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Originally Posted by wildthing
I've heard from co-workers to book a room near the airport and just take the train to London. Hotels are cheaper and newer.
On the other hand, with three kids and the wife, commuting gets expensive quickly, so we ended up booking in London near a station, Premier Inn or something, in Waterloo.
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Center London - we really like the HI Express just south of Tate Modern. It's well placed for transit and among some fun neighborhoods south of the river. I usually stayed there when I was meeting at Whitehall - it was a great morning walk to work.
I agree on LHR hotels though. Especially if you're leaning to the west side of the metro for activities (Legoland, Windsor and such) - you can get a reasonable marriott/sheraton/hyatt for less than half that in central London. And, if you learn the bus system, there are lots of good places to see and eat near LHR once you get out of that airport bubble. The purple line gets you into the city or to Reading for points further west. On the busses, once you figure that out and for a just a little more time you can get to a TfL station that doesn't have the airport surcharge. And there likely will be good food nearby.
BTW the bowling alley on Bath Rd, north side of LHR at about the east boundary, has cheap but tasty off-brand periperi chicken and nasty sticky cocktails. And skee ball. A hearty recommendation...
(Too much time hopping between LHR and my colleagues' joint (AWE) west of Reading - now luckily only my wife does that. 12yo junior johnson and I are learning the cheap tourist-ish things. Spouse and kids don't get per diem)