Clueless on London, need help on safer areas to stay

I have just realised that this venue is what used to be the Town and Country Club, where I went to many an indie gig as a student. Happy days!!

Wrong branch of the Northern line.

Oh, and the 46 bus will take you there from the station. The buses are amazing value.

PP has already said it, but Premier Inn Hampstead Heath. Two or three mins from Belsize Park tube on the Northern line although I'm not sure about the branch. Meal deal is good value: £29 per adult for dinner, drink and unlimited breakfast, and it includes breakfast for a child (might even be two children) too. Lovely area.

When I first lived in London in the 70s, I was in a hostel at The Angel, and it was a down at heel working class area. Now it is really buzzing. Loads of bars and restaurants and a Premier Inn tucked just off the main street (Upper Street). You can get buses or tubes to the City side or to the West End. But in the evenings the bars are busy and fun. There are also some cheap restaurants as well as more upmarket. Not as touristy as Camden, but a similar vibe.

Honestly, @TheMeatyDrop - as a female with two female teens you’ll be one of millions enjoying London on any given evening. Please try to quell your anxieties.

As everyone says, it would be madness to look for hotels in entirely different areas to either Euston or Kentish Town. But I’d also say be prepared to accept that you’re not going to find cheap rooms at the last minute anywhere decent in August.

When I am attending O2 Kentish Town I often stay at the Royal Scot, King's Cross. King's Cross area has a number of hotels and good transport links. Don't seem to be any bargains with London hotels these days though!

We stayed in Camden when we went to a gig there. Got the tube back at about 2am I think and it was still pretty busy with people milling about, didn't feel unsafe at all.

As you are coming in from Euston I'd stay at Kings Cross.Easy to get to from K.Town.You can walk to King's Cross from Euston and King's Cross has a really good Premier Inn.You could walk up to Coal Drops Yard, Granary Square if you have time ,to eat and mooch round the shops .
Euston has a Travel Lodge outside station but the shops are better at King's Cross and King's Cross is nicer at night .Both are fine though - I use Euston station most weekssand have never felt unsafe there or anywhere else in London.

i.e. I wouldn’t schlep down to Waterloo or E&C.

I would stay as close as possible to the venue. I’ve travelled south from a couple of stadium concerts in north London this year and it’s taken ages just to get on a train.

Can you afford Kings Cross or Euston? There would be very convenient for Kentish Town.

All this - they're big open wide main roads, well-lit.

We always stay at Bank Premier Inn which is near northern line. Always seems cheaper than lots of other PIs and is fine. Easy to walk to places to St Paul's, Tate Modern etc. and area seems safe to walk about. Not sure how long on tube to there from kentish town but it's on same line.

All the premier Inns/travelodges near Euston, British Library, King’s Cross are good and extremely well connected for travel. You can get a bus if you fancy it to Kentish Town, which goes through Camden for free sightseeing. Area round King’s Cross/coaldrops yard is fun and you can eat cheaply as well as v expensively.
Back of Euston is still a bit grimy. Archway is dullsville

Great Portland St / Fitzrovia area. It's an easy bus ride to Kentish Town.

I don't know how old the girls are, but try premier inn london archway. you can get a family room (at least one of girls has to be 15 or under - but no-one checks) and will probably have to share a bed - or you will have to share with one of them. This is fine. I share at premier inns with my 15 year old son and the beds are so big we aren't touching. If its the gig on the 26th its £135 a night. Its also close enough to get a cheap uber there and back. Plus if kids get a free breakfast with an adult breakfast.

I went to Camden recently with the 15 year old to a gig at the Electric Ballroom. (which is further into Camden - the O2 is Chalk farm) and we walked back to our hotel (the Enterprise - but it doesn't do triples) and it felt perfectly safe later at night.

I second any of the Premier in type places in Euston/Kings x/st Pancras. Or there is one at Camden. Get the Northern line to KX st pan or walk to Camden.

It’s August and in NW5 everyone’s gone back to France or is in someone else’s second home in Cornwall. It’s v quiet. No problems being loan females.

Enjoy the gig! Is it Alessi Rose? We’re seeing her in Liverpool! xx

I keep seeing that one reccomended but whenever I look it's really expensive.

How about a family room in a Youth Hostel? Good value for London...
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If you head north on there northern line, you could say at the Finchley Travelodge, super close to Finchley Central station. A suburban area, which sounds like the kind of things you're looking for

County Hall Premier Inn is our favourite hotel. 5 mins walk from Waterloo and feels really safe.

Madness to arrive at Euston for an evening in north London and stay near Waterloo. Stay in north London!