Tourist Attractions and Shopping Activities
The Axial Line, the red band on London Underground maps, runs beyond axial London.
The band starts from Epping in the north-east and terminates at a) Ealing Broadway in the west and b) West Ruislip in the north-west. The Axial band covers a ambit of 74km (46 miles) and serves 49 tube stations.
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Listed beneath are some of the 49 tube stations that a lot of tourists are acceptable to use if they appointment London.
Stratford base is the stop area the Olympic Village (London Olympics 2012) is located. You charge to change actuality for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and stop at Pudding Mill Lane (1 stop from Stratford station) area the Olympic Stadium is located.
Liverpool Street base is one of the capital railway stations in London. This is the base area visitors yield the alternation to Stanstead Airport.
Other attractions abreast Liverpool Street base cover the Gherkin Building, Toynbee Hall and the Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Bank base is abutting to several day-tripper attractions including Mansion House (the official abode of the Lord Mayor of the City of London), the Coffer of England, The Royal Exchange, Leadenhall Bazaar and the Lloyd's Building.
Lloyds Building is the home of the allowance institution, Lloyds of London, the world's arch allowance market.
St Paul's base is a abbreviate airing to St Paul's Cathedral, the additional better basilica in the apple afterwards St Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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Other day-tripper attractions abreast St Paul's base cover the Museum of London, Millennium Pedestrian Bridge, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Tate Modern. From the Tate Modern you can yield a adequate airing forth the river coffer and adore the admirable architect and sounds of London.
Near Chancery Lane base are the Inns of Court, the Royal Courts of Justice, the Yeomanry Museum and the London Argent Vaults (the home to the world's better retail accumulating of accomplished aged silver).
Stop at Holborn base for Lincoln's Inn, the British Museum, Sir John Soane's Museum, The Hunterian Museum, the London School of Economics and the Royal College of Surgeons.
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During the year Law acceptance are appropriate to banquet "in Hall" of Lincoln's Inn a assertive amount of times afore they authorize to be "called to the Bar".
You get off at Tottenham Court Road base if you are visiting the British Museum, the Dominion Theatre and the Axial YMCA. A lot of of the West End theatres and London Chinatown are amid in the south of Tottenham Court Road station.
Tottenham Court Road shops are acclaimed for the auction of electrical appurtenances like televisions and computers.
Oxford Circus base is the centre of the busiest arcade commune in London. This is area Oxford Street (running in east-west direction) meets Regent Street (running in north-south direction). Both Oxford Street and Regent Street are actual active arcade streets and that is why a lot of humans adopt to stop at Oxford Circus if they appear to the West End to shop.
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Bond Street base is one stop west of Oxford Street station.
Shops in Bond Street banal affected and big-ticket artist clothes and accessories. Celebrities from all over the apple are generally apparent arcade in Bond Street.
New Bond Street and South Moulton Street, both streets acclaimed for affected and big-ticket jewellery and watches, are alone a abbreviate ambit abroad from Bond Street station.
Selfridges Department Store is just a brace of account airing from the station.
Marble Arch base is amid at the west end of Oxford Street. Opposite Marble Arch base is Esplanade Lane, acclaimed for its 5 brilliantHOTELS such as the Dorchester HOTEL, InterContinental Hotel and Hilton Esplanade Lane. If you airing center down Esplanade Lane, you will see the Animal in War Memorial. This canonizing is to admire the contributions fabricated by animals that serve alongside troops during the war.
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Hyde Esplanade is amid to the west of Marble Arch base and the Speakers Corner is alone beneath than 5 account airing away.
Lancaster Gate base is area you get off if you are visiting the Hyde Esplanade Italian Gardens, the Serpentine, Diana, Princess of Wales Fountain and the Bayswater Road Artists Gallery.
Queensway base is the stop if you are visiting Kensington Palace. You can aswell alpha your "Diana, Princess of Wales, Canonizing Walk" from Kensington Gardens beyond the station. This is a 7 mile airing beyond 4 Royal Parks, 3 Royal Palaces and several accepted London landmarks. You just chase the Diana Canonizing Airing plaques that are anchored forth the route.
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Fashionable Notting Hill Gate is acclaimed for the Notting Hill Gate Carnival. This accident is captivated actuality annually during the August Coffer Holiday and is organised by the Caribbean community. This is a actual accepted accident and anniversary year hundreds of bags of humans assemble actuality to accompany in the celebrations.
Portobello Road Bazaar is aswell internationally accepted and is busiest on Saturdays.
Holland Esplanade is a admirable esplanade with its acclaimed Orangery, Kyoto Garden and accessible air theatre.
Holland House, originally accepted as Cope Castle, is now a ruin, accepting been destroyed by bombs during Apple War II.
Next to Shepherd's Bush base is the Westfield Arcade Centre with added than 300 shops beneath one roof and is currently the better burghal arcade circuitous in Europe.
White City station. Actuality you can appointment the BBC Television Centre and accompany its tours. Nearby is Loftus Road Stadium, home of Queens Esplanade Rangers Football Club and the London Wasps Rugby Club.
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Apart from Stratford base (zone 3) and Holland Park, Shepherd's Bush and White City stations (zone 2), all the added Axial band stations listed aloft are in area 1. So if you are not planning to appointment these stations, you alone charge to buy a 1-day Travelcard for area 1. That will accord you absolute biking for a day in area 1 by bus as able-bodied as by tube.
