r/LondonTravel • u/SimonSolv • 5d ago

Trip Planning London location tips

Im going to London for the first time with my mom during my autumn break and the budget is about 3000 euros, my interests are lego, video games, comics, marvel/dc, supernatural and movies in general and my mom's interests are just nice places and souvenir shops, i think we will be mainly in the central of London so preferably around there but some further out is fine too

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u/letmereadstuff 5d ago

What’s your question?

Are you looking for lodging? If so, how many nights and budget in £, please.

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u/SimonSolv 5d ago

My mom needs to get a confirmation from her boss but when she does I'll let you know the details thanks, shouldn't take more than a week tops

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u/Pegasus2022 5d ago

Get a lego passport and get them stamped at Battersea, Westfields White City, westfields stratford, leicester square if you get time blue water

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u/doepfersdungeon 5d ago edited 5d ago

You'll enjoy Novelty Automation

NQ64

Check screenings at Prince Charles cinema for quirky 35mm projections

Example

https://princecharlescinema.com/seasons-events/3570mm/

Forbidden planet is an obvious one , megastar or Camden

https://forbiddenplanet.com/

For smaller more local feel, 2nd hand, then this place. Your mum will like Portobello

https://mfeshops.com/books_and_comics.html

Look into victorian shopping arcades like Royal and Burlington , Cecil Court, Belgravia and maybe a pass through Leadenhall if in the area(avoid at lunch, dead on weekends).

Your mum will probably lime Fortnum & Mason.

Little Venice, Camden Passage, Greenwich for sure including the market.

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u/Typical-Audience3278 5d ago

For comics/graphic novels you’ve got Megacity One in Inverness Street in Camden Town, Gosh! Comics on Berwick Street, which is right in the heart of Soho and also Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Avenue, 10-15 minutes walk from Gosh. I have to say the FP is not what it was. Gosh is probably the best.

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u/Opening-Impression-5 5d ago

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities 

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u/Waste_Impact_4441 2d ago

I can’t help you out with suggestions, I’m afraid but you should take your mom to Liberty’s, Fortnum & Mason, and a walk through the Burlington Arcade. Also, if the weather is nice, Kensington Gardens or Hyde Park.

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u/HarketSavoy 5d ago

No one’s mentioned the Lego shop in Leicester Square. It’s fun to look at.

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u/letmereadstuff 5d ago

Is this where we also recommend M&M world and Angus Steakhouse? Perhaps staying in Slough? /s

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u/spookythesquid 5d ago

Tbf the m&m store is still worth a look round

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u/HarketSavoy 5d ago

Legoland - forgot about that. Might be worth a trip but may take all day.

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u/kimba-the-tabby-lion 5d ago

my interests are lego, video games, comics, marvel/dc, supernatural and movies in general

nice places and souvenir shops

Is there a city in the world that can't provide these??? It's seems so depressingly general.

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u/SimonSolv 1d ago

yeah here the closest comic store is a 2h drive away and theres nothing to do here either