Barb_in_Ga

DS and wife are going to London in October for an Atlanta Falcons game. They will arrive at Heathrow on Friday AM, depart Heathrow on Monday, and will go to the game on Sunday.

I feel they should stay in central London (near Westminster, Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square, or Charing Cross) in order to see the sights on Friday and Saturday. Any suggestions on a location that will allow them to see several highlights on Friday and Saturday, and still be able to have a fairly easy trip to the stadium on Sunday?

Thanks,
Barb

PalenQ

The Tube goes right to the gates of the stadium as does the Overground - commuter trains - so anywhere in London makes it easy to go by Tube to Wembley - I would not think location makes much difference, the Tube going everywhere.

janisj

Did they get a package (I went to the Niner/Jaguar game last October). Most attending were on some sort of game/hotel/transit package.

If not, then they'll have to book their own place of course. They can stay absolutely ANYWHERE in central London.

The tube is super easy <b>Wembley Park</b> is the best tube station (Jubilee and Metropolitan lines), <b>Wembley Stadium</b> is the train station w/ trains to Marylebone w/ tube connections there. <b>Wembley Central </b> (Bakerloo line and regular trains) is the other possibility but it is a bit farther from the stadium. As you can see - good connection from just about anywhere.

Getting there is no problem at all -- getting HOME after the game is a whole different matter. 85,000 arriving over 4 hours through the afternoon - no big deal 85,000 all leaving at the exact SAME time - a very VERY big deal.

flanneruk

"85,000 all leaving at the exact SAME time - a very VERY big deal."

Not really. The system's geared to deal with this - as at football grounds in every civilised city - for fans with the sense to travel by train or tube. It's very unusual to have to queue for more than half an hour after a match - and the contraflow system into the stations rarely takes more than 10 mins.

The problem is fans travelling by road, especially with evening games. It can take a couple of hours to get out of the car park, which is no fun late at night.

Gordon_R

I know there are a lot of Americans in London, but do these minority interest (in the UK) sports really attract a capacity crowd at Wembley?

Flanner, www.justpark.com is your friend. I never use the official car park now.

janisj

flanner -- that may be the case for a regular football match w/ locals who know what they are doing. But last October it was a HUGE mess. I was trapped in sort of corrals where folks were released about 200 at a time by some very strict police. I escaped after about 30 minutes and made my way to Wembey Stadium station and the queue there was still more than 20 minutes. People staying in my same hotel and took the tube ended up queueing for the tube for nearly 90 minutes.

Gordon_R: >>I know there are a lot of Americans in London, but do these minority interest (in the UK) sports really attract a capacity crowd at Wembley?<<

Absolutely! In fact the San Francisco 49er game last year sold out completely w/i about 3 days when it was announced months ahead. There were a HUGE number attending from the Continent. A lot of the folks sitting near me were Germans and French, though there were quite a few Brits - only maybe 20%-25% were Yanks, who mostly flew in specifically for the game.