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room, pay Internet access and Wi-Fi, members' kitchen, laundry, open 24 hours, book long
in advance, between Oxford Circus and Great Portland Street Tube stations at 104 Bolsover
Street—see map on here , tel. [phone], www.yha.org.uk , [e-mail] ).
$ Oxford Street Youth Hostel is right in the shopping and clubbing zone in Soho, with
90 beds (£20-30/bunk, twin D-£50-60, members pay £3 less, includes sheets, rental tow-
els, pay Internet access and Wi-Fi, lockers—BYO lock, members' kitchen, laundry, open
24 hours, 14 Noel Street, Tube: Oxford Street, tel. [phone], www.yha.org.uk , ox-
[e-mail] ).
$ St. Paul's Youth Hostel, near St. Paul's Cathedral, is modern, friendly, well-run, and
a bit scruffy. Most of the 210 beds are in shared, single-sex 3- to 11-bunk rooms (£20-30/
bunk depending on demand, twin D-£50-60, includes locker and sheets but not breakfast,
members pay £3 less, laundry, pay Internet access and Wi-Fi, cheap meals, open 24 hours,
36CarterLane,Tube:St.Paul's,tel.[phone]or0845-371-9012, www.yha.org.uk , st-
[e-mail] ).
$ A cluster of three St. Christopher's Inn hostels, south of the Thames near London
Bridge, have cheap dorm beds; one branch (the Oasis) is for women only. All have loud and
friendly bars attached (£22-32, includes sheets, lockers, small breakfast, must be over 18
years old, free Wi-Fi, open 24 hours, 161-165 Borough High Street, Tube: Borough or Lon-
don Bridge, reservations tel. [phone], www.st-christophers.co.uk ).
Dorms
$$ The University of Westminster opens its dorm rooms to travelers during summer break,
from June through mid-September. Located in several high-rise buildings scattered around
central London, the rooms—some with private bathrooms, others with shared bathrooms
nearby—comewithaccesstowell-equippedkitchensandbiglounges(S-£32-41,Sb-£61,D-
£108, Db-£182, tel. [phone], www.westminster.ac.uk/business/summer-accommoda-
tion , [e-mail] ).
$$ The London School of Economics has openings in its dorms from July through
September (S-£28-34, Sb-£56-65, D-£52-60, Db-£76-95, tel. [phone],
www.lsevacations.co.uk , [e-mail] ) .
$ University College London also has rooms for travelers, from late June until mid-
September (S-£33-37, Sb-£49, 2-night minimum, cable Internet access in rooms, Wi-Fi
in some common areas, tel. [phone], www.ucl.ac.uk/residences , accommoda-
[e-mail] ).