I am planning our first trip to London in June. Where is the best location to stay that will allow us to be within waking distance of the hot spots?

London is huge, you couldn't possibly walk to every place of interest. What are the sites you are interested in seeing?

what is your budget?

What do you consider 'hot spots'?

Have you looked over any of the hundreds of threads on here answering questions about where to stay in London?

No single place is w/i walking distance of more than a few major sites. But public transport can get you anywhere that isn't w/i walking distance.

Yes, I think you'll get more help here if you give a bit more info (yes, what is a hot spot to you?) and ask a bit more specific questions--London is too huge and diverse to really respond well. Plus, as janisj mentions, you need to plan to use the public transports, so you don't "have" to stay in a certain spot to be near what you want to see/go to.

Our hot spots would include entertainment ( theater & music ),
London Eye, Tate Modern, Tower of London, and more. We will spend a week in London and would like to postion ourselves that will allow easy access to transportation and be safe as well as economical.

"<i>would like to postion ourselves that will allow easy access to transportation and be safe as well as economical.</i>"

That covers just about ALL of central London. You still haven't told us your budget. We can't really give any useful advice w/o knowing how much you plan on spending.

Well I would like to keep the flight and room around $3000.00 US dollars. WE will bidget the spenmding money aoutside of that.

"<i>I would like to keep the flight and room around $3000.00 US dollars.</i>"

It is like pulling teeth. Since we have no idea what your flights are costing, nor how many days you plan on being in London . . . <blue>How much do you want to spend on your hotel?</blue>

We aren't asking to be nosy - no one can give you any useful recommendations unless we know how much you want to pay for your accommodations.

We don't know much about what parts of the trip are the most meaningful budget constraints (most of us have had them). If the nights' lodging is five or more, you might consider a flat. Usually the benefits of flats relative to hotel rooms are 1) more room, 2) most flats include a washer and dryer [it would be good if you could minimize your laundromat time that would have otherwise been spent on seeing great sights], and 3) your own flat gives you an inexpensive place for breakfast (my wife and I have really enjoyed starting our day off in our rented flats with real orange marmalade on toast and having a quick read of The London Times).

I have to admire all you responders. Pulling teeth is the politest phrase I would use. There seems to have been a rush of posters here recently who make not the slightest effort to research anything at all. They just want to go to names like 'London' or 'Paris'. It isn't even a case of spending a few dollars on a guidebook as the basics are on the internet for free.

Perhaps Fodors should introduce a facility where lazy posters just put their credit card details up on a thread and the regulars arrange their visit for them.

I might start something in the lounge along those lines.