Britannia Hotel Nottingham, St James's Street

The Britannia Nottingham is a city centre hotel at 1 St James's Street in the NG1 postcode. It is owned and operated by Britannia Hotels, the chain repeatedly voted Britain's worst by Which? and headed by Alex Langsam, often described in press coverage as the asylum king. Britannia is one of the three biggest private suppliers of asylum hotel accommodation in the UK and has booked over £150 million in revenue from Home Office contracts across its estate since 2014^[3]Press.

On 17 April 2021, police were called to the Britannia Hotel in Nottingham after Britain First supporters entered the building and went door to door pressing residents to identify themselves and explain where they had arrived from. A separate visit by party leader Paul Golding on 20 April 2021 saw him post footage of residents to the group's social channels. Hope Not Hate documented Britain First making at least four similar video raids across Nottingham hotels between 2021 and 2023^[1]Press.

During the 20 October 2025 Commons debate on Asylum Seekers Support and Accommodation, a Nottingham MP described campaigns mounted outside the Britannia hotel in the constituency, including viral claims it was a five star hotel with a swimming pool. The MP rejected those claims and warned that the campaigns were intimidating asylum seekers and the wider community^[2]GOV.UK.

At the £170 per person per night Migration Observatory benchmark^[4], an estimated 200 person occupancy implies headline taxpayer exposure of around £34,000 per night and roughly £12.4 million per year. The May 2025 NAO contract review put the average per hotel run rate across the wider portfolio at about £5.84 million per year^[5]NAO, with Britannia chain hotels specifically generating tens of millions in annual revenue from asylum contracts according to Byline Times^[3]Press.