Anyone had a holiday in London ?

[School teacher]

Thinking of staying in uk this year and going to London for a while. Our children love musicals. Wondering if anyone else has done this and where they stayed please and thank you x

[hilz22]

We actually had a week in london but stopped outside at an haven park. We caught the train into london every other day. The boys loved it. They had swimming and adventures all rolled into one.

[Bad Pink Tink]

Yes. I used to live in London and now go back once or twice a year to visit friends and do London things

I usually stay in Travelodge or Comfort Inn. I do a search on their websites for my dates and pick the cheapest property.

I have stayed at
Travelodge Marylebone and Southwark
Comfort Inn Buckingham Palace Road and Covent Garden

I pick hotels either across the street or around the corner from a tube station, less than 5 minutes walk.

For theatre shows I go to the TKTS Booth in Leiscester Square and get cheap next day tickets.

For shopping I go to Westfield in Shepard's Bush or Westfield Stratford or Canary Wharf

There is so much to do and see in London, just give us an idea of what you are interested in.

[danisleigh]

We go regularly for a night or 2 in fact we are going today to see the lion king then a couple of night between Xmas and new year. Our favourite hotel currently is the premier inn at Farringdon as it’s new and the restaurant is nice and the prices are fab. We paid £52 for tonight and £103 for 2 nights between Xmas and new year in a premier plus room. We have frozen tickets for that trip and hope to see wicked too. We have also done the London eye, Tower of London, the museums, tussauds, sea life centre etc over the years.

[Gill H]

Kids Week in August - kids go free to shows. You have to book early though!

[smithlane]

Loads to do in Greater London too with a quick train ride from the centre.
Hampton Court Palace
Kew Gardens
A tour around Twickenham or Wembley Stadiums

You can climb the 02, which if not terrified of heights looks fun. There’s also a small outlet centre inside the O2 now

[klr15]

We usually go every year for two nights.

Normally we stay in a premier inn and the last couple of times we have stayed in the premier inn hub in Westminster.

There’s so much to do, this year we got tickets on the day for wicked using an app and it cost us £30 each for really good seats.

We’ve also done the Natural history museum, the science museum, the museum of London and the London transport museum.

There are also so many sights to see, Hyde park, Leicester Square, Westminster abbey, the London eye, tower bridge ect...

We’ve also travelled to the Harry Potter studios on one of our visits which was amazing.

We love London, one of our favourite places.

[floridasgirl]

We went down for 3 nights in Oct a d saw 3 shows!
We stayed at Premier Inn Leicester Square and it was ideal. We wanted to be near the theatres as dd and myself we going to one on our own one night so didnt want a treck back to a random hotel!
Itcwas brilliant being central as well as just nipped back when needed

[School teacher]

Thank you for taking the time to respond. Both of my children want to go into musical theatre as careers but love ballet, art, drama and obviously musicals.

[School teacher]

Originally Posted by Gill H

Kids Week in August - kids go free to shows. You have to book early though!

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My husband has booked the morning off work the day the tickets are released in the hope we get some!