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  • Offline Pete

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8 Miles through london
on: March 18, 2006, 14:30:42 PM
I need to get From the Park Royal area to the Caledonian Road and back every day next week.



Whats the fastest way of doing it without having to walk more than 10-15mins?

Car/Taxi = too expensive (£10 a day just to park at the hotel!)
Bus = ?
Tube = 42mins

I just cant believe it takes that long to go just a few miles.
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Re:8 Miles through london
Reply #1 on: March 18, 2006, 15:10:49 PM
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  • Offline Dave

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Re:8 Miles through london
Reply #2 on: March 18, 2006, 15:37:53 PM
Tube tbh...
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Reply #3 on: March 18, 2006, 15:45:50 PM
FWIW I live in angel & my office is right next to tower hill station - door to door it can still take 25mins for me (inc walking to & from tube stations)

tube will be the quickest for longer distances across central london in rush hour - even cyclists have to stop at the lights

cycling is quicker than everything else though & probably would probably be the quicker than the tube for me(short distance) though I dont own a bike at the moment
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Reply #4 on: March 18, 2006, 15:52:58 PM
Id say cycle. london traffic = lots of traffic = slooowww :) so safe :) Just need to make sure you dont ride in the gutter while doing it, or youll be parked on. :)
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Re:8 Miles through london
Reply #5 on: March 18, 2006, 16:07:27 PM
Eight miles should be easy enough on a bike and cheaper than most other means of getting there ;)
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Reply #6 on: March 18, 2006, 16:23:24 PM
Either cycle it or take the tube.  I havent been to london for years now but it was straight forward enough to get around by tube.

Id just take the straightforward route and chage and Green Park.  Then either walk or take the tube accross from highbury & Wellington.

If there is anything I learnt in my visits to londinium its avoid the very old lines where possible.
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Re:8 Miles through london
Reply #7 on: March 18, 2006, 16:32:40 PM
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Either cycle it or take the tube.  I havent been to london for years now but it was straight forward enough to get around by tube.

Id just take the straightforward route and chage and Green Park.  Then either walk or take the tube accross from highbury & Wellington.


LOL - it is Islington not  "Wellington"

the quickest way is just to simply get on the tube at Park Royal and get off at Caledonian Road
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Re:8 Miles through london
Reply #8 on: March 18, 2006, 16:49:46 PM
Could only guess what is was with that red circle blocking it...
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Re:8 Miles through london
Reply #9 on: March 18, 2006, 17:00:56 PM
hmm 40mins seems the best possible time, I cant take a bike up - for starters I dont even have one :)

I was wondering if itd be quicker to walk to another station like West Acton, then go straight down the central and up picadilly but it makes no diff :(


Curse thee hotel agent  :evil:

Edit:

West Acton - Oxford Circus = 23mins
Oxford Circus - caledonian road = 11mins

= 34mins :)
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Re:8 Miles through london
Reply #10 on: March 18, 2006, 17:30:15 PM
Quote from: sdp

Edit:

West Acton - Oxford Circus = 23mins
Oxford Circus - caledonian road = 11mins

= 34mins :)


add extra minutes for walking to west acton? - If your closest tube stationis park royal that is

extra minutes for changing tubes at oxford circus during rush hour

extra minutes to walk from islington to caledonian road - or to go to caledonian road from islington via tube

surely it would be quicker for you, and a lot less hassle to simply get on the tube at park royal and get off the tube at caledonian road assuming those are the two closest stations to where you are staying and where you are working
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Reply #11 on: March 18, 2006, 17:46:57 PM
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surely it would be quicker for you, and a lot less hassle to simply get on the tube at park royal and get off the tube at caledonian road assuming those are the two closest stations to where you are staying and where you are working


^^

what he said ;)
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