Hotels (and almost everything else) in London are very expensive and I have 3 recommendations for hotels I've stayed in on recent visits - the Holiday Inn Camden Lock, the Premier Travel Inn King's Cross and the Dawson House Hotel in the Finchley Road area (click on hotel names below to access websites).
All 3 are somewhat outside the "downtown" area of Central London but are close enough (max 30 minutes) by public transport from anywhere in the centre.
All the hotels have free or fee WiFi in the rooms and/or the lobby.
This attractive, modern and tastefully designed hotel is in a side street of the Camden Town area, nearest (5 minutes walk) Underground (subway) station is Camden Town on the Northern Line. The hotel backs on to the Regents Park canal and is opposite the colourful shopping and crafts area of Camden Lock. The beautiful Regent's Park is just a few minutes walk away. There are eating options for all budgets close to the hotel. I paid about UKP 100 a room (including breakfast) last year (2006) through an Internet reservations site.
A modern hotel built just a few years ago close to King's Cross railway station in northern central London. On the northen edge of London's Congestion Zone this hotel is superbly located for the Underground (subway) - several lines - and main line trains going north of London. It is not a particularly attractive part of town and the only attraction of note within close walking distance is the modern British Library (the Britisher's equivalent of the Library of Congress) . I paid UKP 80, booked through the hotel's website. The rooms are clean, modern and pleasant. The breakfast buffet (not included) was disappointing.
This bed and breakfast (B&B) guest house is located in a Victorian house in West Hampstead 6 minutes walk from Finchley Road Underground station in North West London. This is a pleasant middle-class residential area with plenty of restaurants and public transport (underground, buses) on the nearby Finchley Road. The rooms are decent but not modern and there's no elevator (lift). Double rooms are UKP 75. The full English breakfast is excellent.
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