the tube in London

Is the tube in London a safe way to travel? I will be there in August,
and I plan to go around the place by the tube. Is that safe and
convenient? What are the popular places (for tourists) I can and cannot
go to if traveling via the tube?




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BenjieP

On Jul 5, 1:43 pm, Tamzen Cannoy <tam...@cannoy.org> wrote:
> In article <BenjieP.2b5a...@travelbanter.com>,
>
>  BenjieP <BenjieP.2b5a...@travelbanter.com> wrote:
> > Is the tube in London a safe way to travel? I will be there in August,and I
> > plan to go around the place by the tube. Is that safe andconvenient? What are
> > the popular places (for tourists) I can and cannotgo to if traveling via the
> > tube?-- BenjieP
>
> It's quite safe minus the pickpockets but just be aware. However in
> August it will be VERY hot in the tube because it's not air-conditioned
> on any of the lines that I am aware. Have some water with you and watch
> for heat related problems if you suffer from them. Buy an Oyster card
> (you get the deposit back when you turn it back in) cause it's half
> price over single tickets. Pretty much everything you want to see in
> London is with in a short walk of a tube station.

Do Oyster Cards for adults have to be purchased in advance or are the
available immediately when arriving at Heathrow?

"BenjieP" <BenjieP.2b5aa38@travelbanter.com> wrote in message
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>
> Is the tube in London a safe way to travel?

Yes

> I will be there in August,
> and I plan to go around the place by the tube. Is that safe and
> convenient?

Yes

> What are the popular places (for tourists) I can and cannot
> go to if traveling via the tube?

Most places south of the river, but thats only because the tube
doesnt go there much. There arent too many tourist locations
in Peckham or Clapham though

Keith

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:19:24 +0100, BenjieP
<BenjieP.2b5aa38@travelbanter.com> wrote:

>
>Is the tube in London a safe way to travel? I will be there in August,
>and I plan to go around the place by the tube. Is that safe and
>convenient? What are the popular places (for tourists) I can and cannot
>go to if traveling via the tube?


You'd be surprised how many places you can just walk to. Check your
street map. I had friends who took the tube from their Russel
Square Hotel to the British Library. They had to change twice to go
eight blocks. <g>

The City itself is only about a square mile and most of the major
stuff is in that sq mile.

I don't believe the tube goes to the London Eye. Or at least it was
very convenient to take a bus to the theatre on that side of the
river.

Keri, who will be in London in October to see Kenneth Branagh in
Ivanov

"Paul Dwerryhouse" <paul+usenet@dwerryhouse.com.au> skrev i meddelandet
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> BenjieP <BenjieP.2b5aa38@travelbanter.com> writes:
>
>>Is the tube in London a safe way to travel? I will be there in August,
>>and I plan to go around the place by the tube. Is that safe and
>>convenient?
>
> It's safe, but it's a fairly tiring way to travel - I found that I was
> spending
> an awful lot of time trudging along corridors, up and down escalators -
> and
> it's rare to be able to get a seat, too.
>
However the old parts and stations of the tube and underground system are
real interesting as examples of late 19th century and early 20th century
industrial architecture.

"tim....." <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
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>
> "Ian F." <wowfabgroovy@***************> wrote in message
> news:6dbgqhF1o4g8U1@mid.***************...
>> "kerilotion" <kerilotion@udm.sn> wrote in message
>> news:l600741vpvueurcq3vg9ir22197e6vhkao@********...
>>
>>> The City itself is only about a square mile and most of the major
>>> stuff is in that sq mile.
>>
>> Eh?
>>
>> 'The City' is what we call the financial district and is, indeed, roughly
>> a square mile. Very few major tourist attractions are there.
>
> The Bank of England *
> Mansion House *
> Guildhall of London
> Tower of London **
> Tower Bridge **
> The Monument
> St Paul's
> St Mary Le Bow
> Petticote Lane
> Smithfield Market
> Billingsgate Market
> Museum of London
> The (roman) London Wall
> Old Bailey
> Inns of Court (The Temple)
>
> * You used to be able to go inside these buildings. I guess that you
> can't anymore.
> ** technically just outside
>
> Whilst it is true to say that there are lots of attractions outside the
> city, it's silly to say that there are none inside.
>
> tim
>
I've seen in an old guidebook that the Queen isn't allowed into City without
permission, a permission normally granted from the mayor. True or ?

On 7/5/2008 2:25 PM luxor1275bc@********** ignored two million years of
human evolution to write:

> Do Oyster Cards for adults have to be purchased in advance or are the
> available immediately when arriving at Heathrow?

No need to purchase in advance. I bought one at the tube station
(I think it was Parsons Green) last time I was in London. I
returned it the same day I left town and got the purchase price
refunded. I'm quite sure you can buy one at Heathrow's
tube station.

"yod-yog+ais" <"d?g+s=1ne3.ree,zero.null=0="@=gh_mhaei|l.com> wrote in
message news:6dfrqeF270ieU1@mid.***************...
> On 7/5/2008 2:25 PM luxor1275bc@********** ignored two million years of
> human evolution to write:
>
>> Do Oyster Cards for adults have to be purchased in advance or are the
>> available immediately when arriving at Heathrow?
>
> I'm quite sure you can buy one at Heathrow's
> tube station.

There's a Transport for London sales counter in the arrivals hall at T5.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On 2008-07-06, tim..... <tims_new_home@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> "Ian F." <wowfabgroovy@***************> wrote in message
> news:6dbgqhF1o4g8U1@mid.***************...
>> "kerilotion" <kerilotion@udm.sn> wrote in message
>> news:l600741vpvueurcq3vg9ir22197e6vhkao@********...
>>
>>> The City itself is only about a square mile and most of the major
>>> stuff is in that sq mile.
>>
>> Eh?
>>
>> 'The City' is what we call the financial district and is, indeed, roughly
>> a square mile. Very few major tourist attractions are there.

Names can give people some weird ideas. I remember a poster who claimed Berlin
was actually two seperate cities, east and west, with a park between them.


> The Bank of England *
> Mansion House *
> Guildhall of London
> Tower of London **
> Tower Bridge **
> The Monument
> St Paul's
> St Mary Le Bow
> Petticote Lane
> Smithfield Market
> Billingsgate Market
> Museum of London
> The (roman) London Wall
> Old Bailey
> Inns of Court (The Temple)
>
> * You used to be able to go inside these buildings. I guess that you can't
> anymore.
> ** technically just outside
>
> Whilst it is true to say that there are lots of attractions outside the
> city, it's silly to say that there are none inside.

The claim wasn't "none", but "very few". If we go by your list and remove
the attractions outside the area, we are left with St Pauls as the only
major tourist attraction. That seems to support the "very few" claim.