Am taking the family on a day out next week from Coventry to London we
will
be getting off at Euston ( I presume) What I need to know is first of all
how from there we get to Oxford st. I seem to recall last time I was there
I
came out front doors went right and then left?

You can do that, yes. Turn right along the Euston Road and turn left when
you get to Tottenham Court Road (Warren Street tube station is on the
corner). You then have to walk down Tottenham Court Road to get to the end
of Oxford Street and even then you are at the grottier end.

However I'd recommend using public transport to take you to Oxford Circus as
although it isn't far you probably have only so much walking in you in a day
and you might as well save it up for somewhere interesting. The Victoria
Line would take you there but I think you might prefer to use buses as you
can see more and it will work out cheaper over the day (it you use more than
two buses a bus pass will typically be cheaper). A quick scan of a bus map
suggests a 10 or 390 bus will take you from the Euston Road and along Oxford
Street to anywhere you want to be.

I'd suggest going to Oxford Circus and heading west to Marble Arch as that
will take in all the big shops.


Also from there (Oxford st)
where do I then go for all the attractions? Trafalgar square, Buckingham
palace etc. I hear they are in walking distance? Can anyone reccomend a
good
site the ones I have ound dont have the info I require.

If you get to Marble Arch you are on the north-east corner of Hyde Park so
you might like to wander through that. If you follow it down to the
south-east corner you are at Hyde Park Corner and then you can walk along
Constitution Hill to see Buckingham Palace. You can then walk along The
Mall (you might like to divert into St James Park alongside) and you will
end up in Trafalgar Square. At Trafalgar Square you are very close to the
river so you might like to go down there and then turn right along the
Embankment to the Houses Of Parliament and Westminster Abbey (and you'll see
the London Eye and County Hall across the river).

From that area you can get buses (looks like the 3 or 12) that take you back
to Oxford Circus via Piccadilly Circus.

Everything is a lot closer than you might think. I'd suggest looking at a
bus map (http://www.busmap.org/ has an excellent one you can download) to
get a feel for things. A streetmap also comes in handy to fill in some of
the street names.