London with a wheelchair

OH2
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I (78) will be visiting my son in London for 2 weeks in late March. I can only walk about two blocks, and have chronic fatigue, so if I go up a few flights of stairs, I am finished for the morning. My fully mobile wife (72) will be along.
We are staying at a hotel at Chalkfarms Tube stop. My choices: mostly hangout at the hotel and near neighborhood. I like the neighborhood and can pursue my photography.
If I want to go further, V&A, Welcome Collection, Portobello Road, should I try renting a wheelchair? A lighter one that my wife and son can haul up and down Tube stairs, or in and out of cabs? What about wheelchairs on busses? Or is that a great deal of trouble? Any advice appreciated.
We are staying at a hotel at Chalkfarms Tube stop. My choices: mostly hangout at the hotel and near neighborhood. I like the neighborhood and can pursue my photography.
If I want to go further, V&A, Welcome Collection, Portobello Road, should I try renting a wheelchair? A lighter one that my wife and son can haul up and down Tube stairs, or in and out of cabs? What about wheelchairs on busses? Or is that a great deal of trouble? Any advice appreciated.
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Hi and welcome to the community
A lightweight wheelchair will be OK to take up and down few stairs obviously without you in it
Steps in a wheelchair are OK if they are not high and only 1 step and the person has strength to tilt you back and over the step but more than one isn't possible
Most buses are accessible for wheelchair the buses have a ramp the driver operates to get you on and off . But then you need a wheelchair bay on the bus or transfer to a sear and fold the chair down0
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