There are many many restaurants in the KCL Strand area but here we mention some of our favourites. Food within 5-10 min walking distance from Bush House:

• Bush house and Strand KCL canteens. ~ £5
• The (amazing) sandwich place: Dilieto Sandwich Bar. ~ £5
• Thai Square Strand: ~ £11 (Two course meal)
• SIAM Eatery. ~ £7
• Crown. ~ £6
• Leon ~£7 (they have student discount)
• Wasabi ~£6 (and 50% discount 30min before closing)
• Byron ~£10 (and 30% discount with student UniDays)
• Many many others, check Google Maps. KCL is close to Covent Garden, Leicester Square and China Town.

Note that card payments are widely accepted in London but some places don't accept cash anymore.

Getting to London

London is served by five airports.

Heathrow airport is the largest. Here you can find how to get from Heathrow to central London: https://www.heathrow.com/transport-and-directions/getting-to-central-london. The cheapest and easiest way is to take the Tube: the Piccadilly Line will take you into central London in about 50 minutes. If you are in a hurry, you could take the Heathrow Express. This is a fast train that runs between Heathrow and Paddington Station. Often you will need to get a Tube from Paddington so it can be quicker to just take the Tube from Heathrow.

Gatwick airport is another popular airport that is relatively easy to get to: https://www.gatwickairport.com/to-and-from/. The Gatwick Express train service runs regularly between Gatwick airport and Victoria Station. It is slightly cheaper to buy your tickets in advance from https://www.gatwickexpress.com.

London City Airport is the most central airport, but is quite small. It takes about 30 minutes to get into central London: https://www.londoncityairport.com/getting-here/to-and-from-airport

Stansted airport is located outside London but there is a regular Express train service into central London (Tottingham Hale or Liverpool Street Station) that takes about 45 minutes: https://www.stanstedairport.com/getting-to-and-from/

Luton airport is also outside London. Again, there is a regular train service into London (St. Pancras) https://www.london-luton.co.uk/to-and-from-lla. There is a short bus journey between Luton airport and the Luton airport train station.

You can also use the Eurostar which is just two hours from Brussels or Paris: https://www.eurostar.com/.

Accommodation

There are a huge number of hotels in London and your first port of call should be:

https://www.booking.com/index.en-gb.html

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/

to see what you can find. Hotels can be expensive so please book as soon as possible. Below, we offer some advice about how to get a room if you are operating on a tight budget. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require more advice.

Very Cheap

Hostel which also offers single rooms:- https://www.clinkhostels.com/london/clink78/

Cheap-ish

There are two large hotel chains in the UK called Travelodge and Premier Inn. They are both pretty average, though usually clean. They have locations all over London and the price depends on location and demand. Cheaper hotels in these chains might be on the outskirts closer to the airports and you can take the tube into the centre of town (for example, Premier Inn in Tottenham Hale is close to Stansted Airport and it takes around 25 minutes to get into central London on the tube).

https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/home.html

https://www.travelodge.co.uk/

Medium Cost

https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/en/president

https://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/en/imperial

Expensive

Expensive but close https://www.strandpalacehotel.co.uk/

Extremely expensive but close https://www.fairmont.com/savoy-london/