Modest suburban hotel about 40 minutes from central london east of london the budget friendly cranbrook hotel in the eastern suburb of ilford is a 30 to 40 minute train trip from central london the ilford and gants hill stations are both a short walk away 30 minutes to the center ilford has several pubs restaurants and shops and theres also a shopping mall at the tube station for all other amenities youll need to take the short train trip into londons central liverpool street stat