Areas to live in London

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Hi,

I will be moving from Glasgow to London in September for work and will be working round Whitehall, so walking distance from Charing Cross and Westminster tubes. So I have been looking at areas on these tube lines and have come up with Kilburn/Queens Park/West Hampstead, Fulham/Putney and the Northern line above Islington so Chalk Farm/Kentish Town/Tufnell Park up to as far as Archway. Budget isn't that big, looking at £650 a month for a room with bills included. Any other areas you would look at? Don't have a big list of requirements, as long as there are decent local amenities and good transport links

Also, is changing tube lines in the morning a complete pain? This would open up places along the Central Line both East and West but I don't want to do that every morning if it's going to stress me out.

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I've considered somewhere South and walking to work but only looking about 30 mins each way so think most of Vauxhall is a bit far, Lambeth North and Waterloo are do-able though. Quite expensive now but obviously saving a lot on a Travelcard.

If changing lines isn't too bad I'll look at other areas too. Not long back from Barcelona where it could be a 10 minute + walk to change!