Has anyone stayed in Traveldge hotel in Liverpool street?
Is it a safe area?

Travelodge is a chain. Clean and tidy, minimal services beyond tea and coffee in the rooms and (judging by the one I stayed at in Newcastle) a decidedly so-so breakfast buffet.

Nothing wrong with the area. The hotel is surrounded by offices, so it may seem unnervingly quiet at night once you're away from the main road. The big Sunday markets (Petticoat Lane and Spitalfields) are round the corner, so there may well be a fair bit of scruffiness and litter around on Sunday afternoon and evening. You'll see a few odd characters hanging around Liverpool St station, as you would round any major rail terminus in any city. But there's a police station on Bishopsgate so don't worry!

Are there any areas in London that deserved to be called 'unsafe' - to me i don't know of any but would be curious as to what locals may think that could qualify?

There are tacky looking areas but i don't think they are dicey

katbou - if you are looking at a hotel like Travel Lodge in Liverpool street maybe you could also consider the Travel Inn on Euston Road (cnr. either Dukes or Judd street - can't quite remember) but it's in a good position for transport.
We stayed their once but now tend to stay at The Ibis Hotel in Cardington street next to Euston station.

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PalenQ, there are particular places - you might call them sub-neighbourhoods, I suppose - that might have a reputation, but even a resident in another part of London might not know about them: or if they do, it might be long out of date or a wild generalisation (which is why I'm not naming any areas that leap to mind).

On the other hand, acts of violence can occur apparently almost at (geographical) random. A man is on trial at the moment for a series of attacks and murders in the most respectable and leafily expensive suburbs of South-West London: but I wouldn't call them unsafe.

and when in London last year i read about one of these filmed by phone put on internet attacks that actually killed someone sitting on a bench on the South Bank in the heart of everything.

I've stayed in areas i consider dicey but never felt unsafe at night but maybe i'm naive.

No Travelodge is safe for women to stay in. And the company actually boasts about it:

www.travelodge.co.uk/press/article.php?id=268

That might just mean that Travelodge tends to attract male customers who can't think of original excuses....

thanks alot!

I believe London Walks takes their Jack the Ripper tour close by Hotel so it can't be all that bad. I personally did not like the area as it was a bit isolated but we passed the hotel and it seemed all right.

The areas OK - it's very culturally mixed (It's known as Bangla Town).

It's also in parts a bit of a desert at weekends (outside Brick Lane and the Old Axe pub (which wouldn't interest you!)

I'd be happy for a female relative of mone to stay there.

I've stayed there before (as a sole female guest), didn't bump into any naked guys, similar experience to US motel chains (sans car parks). It's 5min from Liverpool Street Stn, where there is a bigg-ish Tesco. Quite convenient for both tube and bus. Though it does get quiet at night.

There was a naked sleepwalking man when I stayed on Ennismore Gardens (Knightsbridge) in a flat. He stuck his head out the window & kept saying loudly, "Darling, oh darling!" We were in a flat above & could see him in a sort of air shaft. He was in the hallway.

I assume "Darling" came & got him & led him back.