guest car park — off-site parking only
• One guest found the airport walk long
• Restaurant food quality disputed
• Breakfast around £15 per person extra
• Runway rooms trade quiet for the view
• No cribs; no pets; no pool
• Gym hours listed inconsistently

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