Holiday Inn Express Wimbledon South (Colliers Wood)
The Holiday Inn Express at 200 High Street, Colliers Wood, in the London Borough of Merton, was used by the Home Office to accommodate asylum-seeking families. A Merton Council scrutiny report dated 30 September 2020 recorded that the Home Office had begun placing asylum-seeking families, including children, at the hotel, and that three age-disputed young people had been referred to the council for age assessment[1]Council.
Capacity
86
rooms (commercial)
Per night
£170
per resident
Annual
£5.3m
estimated
Background
The Holiday Inn Express London – Wimbledon South is a roughly 86-room budget hotel at 200 High Street, opposite Colliers Wood Underground station in the London Borough of Merton. It is the only Holiday Inn-branded hotel in Colliers Wood, so the “Colliers Wood Holiday Inn” named in Merton Council papers refers to this property.
Asylum use
Merton Council's Children, Schools & Families scrutiny report of 30 September 2020 records that the Home Office had begun using the Colliers Wood Holiday Inn for asylum-seeking families, that the council was supporting families with children there, and that three age-disputed young people had been referred to Merton for age assessment[1]Council. The accommodation provider, the number of residents, and whether the arrangement continued beyond 2020 have not been published; no closure has been reported.
Cost analysis
No site-specific cost figure has been published, so the following is an illustrative benchmark only. At the £170 per person per night Migration Observatory figure[2], a roughly 86-room hotel at full asylum occupancy would imply order-of-magnitude exposure of about £14,600 per night. The May 2025 NAO contract review put the average per-hotel run rate across the portfolio at about £5.84 million per year[3]NAO.
Per-person per-day cost stack (benchmark)
£170- Hotel rate (room + three meals)£10059%
- Weekly cash allowance£74%
- Legal aid & casework£127%
- NHS / interpreter / utilities£1911%
- Contractor / security overhead£3219%
Cost in context
HIX Wimbledon South
£170
benchmark
UK asylum hotel avg
£170
NAO
London budget hotel
£90
commercial
Hostel bed
£30
commercial
Timeline
Timeline
Pre-2020
Operates as a commercial Holiday Inn Express at Colliers Wood
2020
Home Office asylum use begins
Asylum-seeking families, including children, placed at the hotel.
30 Sep 2020
Merton Council scrutiny report
Council records family placements and three age-dispute referrals.
After 2020
Current status not publicly confirmed
No closure reported; continuation and resident numbers not published.
Sources
- Children, Schools & Families departmental update (scrutiny report) — London Borough of Merton, Sep 2020
Merton Council's 30 September 2020 scrutiny report states the Home Office placed asylum-seeking families, including children, at the Holiday Inn in Colliers Wood, with three age-disputed young people referred to the council for age assessment.
- Asylum accommodation in the UK — Migration Observatory, University of Oxford, Aug 2025
£170 per person per day in hotels (2024/25 average); used for per-hotel estimates and food/utilities breakdowns.
- The Home Office's asylum accommodation contracts — National Audit Office, May 2025
222 hotels in use; £1.296 billion annual (2024/25); per-hotel approximately £5.84 million.