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Im gonna be down for a non poker playing weekend and would appreciate any advice on where to stay in central London in the £100 - £120 per night bracket.

Thanks

I normally stop in the docklands, the international or the marriott. Not quite central but only about 10 mins out on the tube. Much more reasonable than getting a lot closer in.

try the top secret hotels on lastminute - shouldn't be too hard to work out which hotels they are.

dont know where central london is but the hilton metropole is nice and in that range

under that range is the travel inn at euston i stayed at for wsope

The Cromwell Crown in Earls Court is in the top ten and only £50 a night too!

http://www.guoman.com/the-cumberland/

stayed here a few times always good tidy and  great hotel within walking distance to the vic and everything else you need in london.

When in london I always seem to get a good rate at the st ermin, in westminster, next door to scotland yard

The International, in Docklands, is stunning value at around £65 per night, via Booking.com. Tube trains & DLR are adjacent.

Whether it is the distance from Brighton, Manchester or Glasgow, the actual point for measuring the distance to and from London is located at Charing Cross, Westminster.

Why Charing Cross? Even though it is quite central it is not because of its geographical location, the real reason goes back over 700 years to the reign of Edward I.


In the year 1290 King Edward was in Scotland on an important trip awaiting the arrival of his wife, Queen Eleanor. On her journey to meet him she was taken ill with a fever and died shortly after at a manor house near Lincoln.

The Queen's body was to be taken from Lincoln to Westminster Abbey for a state burial. The grief stricken King decided that twelve memorial crosses would be installed at each stopping point of her funeral procession.

The twelve sites for memorial crosses were:
Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Hardingstone, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St. Albans, Waltham, Cheapside (West Cheap), Charing Cross.

The original cross was south of Trafalgar Square where the statue of King Charles I now stands. A plaque can be found on the floor behind the statue stating that mileage distances on road signage are still measured from this point.

    "...a replica of which stands in front of Charing Cross Station. Mileages from London are measured from the site of the original cross"
   

Only three of the original crosses remain at Geddington, Hardingstone and Waltham. The cross outside Charing Cross Station is a replica made in 1863 of the original that stood at the original site a few hundred metres away. Historians believe the original was not as ornate as the one seen today.  The original memorials were large stone structures towering many feet high with carvings of the queen on each of the sides.

Thanks

Booked the Cumberland after another recommondation.

Stayed there before, good choice.

good choice, i stay there every month or so and never had anything to complain about, nice bars / food.

The National isn't overpriced and does one of the best breakies ever!!