trip to london
 

I have only ever been to London once when i was 10 and now i am in my 30's and have a 7year old i feel it is time for another visit but not sure how to go about it.
First of all i would like to stay over but understand parking is not easy. Also i am keen to go to the dungeons and the science museum and according to the map thay are not to far apart from each other.
So i would really appreciate some advise on how to go about this trip please.

Hi there...can you provide a bit more info? Are you talking about a day trip from somewhere in the UK to London? Or a trip for a few days? You mention a car and parking so I am assuming you are in the UK and are thinking driving into London for the day? Taking the train is the best option if this is the case...

Train is the best way to visit.

I'm not sure I would take a 7 year old to the London Dungeons...

This should give you a jump start.

http://www.visitlondon.com/
http://www.visitlondon.com/attractio...en-attractions
http://www.londontourist.org/


...as well as the travel section at any bookstore.

Cheers

I have just looked at the train prices from oxford to london and you talking 30.00 each. Is there a cheap bus to take.

I'm sure there is, you can check it out http://www.nationalexpress.com/home.aspx

This is also a service form Oxford to London

http://www.oxfordtube.com/

" train prices from oxford to london and you talking 30.00 each"

30 what? It's £4 each way for you and virtually nothing for the child on the train if you book sufficiently ahead. £3.60 each way for you if you book ahead of time at the FGW website.

From Oxford, at weekends, driving is usually by far the most sensible option, and parking off the Euston Road is a very great deal easier (and, at weekends, infinitely cheaper) than it is in central Oxford.

But since you clearly have never been to Oxford (because it's impossible to have done so without noticing the couple of hundred daily buses to London), you may well not understand how tricky the drive might be for some.

As so often on this site, you'll get far better advice by giving some information about yourself, where you're starting this trip from and when you're planning to take it.

Firstly forget about driving and parking in London. Even the very richest don't do it. Use public transport, it's quick and not that pricey.

The science museum is in South Kensington and if I were going there with a seven year old I would combine it with a visit to the Natural History Museum which is close by. Both are great for kids - and informative for adults.

The London Dungeon is a sort of expanded chamber of horrors which is a purely entertainment thing. I think parts of it might be a bit much for a seven year old. It can be quite gruesome in parts.

However if you are set on it, it is in Tooley St which is a very short walk from London Bridge tube and overground stations. You could combine all three in a day trip.

BTW The Science Museum and the Natural History Museum are free, but the London Dungeon is a commercial operation and charges quite a bit.

"Even the very richest don't do it. "

Even the poorest in Oxfordshire do so at weekends. There's ample free parking all day Saturday and Sunday a few yards from the A40 (a motorway-standard, dual-carriageway, road that runs, straight and almost traffic-light free, from Oxford to Euston Station), and all that parking's a few yards from Euston and Kings Cross tube stations.

What's the use of providing Britain's rulers for the past 800 years if they can't get back into London effortlessly at weekends after being dragged to their old college on a Friday night for a spot of gentle arm-twisting?

Give us more details -- are you a visitor who will be in Oxford and just going into London for the day? Or are you living in the UK? I ask because you have some odd information and we can help you more if we know what sites/knowledge you already have . .

£30 for the train is plain silly. The last time I rode London/Oxford was in May and flanner is right - cost us £4 a person. For that I wouldn't drive. However, if you are starting from somewhere else and have to drive to Oxford first - then driving in to London also can make sense on weekends.

We need more info from you to aim you in the right directions, since you've obviously got off in a ditch somewhere along the way in your research . . .

But just to emphasise what was already stated, the really cheap fares are a special promotional fare only available by booking well in advance. If you leave it too late, you can have to fork out £40 per adult and £20 per child for an off-peak return.