We were wondering if there were any unsafe areas/tube stations we should avoid while in London? Thanks in advance!

Fodors <BR> <BR>About three miles from the West End, in various directions, are areas of social housing, high rise apartment vlocks, where the police walk in pairs. You should not go there. But then, why would you ? They are ugly, and we are blowing some of them up. <BR> <BR>Otherwise, there are no unsafe areas, tube stations, or anything else. I hear that great Ameriucan cities have such areas: we do not. <BR> <BR>Ben Haines, London <BR> <BR>

Myself and a girlfriend traveled to London last summer and we NEVER felt any threat of anything even remotely happening to us. The only incident we noticed was a street that was blocked off by police across from Hyde Park, police were coming in by the van loads and that was for a non-fatal stabbing! In the U.S. this would not even have made the news! You won't have a problem.

Ben or anybody, <BR> <BR>What section is considered 3 miles of <BR>the West End in various directions? <BR>I'm staying in Bayswater alone the <BR>next time I'm in London. Is this <BR>included in the vicinity? <BR> <BR>Please advise. <BR> <BR>

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Bayswater is a safe area - I think Ben Haines maybe referring to areas such as Queens Park, Willesden etc - areas which no tourist is ever likely to visit.

Fodors <BR> <BR>I am deeply sorry to have alarmed Estelle, or anybody else. It had not occured to me that some readers on this forum do not know how to find a map of London (there's one on http://travel.epicurious.com/cgi-bin...cgi?link=intro). Bayswater is among the richest places in London, just north of Hyde Park, an area where diplomats, rich Arabs, and others have their town houses, and where rich Americans and others stay in plush hotels. <BR> <BR>If Estelle will pardon me, I'd sooner not list places three miles from the West End. For one thing, by no means all of these are areas where the police walk in pairs. Hampstead, for example, is a model of intellectual and bourgeois urbanity. For another, social housing areas vary greatly in their spirit, and I can show you such areas in Forest Hill where your grandma could walk alone at midnight wearing her tiara (and jolly odd she'd look). <BR> <BR>Can I just clarify ? When give my e-mail address I invite e-mail. I should see no breach of courtesy were Estelle or others to write to me direct, if worrried. <BR> <BR>With renewed apologies <BR> <BR>Ben Haines <BR> <BR>