Your Family-Friendly Stay Across Central London: 15 Hotels Mapped by Tube Line

Head to Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury By Ihg for family rooms with air-conditioning and city views, 2.5 km from Trafalgar Square. The restaurant runs international and European dinners, useful when nobody wants to head out twice in one evening, and the fitness centre and terrace fill the gap before an early checkout. This base holds its own among family hotels in central London.

Ride south to The Westin London City, five minutes' walk from St Paul's Cathedral and ten minutes from London Bridge. The indoor pool includes a kids' section, and family rooms come with balconies and city views, plus a family-friendly restaurant running vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options ->.

Head to Ibis London Blackfriars for family rooms five minutes' walk from Waterloo Station, with Tate Modern ten minutes on foot. Charlie's Corner bar runs a 24-hour food and drinks menu, handy when a family's dinner clock never matches the kitchen's rooms.

Head to The Mad Hatter Hotel, a 19th-century former hat factory 150 metres from the Thames in Southwark. The bar serves pub classics and speciality pies, and Tate Modern sits 350 metres away with Waterloo station a five-minute walk from this hotel.

Head to Mercure London Bankside for family rooms close to Tate Modern, Shakespeare's Globe and Borough Market, all reachable on foot. Bistro Mirlot covers French dinners, and the hotel runs floor-by-floor water refill stations rather than single-use plastic bottles.

Ride to Novotel London Bridge for a rooftop leisure suite with a gym, five minutes' walk from Shakespeare's Globe and Tate Modern, and 700 metres from London Bridge Station. Rooms add air cooling and soundproofing for once the family settles in for the night at this hotel.

Head to Novotel London Blackfriars, under 300 metres from Blackfriars Bridge, for an indoor pool with a Saunarium alongside family rooms. Southwark Tube sits two minutes away, and Waterloo and Blackfriars rail stations are under half a mile - useful for resetting fast between a swim and a museum afternoon.

Head to Millennium Hotel And Conference Centre Gloucester London, 100 metres from Gloucester Road Tube Station and a short walk from the V&A Museum. Breakfast runs at South West 7, and the Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall and Hyde Park are all ten minutes on foot from this hotel.

Head to Heeton Concept Hotel - Kensington London, three minutes' walk from Earl's Court Tube Station and close to the Natural History Museum and Kensington Palace. Family Rooms and City Bunx suit shared stays, and the Piccadilly Line runs straight to South Bank's SEA LIFE Aquarium and Shrek's Adventure. The Grab & Go breakfast bar covers fruit juices, croissants and yogurts before an early Tube start.

Head to No1 The Mansions By Mansley, self-catering apartments four minutes' walk from the Tube, useful when a family wants its own kitchen rather than a hotel restaurant. High Street Kensington is a ten-minute walk, and Heathrow is under 40 minutes via Tube from Earl's Court station.

Head to The Nayland Hotel, ten minutes' walk from Hyde Park with Paddington's rail and Tube stations five minutes away. The Heathrow Express covers the transfer in twenty minutes, and the West End's theatres and shops are a further ten-minute walk from this hotel.

Head to Dolphin Hotel, 200 metres from Paddington Tube Station on tree-lined Norfolk Square. There's no lift, worth noting with pushchairs and luggage, but breakfast runs daily in the breakfast room and Marble Arch is a fifteen-minute walk.

Head to Blakemore Hyde Park, five minutes' walk from Hyde Park and from both Bayswater and Queensway Underground stations. The Terrace Restaurant runs a conservatory-style dining room, and Knightsbridge is a twenty-minute walk for a change of scene.

Head to Millennium Hotel London Knightsbridge, 150 metres from Knightsbridge Underground Station and the closest listed hotel to Harrods. Hyde Park is 300 metres away, and the Museum Mile is a ten-minute walk for an afternoon between Sloane Street and South Kensington's collections.

Head to Wellington Hotel By Blue Orchid in Vincent Square, ten minutes' walk from Victoria Station and its Gatwick link. The Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye are all within a fifteen-minute walk, useful for one last loop before a departure.