Weekend break in London.

Pimlico is a good location for the price. Bit rough in places but easy walks to Parliament, Buck House, Tate Britain etc.. Easy to get to from Euston, and Victoria Station (not too far a walk) has a modern eating/shopping centre. Don't bother with the Tate Modern unless you're really into modern art.

Greenwich Palace and the Royal Observatory are worth a visit but they're across town from Pimlico. As is Tower of London and Tower Bridge, but the tours of both are interesting.
 
50 and never been to London!! Bloody hell. Lots to see. Enjoy.
 
Camden is a couple of stops from Euston. Not my cup of tea round there but plenty love it.

Personally if you want to do some walking, which at the moment may be preferable to being sat on the tube then for me the best place to stay would be somewhere where you can walk to all of the places below.
London is surprisingly walkable and I would avoid the tube if at all possible. Newbies to London sometimes get on a tube at one stop and then off at the next when it is literally 200 yards between them.

Westminster for Houses of Parliament/Big Ben/Westminster Abbey and St James park (Buckingham palace is walkable from there as is Hyde Park). You can catch the hop on/hop off boat from there too. Takes you right up to Tower Bridge and beyond.

Over the river at Westminster Bridge is the London Eye, South Bank Centre and you can walk right up to Tower Bridge from there passing the Globe Theatre and Borough Market (My favourite food place in London). It’s a lovely walk on a pleasant day.

Leicester Square/Piccadilly Circus and Convent Garden - Touristy but doubt there will be many overseas visitors so should be quiet. If you have never been to London then good for statues/shopping etc. Regent Street is off there and Carnaby Street hidden away behind it.

Soho is where all the Theatres (mostly shut I guess) are but from what I have seen there are plenty of people still eating out and drinking around there, particularly at the weekend. It is usually a place full of life but not sure it will be as vibrant currently.

The British Museum is worth a visit and like all museums in London is free. Not sure what the rules will be there though currently.

You haven’t said which weekend but the Premier Inn Leicester Square is right in the middle of it all and is an absolute steal at £68 a night weekend of 23/10! Usually sold out that one and often 2/3 times that price!
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Camden is a couple of stops from Euston. Not my cup of tea round there but plenty love it.

Personally if you want to do some walking, which at the moment may be preferable to being sat on the tube then for me the best place to stay would be somewhere where you can walk to all of the places below.
London is surprisingly walkable and I would avoid the tube if at all possible. Newbies to London sometimes get on a tube at one stop and then off at the next when it is literally 200 yards between them.

Westminster for Houses of Parliament/Big Ben/Westminster Abbey and St James park (Buckingham palace is walkable from there as is Hyde Park). You can catch the hop on/hop off boat from there too. Takes you right up to Tower Bridge and beyond.

Over the river at Westminster Bridge is the London Eye, South Bank Centre and you can walk right up to Tower Bridge from there passing the Globe Theatre and Borough Market (My favourite food place in London). It’s a lovely walk on a pleasant day.

Leicester Square/Piccadilly Circus and Convent Garden - Touristy but doubt there will be many overseas visitors so should be quiet. If you have never been to London then good for statues/shopping etc. Regent Street is off there and Carnaby Street hidden away behind it.

Soho is where all the Theatres (mostly shut I guess) are but from what I have seen there are plenty of people still eating out and drinking around there, particularly at the weekend. It is usually a place full of life but not sure it will be as vibrant currently.

The British Museum is worth a visit and like all museums in London is free. Not sure what the rules will be there though currently.

You haven’t said which weekend but the Premier Inn Leicester Square is right in the middle of it all and is an absolute steal at £68 a night weekend of 23/10! Usually sold out that one and often 2/3 times that price!
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Great advice. You can sometimes end up walking further underground between platforms than you would walking up top breathing fresh air. And you see loads of stuff you would miss underground, in particular loads of fabulous old school back street pubs.
 
abu13 said:
So my missus has decided she would like to go to London for a long weekend at the end of October, although we are both in our 50's neither of us have ever been to there before.

Can't be arsed driving so we're going to book the train, she wants to go sightseeing and would like to go to Camden town,

Anyone able to offer any advise on what part of London we would be better heading to?
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I may be able to advice you on advise, pal; )

Forget any advise. London is shite and full of rude and ignorant inhabitants. Best advice I can offer you is to stay away of our capital shit hole.
 
There’s lots of hotels in Kings Cross and it’s central enough for getting around. He wants Soho for bars / pubs. Many quite authentic for Central London. Camden has gone down hill. The markets sell ironic t-shirts.

I’ve lived here on and off for 15 years.
 
I'll tell you what not to do. Don't get up in the morning at 6:00am, get on a plane at 10:00pm get off the plane 7 hrs later at 10:00am U.K time, stay up drinking beer all day then go for a Mexican meal and switch over to tequilia, then stop at the pub and get back on the beer and then drink the bottle of Jamesons you brought over for your mate.
 
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