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Maidstone Rd, A20, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent, TN26 1AR, United Kingdom
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I am an non UK resident getting into Gatwick airport from Basel at 10 pm on a Monday night during the month of May.
1) Is the airport busy at the particular time mentioned above especially with immigration?
2) Will I be able to catch a 11 pm Southern Train or am I too optimistic?
3) How far is the train station from the North Terminal?
4) Is the ticket office still open at 10 pm?
Cheers
1) No :-)
2) Yes :-)
3) South Terminal (for trains) and is only a few minutes away from the North Terminal via a free transit train which runs every 4 minutes!
4) Yes :-)
Enjoy :-)
1) Is the airport busy at the particular time mentioned above especially with immigration?
Doubt it.
2) Will I be able to catch a 11 pm Southern Train or am I too optimistic?
If your flight is on time and your bags arrive within 30 minutes, yes.
3) How far is the train station from the North Terminal?
The transit thing takes 5 minutes but at night there is a six minute interval between them. I always manage to miss my train by 5 minutes!
4) Is the ticket office still open at 10 pm?
Yes it's open 24 hours a day and there are ticket machines as well.
Generally speaking the airport is not so busy at that time.
However no one can say for definite it only takes a couple of incoming planes to be delayed and then there could be a queue.
Recently came through LGW at that time and there was quite a long line (EU citizens) waiting for clearance.
If you look at the LGW arrival time at the moment you will see about 20/30 arrivals around 9.30/10.30. but that could increase with the start of the holiday season in May
If you are a bird lover you might enjoy feeding the pigeons. They are found almost everywhere, but you will definitely find them in the most tourist spots.
But do not feed them while having your own lunch, as the pigeons won't mind coming too close to your food :).
Take an open top bus tour to see all the sights or just walk around or take the tube [underground] but you have to see Buckingham Palace, Palace of Westminster, the Thames, all the Museums etc etc - the list is endless! Exploring Camden market was probably my favourite thing from my most recent trip.
If there is as much money in your wallet as there is water flowing through the Thames, you might be seduced to take a trip on a cruise ship combined with lunch or even more romantic: combined with dinner while you enjoy London by night. You can book a trip at Bateaux London at Embankment Pier, Victoria Embankment. Phone +44 (0)20 7925 2215.
Tube: Embankemen
Trainstation: Charing Cross
Don’t worry, there are different kind of boats and boat trips and even with a smaller budget you might want to enjoy a trip on the Thames, if not by cruise ship, you can do it a cheaper way: with just touring without trop de tralala !
The boat on the picture is just departing from Embankment Pier and passing underneath the Hungerford Bridge. Watching the scenery from the City Festival Hall 2nd floor balcony!
IbPanoramic picture! Click on it to enjoy the full view!
If you are staying outside City centre than you could always take night buses rather than expensive cabs. Most of the night buses are available near Trafalgar Square.
more details could be find on
www.buses.plus.com/LonRoutesN1.htm
People always complain about being ripped off by the drinks prices in London and the main difference is normally the distinction between a bar and a pub. Pubs in London normally have flower baskets hanging from them ( dunno why ) ,serve draught beer and have traditional names( Red Lion, Crown and Anchor etc ) . Bars don't and have modernist ( uncomfortable) furniture and in general its a lot more difficult to find a somewhere to sit. Apparently its more modern to have everyone standing up despite the fact that very tall people like me need to bend down to hear what anyones saying.
Anyway bars can be as cheap as pubs but there are some tell tale signs that a bar is going to be expensive.
1) Places with bouncers ( you pay for the rent a goons wages)
2) Places that give change on a tray , so you can tip them( taking the *** when every bar that does this is stupidly overpriced anyway )
3) Places where they serve cocktails ( might as well go to the cashpoint now)
4) Places where they serve cocktails ,and do all the bottle spinning moves ( turn round and leave )
5) Places that don't serve draught beer (you'll end up drinking weak american lager for twice the price of a pint)
Pubs on the whole are cheaper but you should still watch out for one with stupidly descriptive menu's ,anyone who has so little shame as to describe pub food like Lloyd Grossman won't think twice about charging £3.50 a pint.
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