Doc does London 2025 ( or wants to šŸ¤” ) - Thursday 13th March - A date for your diary

Hub by Premier in is right beside Kingā€™s Cross station allowing you to drop your stuff off. Itā€™s a small modern hotel with a bar. Room is basically a bar with a bathroom. I think would be perfect as Iā€™ve used this one dozens of times when travelling to London.

Tube is easy and most places can be walked to.

Note people from Nā€™orn Iā€™ron have to say ā€˜bout yeā€™ to everyone they make eye contact with in London. Law

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Smartbazza said:
Hub by Premier in is right beside Kingā€™s Cross station allowing you to drop your stuff off. Itā€™s a small modern hotel with a bar. Room is basically a bar with a bathroom. I think would be perfect as Iā€™ve used this one dozens of times when travelling to London.

Tube is easy and most places can be walked to.

Note people from Nā€™orn Iā€™ron have to say ā€˜bout yeā€™ to everyone they make eye contact with in London. Law

Barry
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Ah this one.

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hub by Premier Inn London King's Cross hotel Ā· 50 Wharfdale Rd., London N1 9FA, Vereinigtes Kƶnigreich

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Oldrat said:
Pie mash n liquor in Greenwich ?

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I had considered that or Manze on Tower Bridge Roadā€¦.. or the 24 hour bagel bake at the top of Brick Lane. The trouble comes in that itā€™s a pretty full itinerary and you canā€™t realistically do it all.

I want to try out Thames Barrier > Greenwich Royal Observatory > River boat > London Bridge > walk back to Manzeā€™s > walk to Tower Bridge > City. Itā€™s not the most sensible way to go but it includes the river boatā€¦. Or itā€™s back to Canary Wharf from Greenwich and the Jubillee Line.
 
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Wappingā€™s suggestion of Cuty Sark/Royal observatory then river boat to Westminster via Tower London/Bridge is an excellent day out we used to do regularly when the kids were younger. Bit late for conkering in Greenwich Park šŸŒ³
 
I might be up for this, Iā€™ve never had Pie ā€˜n Mash or a proper fresh Beigel.

I worked in London for years but was too busy driving around it fixing stuff on rooftops, basements and plant rooms to enjoy any of it.
 
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Oldrat said:
Pie mash n liquor in Greenwich ?

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Actually pretty good idea this one in my humble opinion.
Easy to get to as well. DLR to Greenwich by Cutty Sark station and a 3 minute walk if that. We could ask them if theyĀ“d be prepared to reseve an evening for us including dinner. By my guess weĀ“d be around 10-15 bods!
From there its pretty easy to get most places.
DLR back to Canary Wharf and then you have Jubilee Line and Elizabeth line which will get you almost anywhere in London pretty quickly
Alternative is to take the Uber Boats fast ferry any up river all the way to Westminster.
Never been but walked past it many times as I really enjoy going to Greenwich.
 
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g00ner said:
Wappingā€™s suggestion of Cuty Sark/Royal observatory then river boat to Westminster via Tower London/Bridge is an excellent day out we used to do regularly when the kids were younger. Bit late for
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Cutty Sark at Greenwich, was there last Sunday, looking towards Canary Wharf, and the second photo is the Uber Boats fast Ferry.
Alternative to above is to jump on the Ferry at Westminster, ride all the way down to Greenwich, do the walk up to the observatory and enjoy the beautiful views back to Canary Wharf skyline and The City and then stroll down to the the Pie and Mash suggestion made by OldRat! And then back by Ferry or DLR etc

Happy to help arrange anything as that's my neck of the woods anyway. 3 stops on the DLR from my flat to Cutty Sark & The Museum etc.


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g00ner said:
conkering in Greenwich Park šŸŒ³
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A Friday night outā€¦ you do realise it wonā€™t be spent sitting in a ā€œsnugā€ discussing the merits of different craft beers inbetween mouthfuls of dry roasted peanuts wearing a cardigan and elasticated waist trousers before going home at 11pm. :D

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Steptoe said:
Please, not Greenwich. We donā€™t want to give our northern friends a bad impression.

It has to be Manzies, Tower Bridge road.
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I yield to your superior knowledge! (y)(y)(y) Looks indeed to be top notch. Might even give it a try before hand in the New Year
Will they be able to take a larger group?
 
Steptoe said:
A Friday night outā€¦ you do realise it wonā€™t be spent sitting in a ā€œsnugā€ discussing the merits of different craft beers inbetween mouthfuls of dry roasted peanuts wearing a cardigan and elasticated waist trousers before going home at 11pm. :D

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I wouldn't worry on the drinking front. Something I'm pretty good at. :LOL:
 
West side jaunt, very very roughly

Kensington Palace

Hyde Park

Royal Albert Hall

Harrods

Thin House

Royal Hospital

Battersea Power Station

London Eye

Lambeth Palace

Buckingham Palace

Westminster Abbey / Houses of Parliament / Big Ben

Trafalgar Square

Downing Street

Horse Guards

Whitehall

St Jamesā€™ Palace

Piccadilly / Fortnum & Mason / Albany

Bond Street / Oxford Street / Regent Street

Piccadilly Circus

Leicester Square

Covent Garden

China Town / Theatre Land

Soho

Quite a long way on footā€¦..

Again, Iā€™ll recce it all at some point.


PS Some will say, yeah but thatā€™s all the tourist spots. True. But if we donā€™t see all / most of them, someone is bound to say, ā€œBut you never saw ā€”- insert place that was missedā€. You could have quite a good time, just ā€˜doingā€™ the Royal Parks or Londonā€™s 10 most unusual buildings or the 50 churches in the City of Londonā€¦. Orā€¦ā€¦.
 
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