LONDON - cheap centralish family hotel???

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Is there such a thing. Have looked at Travelodge and Premier Lodge and they are all Docklands way or mega expensive even for them. Can you do London on a shoestring or does it simply not exist???

Whereabouts do you need to be close ish too Fimbo?

Preferably Liverpool Street Station, Valpollicella or somewhere easily accessible by tube that doesn't involve miles of walking when you get off as there will be 9 children from a very young baby up to a 14 year old!

Friends have stayed at www.Ace-Hotel.comin chelsea kensington a couple of times. It is a hostel but they thought it was very good and an excellent location They stayed with their 4 children. I think it cost them about £90 night.

Can you do a late booking?

If so, try Top Secret Hotels as they let a lot of rooms in the city, especially at weekends when they are not as busy.

Otherwise, try holiday inn in Old street or I think there's one in Aldgate East...

sorry wrong link! should be www.ace-hotel.co.uk

How many rooms will you need? Ie what the adultchild ratio in each room?

Thanks for the links will look them up.

Will need 4 rooms

Room 1 - 1 adult/1 child

Room 2 - 1 adult/3 children

Room 3 - 1 adult/2 children and a baby

Room 4 - 1 adult/2 children

You could try London Imperial Hotels also, they are quite reasonable, they are slap bang in the centre of London, a few yards walk from Russell Square tube.

We stayed at the menetone hotel which is at Cartwright gardens, Bloomsbury. Very easy walking distance to Kings cross and Russell Square tube. They had great family rooms and weren't too expensive. It is also near a Waitrose which was handy for snacks, fruit etc for the children

We are 2 plus 3 kids and when we are in London we always stay at the John Howard Hotel. It is right next to the Albert memorial and a short walk up from all the museums. They have some 3 bedroom mini suites which on the face of it look expensive but then when you compare it to 2 rooms in a Travelodge, add on breakfast and the fact that you can't come back and make a quick supper for the kids when you want ( the JH suite has a kitchen!) I think they are brilliant value. Lots of our friends have stayed here too and also speak highly of it.