Best place to stay for London
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I have to go to London on the 18th for a US Visa appt, not sure I trust the train from Stoke not to be cancelled or break down, so was planning on driving and staying somewhere close to London the night before, and then catching the tube into London.
Looking for recommendations on where to stay, that's easy enough to just jump on the tube, but is outside London, so I thought I would seek the wisdom of PH.
Looking for recommendations on where to stay, that's easy enough to just jump on the tube, but is outside London, so I thought I would seek the wisdom of PH.
There must be literally hundreds of possibilities...but assuming you are coming down the M1
- Hilton Hampton at Luton airport is ok. Stayed there recently, plenty of parking. Step out of the hotel and onto a Thameslink train to St Pancreas which takes 30 mins or so.
- Premier Inn at Harrow (Kenton), large car park, a couple of mins walk from two different tube lines into central London in 20 mins or so.
-Or look around Stratford (not so near the M1 I know), loads of different lines, including Elizabeth line there. I've stayed at Premier Inn and Adagio hotel there, both fine. Park on the Westfield shopping centre car park for the night. Moxy hotel very near the station.
- Hilton Hampton at Luton airport is ok. Stayed there recently, plenty of parking. Step out of the hotel and onto a Thameslink train to St Pancreas which takes 30 mins or so.
- Premier Inn at Harrow (Kenton), large car park, a couple of mins walk from two different tube lines into central London in 20 mins or so.
-Or look around Stratford (not so near the M1 I know), loads of different lines, including Elizabeth line there. I've stayed at Premier Inn and Adagio hotel there, both fine. Park on the Westfield shopping centre car park for the night. Moxy hotel very near the station.
Venisonpie said:
M1 - Luton for the overground, M40 - Uxbridge for the Piccadilly line.
Assuming you are coming down the M6/M5/M42/M40, then Uxbridge as above. There's a Travelodge right next to the station. But assuming you're heading to the US embassy, get the Met line, not the Piccadilly. Met line to Kings Cross, Victoria Line to Vauxhall. Much quicker. Nine Elms is the closest station but it's more awkward to get to. Vauxhall is a 10 mins walk. Smurfsarepeopletoo said:
I have to go to London on the 18th for a US Visa appt, not sure I trust the train from Stoke not to be cancelled or break down, so was planning on driving and staying somewhere close to London the night before, and then catching the tube into London.
Looking for recommendations on where to stay, that's easy enough to just jump on the tube, but is outside London, so I thought I would seek the wisdom of PH.
I'd go from Stafford or Crewe rather than Stoke, London bound trains are every 20-30 mins so if one was cancelled there's always another in quick succession.Looking for recommendations on where to stay, that's easy enough to just jump on the tube, but is outside London, so I thought I would seek the wisdom of PH.
I've been going to London via Stafford for the last few years and sure there are cancellations, but with both Avanti and London NW you have options.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Assuming you are coming down the M6/M5/M42/M40, then Uxbridge as above. There's a Travelodge right next to the station. But assuming you're heading to the US embassy, get the Met line, not the Piccadilly. Met line to Kings Cross, Victoria Line to Vauxhall. Much quicker. Nine Elms is the closest station but it's more awkward to get to. Vauxhall is a 10 mins walk.
Nah - Uxbridge -> Baker St -> Oxford Circus -> Vauxhall - one more change, but definitely quicker. Bakerloo -> Victoria Line at Oxford Circus is a doddle. Trains between Baker St and Kings Cross can be really unreliable at times - whichever line you're on.Not an accommodation proposal but having been in the embassy in the passed few months for a visa application few suggestions below -
- Dont turn up too early for your appointment as even though there is a cue outside they will turn you away once you get to the front if you are too early.
- Dont take a laptop with you or anything bigger than a backpack as you will not be allowed to enter.
- If you dont have a choice in taken a bag bigger than a backpack, and or a laptop and if you are missing any paperwork (they want paper copies of everything you need) there is a cafe on Ponton Road that will let you print and store bags, laptops for a fee.
- Dont turn up too early for your appointment as even though there is a cue outside they will turn you away once you get to the front if you are too early.
- Dont take a laptop with you or anything bigger than a backpack as you will not be allowed to enter.
- If you dont have a choice in taken a bag bigger than a backpack, and or a laptop and if you are missing any paperwork (they want paper copies of everything you need) there is a cafe on Ponton Road that will let you print and store bags, laptops for a fee.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Venisonpie said:
M1 - Luton for the overground, M40 - Uxbridge for the Piccadilly line.
Assuming you are coming down the M6/M5/M42/M40, then Uxbridge as above. There's a Travelodge right next to the station. But assuming you're heading to the US embassy, get the Met line, not the Piccadilly. Met line to Kings Cross, Victoria Line to Vauxhall. Much quicker. Nine Elms is the closest station but it's more awkward to get to. Vauxhall is a 10 mins walk. omniflow said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Assuming you are coming down the M6/M5/M42/M40, then Uxbridge as above. There's a Travelodge right next to the station. But assuming you're heading to the US embassy, get the Met line, not the Piccadilly. Met line to Kings Cross, Victoria Line to Vauxhall. Much quicker. Nine Elms is the closest station but it's more awkward to get to. Vauxhall is a 10 mins walk.
Nah - Uxbridge -> Baker St -> Oxford Circus -> Vauxhall - one more change, but definitely quicker. Bakerloo -> Victoria Line at Oxford Circus is a doddle. Trains between Baker St and Kings Cross can be really unreliable at times - whichever line you're on.2. I do this route from the Uxbridge branch of the Met line to Victoria, pretty much once a week for years. . Although the map suggests the one change at KX would be slower, it just isn't. It's actually much quicker. I've doe your route, my route, Piccadilly and change at Green Pk, etc. One change at KX is quicker.
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