Cheap Hotels in London, UK

Where to Stay in Budget Accommodation in England's Capital City

Dec 6, 2008

There are cheap London hotels and they don't need to be budget hostels or a long way from the city centre. Good accommodation can be found for £100 a night or less.

In some cases visitors can find cheap hotels in London for much less than £100 a night, even in high season. Here are just a few examples, in Hoxton, Shepherd's Bush, and even in the center of London in Covent Garden and Bloomsbury.

Yes, the famous artist and writer Edward Lear lived here, just a few yards from Marble Arch, Oxford Street and Hyde Park. It's a modest but very pleasant hotel, and although not all rooms are ensuite guests can book an ensuite room for less than £100 a night – which is a bargain given its very central London location.

Just a few hundred yards from lively Hoxton Square with its hip bars and galleries, the equally hip Hoxton Hotel is also close to Old Street tube station and only half a mile or so from Liverpool Street rail station and London's financial district. The Hoxton is boutique on the cheap, with rooms available from £59 upwards, and sometimes with special offers from £29. The hotel also has regular sales of rooms for £1, in the same way budget airlines work. Register online.

West of the centre in Shepherd's Bush, a short walk from Notting Hill and handy for the Shepherd's Bush Empire (in fact performers often stay here), the K West Hotel has a terrific spa and while some rooms and suites are at the luxury end (in quality and price), if booked ahead there are deluxe rooms for much less than £100 a night.

Convenient for Bloomsbury and the British Museum, and a short walk from the shopping in Oxford Street, the Ridgemount is another real good London hotel deal. It's a family-run hotel in a handsome Georgian terrace, and about half its 32 rooms are ensuite. Rates start at an amazing £43 for a single room with shared facilities, but even triple rooms with private bathrooms are less than the magical £100 a night figure. Great location, great price.

The Seven Dials is a hotel for theater lovers on a budget. It's in the heart of Covent Garden, with dozens of London's best West End theaters only a short walk away. Although the rooms are simple, they all have private bathrooms, TVs and direct-dial phones. It's a friendly family-run hotel, and single and double rooms can be booked for less than £100 a night, with discounts for longer stays. A great cheap London hotel bargain.

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