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Aimless:
Wotcher!

The ginger and I will be in London 8th-15th Aug to celebrate our first anniversary as an old married couple. since neither of us have been there as adults we'd really love to get some tips on

- where to live (fairly central or very close by tube/bus, hotel or airbnb)
- what to do (shows, events, circuses for the masses :o)
- where to eat :D (tasty and unique and underrated)

Any all help would be appreciated and also let's have beer and/or curry

Barmymoo:
Find somewhere a bit out of the centre that's walking distance to a tube station. You might end up taking a 45 minute tube journey into the city but it's worth it for the drop in hotel prices.

Speaking of tubes, you can buy a Visitor Oyster Card which will make travelling much easier (no need to queue for tickets) and also cheaper than buying individual tickets or even day passes. You have to get this before you come to the UK though. Here is a slightly out of date map showing the walking distances between Tube stations if you want to avoid the crush. You can use an Oyster card on the bus as well, which is quick except during rush hour.

Lots of museums are free or relatively cheap; my friend suggests taking a boat trip from Westminster to Greenwich. You can find a lot of stuff on the Time Out website - I haven't used it but it looks good and is apparently fairly comprehensive. If you want to go to West End shows in particular, my London-dwelling friend suggests looking at Theatre Monkey to make sure you're getting good value tickets. You can often get cheaper tickets for good seats on the day if you queue for a while (but you can't guarantee getting one - this is a good option if you don't really mind what you see).

As for where to eat, I haven't really got any suggestions particularly. Look for places off the tourist trail (this is true wherever you visit though). Food in London is more expensive than in the rest of the UK but some places are more reasonable than others.

Irritatingly I'm not free that week, I have the following week off but I'm on the postnatal ward that week. I might have a couple of days free but won't know until the week before in all likelihood. If I can come down and visit I will join you for a beer/curry!

Redball:
Also check out these passes.

Aimless:
Thanks! Both those passes should come in handy :)

Re. accommodation, we'd like to avoid 45min tube rides, and the reason I'm asking here is partly because when searching airbnb it's surprisingly difficult to figure out which neighbourhoods/areas are reasonably central and nice! >_<

Pilchard123:
The museums, definitely. I'd recommend the British Museum in particular, though you won't get through all of it properly. The science and natural history museums are also good, but (I think) not as good. I've not been to the V&A, so I can't speak for that one.

They're also free, which is handy.

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