If you can afford it...Hyde Park

Anonymous wrote:South Kensington and Knightsbridge neighborhoods because they are within walking distance to Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens The Science Museum, V&A Museum, and the Natural History Museum. I like the location of South Kensington because it allows us to walk to many places in London. Anytime the kids need to burn some energy we walk to the playground at Hyde Park or to the Princess Diana playground in Kensington Gardens. Also, there are shops, restaurants, the Harrods , a mini grocery store, and cafes all within walking distance.

What part of South Kensington?

South Kensington and Knightsbridge neighborhoods because they are within walking distance to Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens The Science Museum, V&A Museum, and the Natural History Museum. I like the location of South Kensington because it allows us to walk to many places in London. Anytime the kids need to burn some energy we walk to the playground at Hyde Park or to the Princess Diana playground in Kensington Gardens. Also, there are shops, restaurants, the Harrods , a mini grocery store, and cafes all within walking distance.

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Anonymous wrote:Camden, Chelsea, Holland Park & Notting Hill, Kensington, Dulwich, Herne Hill, Brixton, Clapham Common, Hampstead, Highgate,

How things change! I haven't been to London in a while but when I lived there Brixton was not a nice area...lots of drugs! And my grandfather grew up in Clapham and it was an Irish slum. Gentrification I guess!

Indeed it has changed. Brixton Village is an amazing indoor market with something like 30 different food options. Awesome place to hang out and eat yourself silly.

https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/brixton-village-market-restaurants-and-cafes

If money were no object I would do Hampstead. I love it there and the kids could run wild on Hampstead Heath. Also St Johns Wood is really nice.

Anonymous wrote:Camden, Chelsea, Holland Park & Notting Hill, Kensington, Dulwich, Herne Hill, Brixton, Clapham Common, Hampstead, Highgate,

How things change! I haven't been to London in a while but when I lived there Brixton was not a nice area...lots of drugs! And my grandfather grew up in Clapham and it was an Irish slum. Gentrification I guess!

There are good playgrounds in Regent's Park, Kensington Gardens, and Corams Fields mentioned above.

We stayed in Hammersmith in a 2BR walkup apt. It's a neighborhood more towards "working class" and it was great. There was a market around the corner kids hanging around and certainly not anywhere near as crowded as central London.

We loved being in between Knightsbridge/S. Kensington-- we stayed at an amazing property through London Connection. Lots of museums there, plus restaurants/stores and Harrods. And two different subway lines.

As long as you are in central London I think you can't go wrong. We have enjoyed Holland Park, Chelsea and Bayswater -- all close to big parks (across the river, in the case of Chelsea) that have been a regular part of our London routine.

Bloomsbury. I always try to stay there whenever I visit London. There's a great children's only park called Coram's Field, a nice shopping center in the middle of the neighborhood with a supermarket to stock up on groceries plus lots of convenient (child friendly) restaurants (it's called the Brunswick Centre), you have the British Museum which has a number of fascinating exhibitions for kids, several underground stops that will take you just about anywhere in the city, an easy walk to the National Gallery and Soho and Trafalgar Square. And lots of lovely squares that makes it a pleasure to wander through the neighborhood.

We loved Chelsea with our three kids

Camden, Chelsea, Holland Park & Notting Hill, Kensington, Dulwich, Herne Hill, Brixton, Clapham Common, Hampstead, Highgate,

We loved Covent Garden in Central London.

I am planning a family trip with our 7-year-old to London this summer. I am thinking of renting an apartment through VRBO or AirBnB because we like to have separate bedrooms. What neighborhoods should I look in? We don't have any specific itinerary in mind, but would like a neighborhood that is fun to explore on foot with relatively easy access to public transportation for getting to other parts of the city. TIA!