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TRAVELLING FROM HEATHROW / GATWICK / LUTON / STANSTED AIRPORTS At all the airports there will be an information desk and they will be able to help you to find your way either to the Underground or Buses/Coaches which will take you into Central London. When you arrive in Central London you must find your way onto the Underground, Northern Line (Edgware Branch) and you will exit at Belsize Park. Out of the station you will turn right and Belsize Avenue is the second road on the left. (You will see a green/yellow BP petrol station) A STRANGE CITTRAVELLING TO Y IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT SO WE HOPE YOU WILL FIND THE FOLLOWING LINKS USEFUL HAVING TROUBLE TRANSLATING? http://babelfish.altavista.com/cgi-bin/translate UNIVERSAL CURRENCY CONVERTER http://www.xe.net/cgi-bin/ucc/convert Please note that this is intended as a guide only and no responsiblilty is accepted for it’s accuracy GETTING AROUND LONDON ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND AND BUSES http://www.londontransport.co.uk This is a site by our main rail net work provider which will tell you everything you want to know about mainline trains: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ Look at these long distance bus/coach services: http://www.nationalexpress.com/home/hp.cfm BRITISH MONARCHY Try these sites to see a sample of the entertainment in London in the theatres, clubs and cinemas: http://www.albemarle-london.com/news.html Take a stroll through the lovely parks of London: http://www.britainexpress.com/London/london-parks-inner.htm Maybe a trip to the famous Earls Court or Olympia exhibition centres are more to your taste: Take in a view at the London Eye: http://www.ba-londoneye.com/ ……or how about a trip to the Museum of London? http://www.museum-london.org.uk/ If the weather is not very good you could try the London Aquarium: http://www.londonaquarium.co.uk Or if the weather is nice how about Kew Gardens? http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ OK…..so it started raining again! Then how about The Tate Gallery? http://www.tate.org.uk/ …….or Madame Tussauds the wax museum : http://www.madame-tussauds.co.uk/experience.asp Try to find some of the usual and not so usual places to visit in London: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/ ….or head off for the Portobello Road Market: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/ Everyone knows about the Camden Market or do they?? http://www.camdenlock.net/markets.html Interested in visiting the Millennium Dome: http://wwp.millennium-dome.com/ How about a boat cruise – cross fingers the weather is good!! http://www.londontown.com/London/Organised_River_Tours/ Finally the original sightseeing tour by bus around London: http://www.theoriginaltour.com/ We hope that the various links helped you to get a taste of what is in store for you in the greatest city in the world. If you have any comments about this site please let us know. |