If
you are arriving by car, we can give you instructions on how to get here.
You will be able to park your car off the road in our large driveway which can
be locked at night.|
Travel
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If
you are arriving by car, we can give you instructions on how to get here.
You will be able to park your car off the road in our large driveway which can
be locked at night.
If
you are arriving by air to Heathrow or Gatwick, we can help you with
car transport or with train or Underground arrangements. Alternatively, you
may want to make your own arrangements from Heathrow by Underground (click
here for Underground information), train (click
here for details of the Heathrow Express), bus (click
here for Airbus details) or Gatwick express train (click
here for Gatwick Express).
From
Stansted Airport, take the train to Liverpool Street Station (click
here for Stansted Express details) and from there take the Underground (see
map below) or the 133 bus which takes you directly to us.
On ARRIVAL at the local tube station (Tooting Bec) or train station (Streatham Common) ring us and we will collect you with your baggage by car. This free car service is also provided on your DEPARTURE but is subject to drivers' availability and at your own risk.
The house is situated in Streatham (click here for map) in a architecturally and historically preserved area in South West London (SW16) , about 15-25 minutes from the centre of London. For instance it takes 16 minutes by train to Victoria Station or about 20 minutes by Underground to Charing Cross. By car it would take 15-20 minutes to Sloane Square, Westminster or Harrods at Knightsbridge.
There are many options for travel (click here for London travel information) such as
Underground
trains ("the Tube") run every few minutes from Tooting Bec
Station on the Northern Line (it takes about 25 minutes to Oxford Circus). This
will take you to the West End (via Charing Cross) or the City (via Bank) without
changing. We are in Zone 3 so the one-day Travelcard for Zones 1-4 which enables
you to travel on any public transport after 9.30am costs £4.10 (only
20p more than Zone 1-2 cards) - click
here for Travelcard price information.
Trains
(above ground) run every 10 minutes from Streatham Common or Streatham
Hill stations for central London, Victoria (16 minutes travel time) or Waterloo.
Alternatively, trains about every 15 minutes to Blackfriars/St Pauls (20 minutes
travel time) or London Bridge (25 minutes travel time) leave from Streatham
Station.
Frequent
buses go direct without change to Chelsea, Sloane Square, Westminster,
Oxford Street, and Liverpool Street mainline station (for Stansted Airport).
These are a good way of seeing London but take longer than the Underground or
trains (30-45 minutes depending on traffic) - click
here for bus information.
By
car
if you are prepared
to face the traffic and find parking in central London. It will normally take
15-20 minutes except during the rush hours.
REMEMBER YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR CAR IN THE DRIVE OF OUR HOUSE WHERE IT WILL BE OFF THE ROAD