Is Bayswater too far out?

[Merri]

We are traveling to London in November and found a hotel in the Bayswater area but am unsure whether this is a good base for seeing London. Our criteria was - we needed a triple room (two beds for two adults, one teen)for $150 usd or less per night.

[Vally]

I haven't lived in the London area for many years, but I would think providing the area is a "Hotel " area it and you don't mind a bus/tube ride into the area you want to visit it would be very suitable for you, the more central hotels would be very expensive.

[londongal]

Central London is a very expensive place to stay!

Bayswater is quite far out, but you do have the option of the tube!

Try http://www.justindulge.co.uk

There are some great discounted prices on here and maybe you will be able to find somewhere a little more central!

Good luck and let me know how you get on!

[london]

Bayswater is a great place to stay for the leisure traveller i it combines relatively cheap room rates to proximity to the central area.
If you are flying into Heathrow it is the closest hotel area to the rail transfer terminus (paddigton) and the airport transfer bus also goes down the Bayswater Road.

The hotel district is made up of predominantly 2 and 3 star hotels (mostly converted old Victorian town houses) and there are some good ones. You should pay £45-£60 a room per night all week. Many of the hotels have 3/4 beds per room available.

Baywater is directly opposite Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens. It is about a mile from Oxford Street. Kensington Palace is in Kensington gardens. The Central Line tube runs through Bayswater - 15 minutes and you'll be amywhere in Central London.
Buses run along Bayswater Road every few minutes - about 10 minutes to Oxford Street. Buy a £2 day bus pass for great value.

Most people tend to eat out - there are a lot of small restaurants, pubs of all cuisines in the area. Notting Hill /Portobello market is close by and also is good.

If you want 4 star luxury hotels this is not the place for you. For the price the hotels in this area offer some of the best value in London. Earls Court another similar area is further out. If you are flying into Gatwick a few similar hotels are around Victoria, near the Gatwick rail terminal.

If you want further info, see the best buys page on our web site which spotlights 3 hotels in the Bayswater area.
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[dmfreedom]

'A BIT FAR OUT' ????

Bayswater is a hop skip and a jump from Kensington Gardens and Notting Hill and you can walk to Buckingham Palace in about 20 minutes. If that is too far out then you are going to have a real problem. Luckily, the underground has 2 stations in close to Bayswater and there are heaps of busses as well. If you want to be a block from the Bank of England, then it is not for you, if you want to be closer than MOST London residents to the centre, then it is fine.
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[trev]

As long as your within walking distance of an underground train station then you shouldn't have any problems getting around in London.

A word of advice for travelling in London - each day get a 1 day pass for the underground, available from the counters or the ticket machines. Its a couple of years since I was last there, but they were about £3/day for zones 1 - 3 and save you an absolute fortune.

I have a feeling they were also applicable for bus routes as well, but the underground is generally a fast and efficient way to get around (except at rushhour).

Trev