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Budget Guest House is an affordable accommodation located in the superb King’s Cross area, next to some of London's most eye-catching attractions. This budget hotel is a perfect destination for all tourists who come to London to visit its fabulous landmarks. Victoria and Albert Museum, Madame Tussauds, British Library, British Museum, Tate Modern, Science Museum and Natural History Museum, are all within easy reach from Budget Guest House.
Budget Guest House, cheap accommodation in central London, comprises 11 guest rooms equipped with central heating, sink, mirror and kettle facilities.
The hotel offers not only a prime location with fast connection to the main touristic places in London but also unbeatable cheap room rates. Only through our website you can save money by booking an affordable accommodation at discounted rate. Take the advantage of our convenient promotions.
Budget Guest House has a no-smoking policy.
Why choose Budget Guest House:
- Budget accommodation
- Free wireless internet in all rooms
- Nearest tube station King’s Cross St Pancreas which serves 6 lines
- Direct line (Piccadilly) to Heathrow Airport
Budget Guest House Neighbourhood:- British Library
- Royal Albert Hall
- Earls Court Exhibition Centre (5 minutes walk from Earl’s Court Gardens Hotel)
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- British museum
- Tate Modern
- National Gallery
- National History Museum
- London Eye
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Madame Tussauds
- Science Museum
- Harrods
- Oxford Street
- Westfield Shopping Centre
- Wimbledon Tennis Championships
- Portobello Market
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British Library
The British Library with its 14 million books is the second world’s largest library. Past and future are perfectly blended: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings are available in digital and print formats. The British Library hosts important items: Magna Carta (1215), Shakespeare's First Folio (1623) and Codex Sinaiticus (c.350)
To get here from Budget Guest House you can walk for circa 5 minutes.
- Opening time: Mon, Weds, Thurs, Fri: 9.30-18.00; Tues: 9.30-20.00; Sat: 9.30-17.00; Sun & Public hols: 11.00-17.00
- Website: http://www.bl.uk
- Address: 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
- Tube station: King’s Cross
British Museum
The British Museum is one of the main landmarks in London where you can discover in its permanent collection eight million works such as the Turquoise serpent, the Rosetta stone, the Parthenon sculptures, the Mosaic of Christ and the Assyrian Lion Hunt reliefs.
The British Museum is conveniently located in the north of Covent Garden, on Great Russell Street.
To get here from Budget Guest House take the Piccadilly (Journey time approximately 3 minutes).
- Opening time: Monday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm
- Ticket: free admission (special exhibitions are chargeable)
- Website: http://www.britishmuseum.org
- Address: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG
- Tube station: Tottenham Court Road, Holborn, Russell Square, Goodge Street
Tate Modern
4.7 million visitors per year make the Tate Modern the most visited modern art gallery in the world. Only at the Tate Modern you can see for free the prestigious works of international artists: Matisse, Picasso, Rothko, Dalí, Pollock, Warhol and Bourgeois, etc. If you would love to discover more about twentieth-century art and artists try the Interactive zone where you can read books, watch movies and play games.
To get here from Budget Guest House take the Victoria and Jubilee Lines (Journey time approximately 20 minutes).
- Opening time: Sunday – Thursday, 10am – 6pm; Friday and Saturday, 10 am – 10 pm
- Ticket: free admission (special exhibitions are chargeable)
- Website: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
- Address: Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
- Tube station: Southwark
National Gallery
The art museum displays circa 2,300 paintings from 1250 to 1900 which includes Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Turner, Renoir, Cezanne and Van Gogh. Plan in advance your visit, at the National Gallery you can see new paintings every month, catch a free talk on art, take a 60 minutes tour of the collection and watch movies.
To get here from Budget Guest House take the Victoria and Bakerloo Lines (Journey time approximately 12 minutes).
- Opening time: Daily 10am – 6pm; Friday 10 am – 9 pm
- Ticket: free admission (special exhibitions are chargeable)
- Website: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
- Address: Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
- Tube station: Charing Cross
National History Museum
It’s one of the most exciting and interactive museums in London.
The National History Museum displays in total more than 70 million specimens: 55 million animals, 9 million fossils, 6 million plant specimens, 500,000 rocks and minerals, 3,200 meteorites, 17 million insect and 3 million plant specimens. All permanent galleries are free, only temporary exhibitions are chargeable.
Thanks to special activities, kids can enjoy their visit to the Museum interacting with sculptures, attending puppet shows and meeting historical character and lots more.To get here from Budget Guest House take the Piccadilly Line (Journey time approximately 16 minutes).
- Opening time: Monday - Friday 08am – 5.50pm; Saturday - Sunday 9 am – 5.50 pm
- Ticket: free admission (special exhibitions are chargeable)
- Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk
- Address: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
- Tube station: South Kensington
London Eye
The EDF Energy London Eye is the tallest ferries wheel in Europe (135 metres). Since 2000, year of its launch, it has greeted more than 39 million visitors.
London Eye offers breathtaking views of the city. All included in the thicket price you can also experience 4D sensory effects: you can feel the wind, snow and floor shaking.
If you are in London on New Year’s Eve, absolutely don’t miss the spectacular fireworks launched over the London Eye. You will never forget this event.To get here from Budget Guest House take the District Line (Journey time approximately 12 minutes)
- Opening time: Winter: October – May, Monday – Sunday 10am – 8pm;
- Summer: June - September, Monday – Sunday, 10 am – 9 pm
- Ticket: from £9.50 to £18.60, for more details click here
- Website: http://www.londoneye.com
- Address: Riverside Building, County Hall, London, SE1 7PB
- Tube station: Waterloo, Embankment, Charing Cross, Westminster
Victoria and Albert Museum
Welcome to world’s greatest museum of decorative art and design with a collection of more 4.5 million objects. At the Museum there are several things to do, you can admire baroque, gothic, medieval, modernism, neo-classicism, renaissance and surrealism styles or attend interesting courses about art, take part of the free daily tours and creative activities. Victoria and Albert Museum is also an alternative location where you can chitchat with your friends while you are eating or drinking at the restaurant.
To get here from Budget Guest House you can walk for circa 10 minutes or take the Piccadilly Line (Journey time approximately 15 minutes).
- Opening time: Daily 10am – 5:45pm; Friday 10 am – 10 pm
- Ticket: free admission (special exhibitions are chargeable)
- Website: http://www.vam.ac.uk
- Address: Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
- Tube station: South Kensington
Madame Tussauds
In London it’s the only place where you can find international stars “living” under the same roof; Rihanna, Obama, Queen Elisabeth, Madonna and many other celebrities are ready to take a picture with you. Madame Tussauds contains 300 wax figures, is divided in six interactive zones where customers can enter the Big Brother diary room, watch movies made by Aardman animations, sing and dance. For those who love the danger the Chamber is the only gallery where serial killers skulk.
To get here from Budget Guest House you can take the Piccadilly and Jubilee Lines (Journey time approximately 5 minutes).
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- Opening time: Monday – Sunday 9:30am – 5:30pm, form more details click here
- Ticket: from £16.00 to £28.80, for more details click here
- Website: http://www.madametussauds.com/
- Address: Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LR
- Tube station: Baker Street
Science Museum
The museum covers five different floors where 300,000 objects of technology and science, from the past to the future, are displayed. The ground floor comprehends vehicles and space exploration. The first floor is dedicated to food, gas, structural metals and communications. On the second floor you can increase your knowledge about nuclear power, printing and computing. The third floor looks at photography and optics with electricity and the last two floors explore the science of medicine. Admission is free but you would like to go to the IMAX theatre or be involved in exciting simulator rides extra charge will be applied.
To get here from Budget Guest House you can walk for circa 10 minutes or take the Piccadilly Line (Journey time approximately 12 minutes).
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- Opening time: Monday – Sunday 10:00am – 6:00pm
- Ticket: free admission (special exhibitions are chargeable)
- Website: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
- Address: Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD
- Tube station: South Kensington
Harrods
Luxury, glamour and uniqueness are the key concepts that you can find at Harrods. The British department store is huge; it covers seven floors and 330 departments, only here you can buy expensive clothes, eat in the finest restaurants, drink the best wine, all in the same department. Guided by the motto “All Things for All People, Everywhere”, Harrods satisfies all shopping lovers’ needs. The famous department store offers to fashion victims a special programme known as “By Appointment”, you can book a personal shopper who will help you with all your requests, with no limits to your fashion desires.
The best time to visit Harrods is in the evening, when 11,500 light bulbs illuminate it, making the atmosphere more magic.
To get here from Budget Guest House you can take the Piccadilly Line (Journey time approximately 13 minutes).
- Opening time: Monday – Saturday 10am – 8 pm; Sunday 11:30am – 6pm
- Website: http://www.harrods.com/
- Address: 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7XL
- Tube station: Knightsbridge
Oxford Street
300 shops, restaurants, bars, cafés, hotels are the main elements that make Oxford Street the busiest shopping street in Europe. Most shops open at 10 am until 07pm with late nights on Thursday. Oxford Street is well known for its three department stores as Selfridge, Debenhams and House of Fraser. Please, visit the website for the latest promotions.
To get here from Budget Guest House you can take the Piccadilly line (Journey time approximately 5 minutes).
- Opening time: Mon – Fri 9am – 8 pm; Thur 9am – 9pm; Sat 9am – 7pm; Sun 12pm – 6pm
- Website: http://www.oxfordstreet.co.uk/
- Tube station: Bond Street, Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Victoria Line, Piccadilly Circus
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- Location
Budget Guest House Address:
23, Swinton Street
London WC1X9NL
Reception: +44 (0)2078372830
Fax: +44 (0)207 2785907
Website: http://www.budgetguesthouse.co.uk
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Tube Station: 7 minutes from King's Cross St PancrasBudget Guest House, is an affordable hotel in central London, only 7 minutes walk from King's Cross tube station which includes Piccadilly (Blue), Circle (Yellow) , Hammersmith & City (Pink), Metropolitan(Purple), Northern (Black) and Victoria (Blue) Lines.
By underground:
Upon arrival at the King's Cross underground station head northeast on Euston road toward York Way, then turn right onto Garys Inn Road and then turn left onto Swinton St continue till you have come to Budget Guest House.
From Heathrow Airport: take the Piccadilly line board on train headed Cockfosters to King's Cross St. Pancras. (Journey time approx 1 hour and 8 minutes).
From London Victoria Tube Station: take the Victoria Line board on train headed Seven Sisters/Walthamstow Central Underground Station
. (Journey time approx 20 minutes).From Paddington Tube Station: take District Or Circle Line board on train headed Edgware Road. At Edgware Road change and board the Circle or Hammersmith & City Line headed towards King's Cross St. Pancras (Journey time approx 30 minutes).
By Train (Railway):
From Heathrow Airport: take the Heathrow Express to London Paddington Station. Then take District Or Circle Line board on train headed Edgware Road. At Edgware Road change and board the Circle or Hammersmith & City Line headed towards King's Cross St. Pancras (Journey time approx 30 minutes)
From Gatwick Airport: take the Gatwick Express to London Victoria Rail Station, and then change at Victoria underground Station.take the Victoria Line board on train headed Seven Sisters/Walthamstow Central Underground Station. (Journey time approx 55 minutes).
From Stansted Airport: take the Stansted Express to London Liverpool Street. At Liverpool Street Underground Station take the Metropolian Line board on train Chesham/Uxbridge or Hammersmith & City and Circle headed King's Cross (Journey time approx 1 hour and 10 minutes).By Taxi:
Heathrow Airport: From Terminal 1,2,3 to Budget Guest House the price is approximately £45. From Terminal 4,5 the price is approximately £52.
(Journey time approx 40 minutes).Gatwick Airport: From Gatwick to Budget Guest House the price is approximately £65. (Journey time approx 1 hour and 30 minutes).
Stansted Airport: From Stansted to Budget Guest House the price is approximately £70. (Journey time approx 1 hour and 30 minutes).
For further information on travelling in London please check the Transport for London website.