The Great Hunt: What are your tips for doing London on a budget?

Ireally

London on a budget
Don't forget that if you have a pensioners bus pass in your own town/ city you can use it on the London buses. Also children travel free. If you are taking the grandchildren on an outing it's great ( to a free museum?) You get to see more of London too than travel in on the tube.

NectarCollector

If you are going with a friend/family member, consider buying a 'two together' railcard (you'll need a photo of yourself and your friend for the online application). Usually £30 but there's often a £3 discount code when buying online - just google it to find out if there is one active at the time of applying.

Train tickets for 2 to Kings Cross from my nearest station cost £79.40 (anytime return). Using a railcard would yield a discount of £27, (no overall saving in this example if using a £3 discount code, but would still save 30% when the 2 of you travel by train together anywhere in the UK for a whole year afterwards as well)

p00hsticks

NectarCollector wrote: »

If you are going with a friend/family member, consider buying a 'two together' railcard (you'll need a photo of yourself and your friend for the online application). Usually £30 but there's often a £3 discount code when buying online - just google it to find out if there is one active at the time of applying.

Or if you have a Tesco clubcard, you can get one for £15 worth of clubcard points.

edfnightmare

If you're on a budget and hungry go to The Stockpot at 273 Kings Road (it has a website stockpotchelsea). Its been there forever and serves basic good food at amazing prices for any part of London, nevermind Chelsea. Unfortunately the one near Leicester Sq closed last year, but locals (including the odd famous one) love these places. Its rare to find good old-fashioned grub at these prices.

tightasagnats

Soho and Chinatown great for independent and cheap eats, Jen cafe for homemade dumplings and dishes for about £6 run by women, Chinatown bakery opposite for buns and savouries around £1.50 each, Maoz felafel for £6.50 on Old Compton street choose your own salad, and on a sunny day get take out and sit in the garden of St Ann's church on wardour street with the locals or soho square. You can then walk down to the river via Trafalgar square and cross to the southbank over Charing Cross pedestrian bridge, visit Tate Modern, take a river boat up the Thames. Please take your litter home with you and have fun in our lovely city.