London neighborhoods
Feb 17th, 2018, 01:12 PM
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I am looking at a couple of places right now using points for next Nov.London-LimehouseLondon - SouthwarkAny ideas will be appreciated.
Feb 17th, 2018, 04:01 PM
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You don't give us much to work with -- but just based on your OP, Southwark is a much better location for visitors. However, some 'Southwark' locations really aren't - some do fib when describing their location. Where are you actually considering?
Feb 17th, 2018, 08:53 PM
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The HIE Southwark is in a very good location near Tate Modern, the Globe, the river and on a good bus route that connects the Tower of London and Trafalgar Square.
The HIE Limehouse is in a pretty bad location for tourists (semi-OK if you are say working in Canary Wharf - but lousy for sightseeing)
(Next time it would help if you provide information like postal codes/address/hotel name)
The HIE Limehouse is in a pretty bad location for tourists (semi-OK if you are say working in Canary Wharf - but lousy for sightseeing)
(Next time it would help if you provide information like postal codes/address/hotel name)
Feb 17th, 2018, 09:07 PM
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Just as a general hint, don't rely on neighbourhood names: marketing people will choose the one that's perceived to be higher in the local hierarchy of atteactiveness. Use the postcode and check it out on Google Street view.
But in this case, the Holiday Inn in Limehouse is in a fairly featureless, workaday sort of area beside a main traffic artery. Nothing dangerous about the area, just not that geared up to giving visitors a good time.
The one in Southwark is much more central, well located for public transport, being on the RV1 bus route, and the whole of the South Bank on the doorstep.
No contest, I'd have thought.
But in this case, the Holiday Inn in Limehouse is in a fairly featureless, workaday sort of area beside a main traffic artery. Nothing dangerous about the area, just not that geared up to giving visitors a good time.
The one in Southwark is much more central, well located for public transport, being on the RV1 bus route, and the whole of the South Bank on the doorstep.
No contest, I'd have thought.
Feb 19th, 2018, 09:57 AM
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The HIE Southwark is in a very good location near Tate Modern, the Globe, the river and on a good bus route that connects the Tower of London and Trafalgar Square.
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Feb 19th, 2018, 10:11 AM
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>>didn’t know about the bus though<<
It would have been very useful for you . . . Taking the RV1 gets you across the river to either the Tower area or Trafalgar Sq/Covent Garden much easier than the tube.
It would have been very useful for you . . . Taking the RV1 gets you across the river to either the Tower area or Trafalgar Sq/Covent Garden much easier than the tube.
