If you are looking for the perfect location to explore London, you can not do better than this neighborhood. It is walking distance from almost everywhere that a tourist in London might want to see. That being said, the downside of being centrally located is that you are where everyone else wants to be too. It is loud all night long. Bring ear plugs! Also, after being unavoidably delayed in my arrival by flight delays and customs, the fact that the host asked for more money and threatened to cancel my reservation at the last minute, but a permanent cloud over the stay.