k being a northerner ive never really spent much time in london, so im looking at taking the family for 1 week around the 17 aug.
Gonna take in a show, see the sights, have a venture to legoland, but because i dont know my way around can any1 recomend an area to stay in that pretty central to everything, if u can recomended a hotel aswell that would be great, not to bothered about a price as long as its not riduculously expensive.

also i have 3 kids (10,7,4) anything u can think off that we could all enjoy?
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The museums are free, and the Science museum and Natural History museum are next to each other (tube South Kensington) and are a great day out for kids. Head for the 'launch pad' at science museum for loads of hands on stuff for the kids, and some free shows.

Other good attractions are Tower of London, HMS Belfast (opposite tower of london) these two together make a great day.

A boat trip on 'city cruises' is another good one. You can get on at various places but the pier next to the London Eye is easy, and you can travel up to Greenwich, spend a few hours there, and then travel back again. The boat has a comentary which is both informative and has plenty of humour.

Saturday or Sunday afternoons at Covent Garden are great, watching the street entertainers, and not expensive.

Tips, if you have any Tesco clubcard points, change them into days out vouchers to pay for Tower of London, City Cruises, Legoland etc.

lastminute.com also have cheap legoland tickets sometimes.

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great info thnx alot, and yup, clubcard points all the way

were would be the best place for a hotel then, close to all them things?
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I would also recommended a walk along the Thames on the south side from the Millennium Wheel there is lots to see,

The London Aquirem
The Sarchi Gallery
The National Theatre (Some nice Bars and places to eat)
Coin Street (shops & Bars/ Restaurants)
The Tate Gallery
The Millennium Bridge (nip over the water to St Paul's Cathedral)
The Globe Theatre
Borough Market
Hays Galleria
HMS Belfast
Tower Bridge (nip over the water for the Tower of London)
Butlers Wharf
The Design Museum

This lot should keep you going for a few hours

Mate, I don't know if this is any good to you but this Hotel has only just been built (I see it on the train coming into London every day) and it's close to the River / Central London, but I haven't stayed there and it might be worth calling them to check out there facilities first and pricing.

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/hotel_overview.php?hotel_id=342

All the best Steve
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Central London is easy to get around using the tube, so anywhere thats only a few stops from the circle line would do.
Ive not had to stay in London hotels before, as Im only 50 mins on the train outside London.

Just asked a friend and she said hotels in West end and Bloomsbury areas are normally better / cheaper than those in 'The City' and recommended you look on lastminute.com and Octopus travel (Ive never heard of them). She said sometimes on lastminute you book 'un named hotel' of a certain standard, and arrive to find its fantastic. Obviously luck involved there.

Clubcard points also get you into the London dungeons. I took my kids, they enjoyed it but I thought it was poor value, and if Id payed cash Id have been gutted.

Also London eye if its a clear day. The London Aqarium is impressive (next to London eye). Also on the South Bank, there is the Tate modern if your into art. We are not, and my kids were bored in 20 minutes, and so was I !

Remember Legoland is well outside London. Its on the site of the old 'Windsor Safari Park'. Not sure how easy it is to get to without driving there.

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Don't bother with Legoland the older two will be bored sh1tless! It's full of toddler rides with nothing big, exciting or scary for them.

I'd go for Chessington to be honest - that's what we prefer with all four kids (8,5,3,2yrs). If it's just my eldest (8 year old) then we do Thorpe Park.

You can save money here too -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260261148900

I have some left I can send you if they'll be of use.

Hotels.. no idea. Something near whichever theme park you choose to go to.

The food and drink at Legoland is a rip-off too; so bring your own. (expensive and small portions) Thorpe and Chessington aren't that bad as they have Burger king and MacDonalds.

Good luck though, going in the middle of the summer holidays = nightmare!


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you have to see the london dungeons, and can i also suggets a travel lodge, reasonable prices
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From experience always try and plan your stay in London as you lose a lot of time wandering "Where shall we go now"

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=London+Attractions&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

Have a good time. It's worth it.
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if you want to go on the London Eye, i Suggest that you pre book your ticket online as this will ensure your 'flight' on the day you want and avoid the long line of other punters. saying that tho, with most things to see, always check if you can pre book to avoid the Q's
London dungeons is a must(avoid school hols tho)
hms belfast
madame taussads
london aquarium.
afternoon tea at the Marriot(next to the london eye) cheaper and better than the ritz imop

avoid legoland its crap and very expensive
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http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/

if you have a look on this site, you can search loads of activities and print off 2for1 vouchers for most of the top attractions. Should save you a few £££'s!
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Also to make it even easier to get around on the tube, it can be very confusing. So the best thing to do once you got ur hotel or stay sorted out, go to http://www.tfl.gov.uk/ and on there will be a Journey Planner where you can type in a station or a postcode of where your at, then type in your destination like if you go to London dungeon's, goto there website, find the address and copy the post code, then back to the journey planer and paste it in to the second box, then it will tell you how to get there, it well tell you where you need to walk (if you have to walk) what bustop you need to goto (all bus stops are lettered) and it will tell you what tube station u goto what platform, what line and what train to get etc.

Its a real good planner that is, i live in london and i rely on that a lot.

All so to let you know, kids under 18 travel free on the bus, its about 3.50 for a allday travel card. the underground will be differnt because of the differnt zones. But i can tell you that a travel card for the under ground (includs bus &underground) of peak is 5.60 for zones 1&2.

Now i hope i havent confused you with my bad english etc lol.

But im sure that website will help you out a hell of a lot.

Cheers.
Have a good day out and all, if your in southwest London give me a wave lol.

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Must see:

London Dungeons
Tower of London
houses of parliament
the changing of the guard on the mall

try maybe the regent street palace for a hotel

go shopping in Fortnum & Masons/Liberty
take the kids to Hamleys

Check out 'The Kiosk' in Leicester Square for cheap last minute £10 theatre tickets for all the top shows.
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Thnx to all and minataur who msn nd me aswell !
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when travelling around london check to see what is the best ticket to travel.
normally a one day travel card will cover all your journeys per day, but ask at the booking office or ring transport for london and ask them or go to www.tfl.gov.uk
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Also book afternoon tea at The Ritz its f'ing lush! lastminute.com often have cheap deals! gotta be done once in your life.
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