Londoners I need your help

Rachey

Rachey

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It's not often I do my own post, but Moopy I need your help.

My mum turns 70 in December and I want to do something special for her.

She always says to people how she would love it if she and I did something together, we go shopping sometimes but never anything proper.

So I'm thinking of booking a 2 night London theatre break.

Tempted to see & Juliet, Wicked, Mamma Mia or Moulin Rouge. Theatres are Shaftsbury, Apollo, Novello and Picadilly.

She will like all of the shows, as will I. But where would be best to stay? We will have a day of sightseeing, I want nice parks, nice cafes, nice wine bars, nice walks, maybe a river trip. No pubs full of local drunks.

Mandy and I have recently come to love London, but can never find the sort of area or atmosphere we want.

We loved St James's park and all similar parks. And my mum will appreciate nice scenery.

Thank you my lovelies.
 
My mum turned 70 in Sept 2020 so we were quite stuck for things to do. We took her to the zoo and it was a rather fun and memorable day out!

I’m rubbish on advice on places to stay because I live here and have never really stayed in any London hotels, so locals not the best people to ask there.

Shows I CAN help with - & Juliet closes soon. I stayed away from it due to the music which is very millennial orientated, so unless she’s a Britney Spears/Backstreet Boys person, maybe not?

My mum loves musicals but hated Hamilton (“too much rap and so much going on”). Back to the Future and Jersey Boys (and the sadly now gone Kinky Boots) have been her favourites.
 
Why not a day out in Greenwich? Can get the boat here and take the DLR/Tube back, there's the market which is all nicely lit up for Christmas, the park has some lovely views over by the Observatory and the Maritime museum. There are lots of tourists around but all the pubs and bars are generally quite pleasant and not full of rowdy drunks.
 
Ellie said:
My mum turned 70 in Sept 2020 so we were quite stuck for things to do. We took her to the zoo and it was a rather fun and memorable day out!

I’m rubbish on advice on places to stay because I live here and have never really stayed in any London hotels, so locals not the best people to ask there.

Shows I CAN help with - & Juliet closes soon. I stayed away from it due to the music which is very millennial orientated, so unless she’s a Britney Spears/Backstreet Boys person, maybe not?

My mum loves musicals but hated Hamilton (“too much rap and so much going on”). Back to the Future and Jersey Boys (and the sadly now gone Kinky Boots) have been her favourites.
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My mum loves a bit of cheese and she likes Backstreet boys and Britney :D but im tempted to try Wicked.

Whenever Mandy and I go to London we can never quite get it right. We want nice wine bars but instead find pubs with locals. Which is fine, but I just know my mum would like a bar. And nice places to walk. So just an area would be good
 
Ellie said:
Why not a day out in Greenwich? Can get the boat here and take the DLR/Tube back, there's the market which is all nicely lit up for Christmas, the park has some lovely views over by the Observatory and the Maritime museum. There are lots of tourists around but all the pubs and bars are generally quite pleasant and not full of rowdy drunks.
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Oh I should have said, her birthday is the end of December so this will be a February thing.

Mandy and I did Greenwich and did quite like it.
 
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Take her up the arse like a proper Landener
 
For shows, I would recommend Wicked if you haven't seen it, it's a PROPER old-school musical, not a jukebox one, which I'm not really a fan of.

As for hotels, I love the StayCity Aparthotels - they're very modern and comfortable and have a little kitchen which is useful for keeping your bubbles chilled, heating up some takeout food etc. The one I always stay on is just off The Strand near Covent Garden, as it is next to my office.
 
Kalabaliken said:
For shows, I would recommend Wicked if you haven't seen it, it's a PROPER old-school musical, not a jukebox one, which I'm not really a fan of.

As for hotels, I love the StayCity Aparthotels - they're very modern and comfortable and have a little kitchen which is useful for keeping your bubbles chilled, heating up some takeout food etc. The one I always stay on is just off The Strand near Covent Garden, as it is next to my office.
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Oohh thank you! I am tempted by Wicked.
 
Hampstead could be worth a look? Walks on the heath, pretty streets with lots of cafes and a villagey vibe.

If you end up central though I can recommend some cute wine bars - some friends and I have been exploring them lately.
 
Kate said:
Hampstead could be worth a look? Walks on the heath, pretty streets with lots of cafes and a villagey vibe.

If you end up central though I can recommend some cute wine bars - some friends and I have been exploring them lately.
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Take her cruising.
 
Or Primrose Hill maybe. So long as you don't go too close to Camden Town. As well as the hill itself you've got Regent's Park (with the aforementioned zoo if that's of any interest - or you can see a few of the animals from the park without going in). And walks along the canal (again, so long as you go away from Camden!)
 
Kate said:
Hampstead could be worth a look? Walks on the heath, pretty streets with lots of cafes and a villagey vibe.

If you end up central though I can recommend some cute wine bars - some friends and I have been exploring them lately.
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I'll look at hotels in Hampstead and Primrose hill, thank you!
 
I feel like I want to go to Camden but I don't know why. I know nothing about it.

Really I went to stay and drink in Chelsea. But I'm too poor and common for that
 
I still like Camden! But it's definitely not somewhere to take your mum, unless she was a punk back in the day.
 
As a non Londoner I'd say avoid Camden, Rachey. It isn't what a tourist thinks it is. I last went about a year ago. Or at the very least I'd agree with Kate and say go on your own, not with your mum.
 
I'd take a night out amongst the scummers of Camden over the braying cunts of Chelsea any day, but that's just me.
 
Kate said:
I'd take a night out amongst the scummers of Camden over the braying cunts of Chelsea any day, but that's just me.
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Yeah, but you grew up going to school with braying cunts, and I grew up with scummers :D
 
Wicked is amazing! I love it so much, still sends shivers down my spine!

Camden is quite 'out there' these days I feel.
 
The thing with central London is that it is so much smaller than you think, it's so easy to get around on public transport or even walking. I find hotels ridiculously expensive there though :( So you don't need a hotel in the most central place to do all the sight seeing.
 
I'm coming to London next Wednesday for a bit of a mooch.
 
Star said:
The thing with central London is that it is so much smaller than you think, it's so easy to get around on public transport or even walking. I find hotels ridiculously expensive there though :( So you don't need a hotel in the most central place to do all the sight seeing.
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We've previously stayed in Westminster, Greenwich and tower bridge, I have no idea why. But none were very pleasant and we spent very little time in those areas, apart from Greenwich to go to the park.
 
My Mum turned 70 in February 2020 that's all thank you for listening I hope it makes sense to you.
 
Rachey said:
We've previously stayed in Westminster, Greenwich and tower bridge, I have no idea why. But none were very pleasant and we spent very little time in those areas, apart from Greenwich to go to the park.
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What about a bit more north like Kings Cross/Islington?
 
Rachey said:
What's wrong with Chelsea people:o
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Oh come on, I'm sure you know it's full of posh rich Tory toffs who have never had to do a proper day's work in their over-privileged lives

Also you wouldn't want to stay there because transport is shit. They presumably all get cabs everywhere or have CHAUFFEURS
 
I'd rather have a night out in Chelsea than in Camden with a load of cunts with trust funds who are living on parent money and pretending to be poor because they want to live like common people and want to do whatever common people do

#justsaying
 
@Rachey

I'm always partial to a drink/ bit of food on the southbank. You can always do a boat trip down the Thames from round there as well.
 
Can any of you recommend any nice little cafes or eateries around Marylebone/Fitzrovia way? The last time I came up (well excluding those Voyage visits), it was pissing down and I ended up in a Starbucks in Mayfair when I was on my way to the Gagosian, and I felt ever so dirty afterwards.
 
A bit of googling suggests Charlotte St in Fitztrovia may be a good place to start. Don't think I've knowingly ever been there. I do enjoy discovering corners of London I've never been to before.
 
I've lived in London for nearly 18 years and the Southbank is still the place where I FEEL I'm in London, maybe it's the river, maybe it's the skyline, I don't know. But that's London to me. It helps that many places I enjoy are around that area: Southbank Centre, the BFI, the Tate Modern, Pleasuredrome...
 
Have you thought about ABBA Voyage Rachey? That's something that could appeal to both of you?
 
The Unholy Ghost said:
I'd rather have a night out in Chelsea than in Camden with a load of cunts with trust funds who are living on parent money and pretending to be poor because they want to live like common people and want to do whatever common people do

#justsaying
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Ugh, I’m flying to London on the 20th for a gig in the Camden area and we were just planning on spending the day there for convenience.
 
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