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Thanks ...we are staying in Chigwell, zone 4...it is a bit if a trip in to the center but this is where we have exchanged houses with another family.
I'll check the transport site but as we are not native Londoners I don't always understand everything. Would it pay to buy from there? We will have a car after the 7 days as we are doing some touring and return to the airport by car.
Is Heathrow in zone 4? The transport authority gave us two routes to get the Heathrow to Chigwell. They did not answer about the coinnection of buying a ticket for the tube at a railway station as we have been advised by VT members.
London Zone Map:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/tube-dlr-trams-and-train-travelcard-zones-map.pdf
Heathrow = Zone 6
The transport authority gave you two routes? Etc.
What is your question?
It depends (A) on the question you ask (B) the day and time of day you travel and whether there are any engineering wortks on the routes (C) if you want the cheapest way (D) if you want the quickest way (E) and other factors...
Some other ideas. read about getting an Oyster Card for visitors for travel in London. Read this:
http://www.visitlondonoffers.com/oyster-card/faq.htm
Chigwell is East London & heathrow is West London. Two opsite sides of the cirty. I wouldn't take car for London sightseeing. Nearly all atractions are in zone 1, and that means congestion charges for your car. Every day is £8 if you do not pay on the day than is £10 and you gave 48hrs to pay up.
Parking is BIG problem & very expencive.
Heatrow is in zone 5 and where you are staying zone 4. So I would do following. buy one way ticket to the first station within zone 4, than at the same station (Heatrow) buy weekly travel card for zone 1,2,3,& 4. Cost you less.
For example I was in London on Tuesday, ticket for zone 1 & 2 cost me £5.60 for whole day, if I bought return from East Putney to Victoria, I was looking into £8.00 price.
You will same £££.
Chek this website , I find it very useful:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106.aspx
also congestion charges explaned here if you need them:
www.cclondon.com
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Heathrow is in zone 6, this map here will show you what zones the stations are in
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/tube-dlr-trams-and-train-travelcard-zones-map.pdf
"Would it pay to buy from there?" Would it pay to buy what from where? If you are talking about buying a travelcard or an oyster card online, the only reason you'd do that is if you wanted to worry about packing one extra thing. The visitor oyster costs and extra £2 and I don't see any added benefit, you can get one in London. You have to pay a £3 deposit but you get that back when you return it.
There's usually always more than one way to get from point a to point b via tube, it looks to me that the most straightforward way is to take the Piccadilly line to Holborn and pick up the Central line. But ask when you are at Heathrow, there may be an easier way (ie stations without stairs or long connections) or there may be planned or unplanned maintenance going on.
Just take a walk from Big Ben over the Westminister Bridge and alongside Thames river far to the Tower Bridge and if you have enough strenght you can walk back just on the oposite side of the river. Othervise take a boat and enjoy nice view from river side.
At the British Museum, it was a joy to see the Rosetta Stone which allowed modern Egyptophiles to translate the hieroglyphic picture writings of the ancient Egyptians found in the temples and pyramids.
The Rosetta has 3 different writings, Greek, Demotic Egyptian and heiroglyphic. It was thought to be written during the Ptolemy Greek Dynasty ruling of Egypt in 196 BC. The stone was discovered by the French in 1799 AD and is part of the British Museum collection since 1802.
If the weather's fine try a walk along the Thames. The south side of the River is much improved with the new Millenium Bridge giving easy access to the Tate Modern (if that's your bag)! There's plenty of Restaurants and bars in what used to be an industrial area-it's quite trendy now. Walking along the Thames was great on a nice hot summer evening :)
There are several websites which give a good guide to the many pubs and bars in London. One of my favourites is www.fancyapint.com which seems to be regularly updated, and gives a good overview of what you might expect in each venue.
If you reside outside of the European Union, you will most likely be able to claim back the VAT (value added tax 17.5%) you have paid. Make sure you keep all your receipts. Some shops, selling more expensive goods, operate a scheme for overseas visitors outside the European Union, to sell to you without VAT at the time of buying.
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