Hamilton House is a good budget London hotel, in Victoria. Rooms are en-suite and have televisions and telephones. Hamilton house is five minutes walk from Victoria Station and within easy walking distance of Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament.

La Gaffe - a small, comfortable Hotel in an 18th Century Hampstead Cottage. Hampstead is one of London's 'villages', an attractive, up-market residential area with pleasant pubs, restaurants and easy access to Hampstead Heath, a huge park with good views of the city. La Gaffe has been run by the same friendly, family proprietors for 36 years - Bernard and Androulla Stella. Breakfast is served in the coffee bar while in good weather, tea is served on the roof garden. All 16 rooms are en suite and an Italian restaurant is downstairs. Central London is 20 minutes away from the nearby underground station.

Rushmore Hotel And Apartments. Earls Court. SW5. A good inexpensive hotel in Earls Court, recommended by Time Out Magazine. 22 rooms, all en-suite.

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Budget Hotel Chains:

Comfort Inn Hyde Park is one of a number of good quality budget hotels in London run by the Comfort Inn chain. The other hotels are Comfort Inn Kensington, Comfort Inn Westminster, and another option in Hampstead - Comfort Inn Hampstead.

Days Inn has a new hotel in London - the Days Inn Waterloo; which is located south of the Thames, near to the Imperial War Museum. This would be a good place to stay if you needed to catch an early Eurostar train, as the hotel is near Waterloo station.

Travelodge is represented by two hotels in London - Travelodge, Battersea, London; which is located just south of the Thames opposite the houses of parliament and Travelodge, City of London in London's financial district. These hotels are excellent value for money, as the rooms can sleep up to 4 people (3 adults and 1 child under 12) and all rooms are available at a set price of 69.95 UK pounds per night.

London Bed and Breakfast:

If you don't mind staying in the suburbs, Hampstead Village Guesthouse is a pleasant Bed & Breakfast in the attractive Hampstead suburb (about 20 minutes by tube from central London). The address is: 2 Kemplay Road, Hampstead, London, NW3. Tel: 0171 435-8679 Fax: 0171 794-0254. Non-smoking. Another suburban B&B is Highfield Guest House, 12 Dowanhill Road, Catford, SE6 Tel: 0181-698 8038, winner of the 1998 London Tourist Board's Best B&B award. Frequent trains leave nearby Hither Green station for central London. For Bed and Breakfasts in central London see the list of budget hotels above. Alternatively; for Bed & Breakfast accommodation in the homes of Londoners try 'Home to Home' on 0181-566-7976 (Telephone or fax).

London Hostels and other Accommodation:

The cheapest YHA Hostel in London is Hampstead Heath in a pleasant London suburb. Not exactly central then, but a decent hostel in a good area. More central YHA hostels are located at Carter Lane (City of London Hostel) near St Pauls Cathedral and Holland House in Kensington as well as in Oxford Street. See the YHA page for details of other London YHA hostels.
Independent hostels can also be good - try the Palace Court Hotel, 64 Princes Square, W2 (Tel: 0171-727-4412) or the International Students House, 229 Great Portland Street, W1. (Tel: 0171-631-3223)

Another good option is to stay in a University Hall of Residence, as these are usually open from July to Sept for visitors. However, one Hall of Residence is open all year round - Cartwright University Halls in Bloomsbury - and have an excellent location in Bloomsbury. Passfield Hall; also in Bloomsbury (1-7 Endsleigh Place) is located near Euston Station. For details contact the London School of Economics - (Tel: 0171-955-7575/Fax: 0171-955-7676). You could also try City University Vacation Accommodation.

London Hotel Areas:

Chelsea and Kensington are trendy, up-market areas of central London and Kensington is particularly convenient for museums and shopping. Marble Arch is less trendy but convenient for Hyde Park and the shops at the west end of Oxford street, including Selfridges and Marks and Spencer. The West End is the most central London location and theatres, pubs and restaurants are all literally on your doorstep. However West End Hotels tend to be more expensive to reflect this convenience. Bloomsbury is another good central location, near the West End and the British Museum, with hotels to suit all budgets. Hampstead is an up-market North London suburb that retains a 'village' atmosphere and is about twenty minutes by tube from central London.

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