DETAILS have been released about the Hilton hotel that is to be built in Woking town centre as part of the £460million Victoria Square development.

The leisure giant, based in Virginia, USA, announced this week that the 196-room Hilton Woking, at the junction of Victoria Way and Church Street West, will open in early 2021.

The new hotel will include a lobby bar, all-day restaurant, Sky Bar, and a coffee shop. There will be more than 700sq m of function and meeting space, including a 540sq m ballroom for up to 500 people. Other features will include an executive lounge and business centre.

Woking Borough Council leader John Kingsbury told the News & Mail: “We look forward to working with Hilton on this excellent project. The new hotel will offer everything guests require for a relaxing and productive stay, while being located in a fast-growing town with a strong business base.

“Together we will create a hotel that sets the standards of exceptional hospitality in the UK.”

Hilton’s regional head, full service brand management, Andreas Lackner, said: “Having opened DoubleTree by Hilton Woking in 2016 [in the building that was formerly a Holiday Inn Express], the new Hilton Woking will be a great complement to our existing hotel in the town.

“This new hotel is set to be a beacon of hospitality at the heart of Woking’s thriving when it opens in 2021.”