Getting out of London
Go yachting in Cowes, surfing in Newquay, skiing in the Alps, sightseeing in Paris, whatever... Europe is on your doorstep and has it all.
First class
- Rent a car
- Renting a car gives you all the advantages of access to remote places with none of the hassle of owning the car. Budget, easyCar and Avis have cars just down Warwick Road towards Tesco. You can rent a Toyota people-mover to carry all your surf boards or a BMW roadster to get to the Alps quickly!
- Fly
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Flying from Heathrow or Gatwick is the quickest way
around Europe.
Leave home 2½ hours before your flight take-off time:
- Take the tube from Kensington Olympia platform 1 to Earl's Court and go downstairs for the Piccadilly line west to Heathrow Airport. Fare = £2.50 (compared to £35 for a black cab or £20 for a mini-cab).
- Take a yellow connex south central train from Kensington Olympia platform 3 to Gatwick Airport. Fare = £8 (compared to £70 for a black cab or £35 for a mini-cab).
Value
- Trains
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Blue
silverlink and green
Southern trains run
every 15 minutes from Kensington Olympia platform 3 south to
Clapham Junction for
South West Trains connections
and to Gatwick for connections to the south coast. Red
Virgin trains continue directly to Brighton.
From Kensington Olympia platform 2 green Southern trains run north to Watford for connections to Birmingham and the midlands. Red Virgin trains continue directly to Birmingham.
Otherwise, leave home one hour before the train's departure time to take the tube to any of the main-line stations:
- District/Circle line or number 27 bus to Paddington for
- Great Western trains to south-west England and Wales
- District and Victoria line to Euston for
-
Northern trains to
north-west England and
Virgin trains to the Midlands, the north and Scotland - Piccadilly line to King's Cross for
- GNER trains to Cambridge, Yorkshire and Scotland
- Central line to Liverpool Street for
- One Anglia trains to East Anglia
- District and Northern line to Waterloo for
- Eurostar across to Brussels, Paris and the Alps
- District line to Victoria or Charing Cross for
- South Eastern services to Sussex and Kent
Bargain
- Coach
- Sometimes not as quick as the train but it's nearly always cheaper. For example, you can go to Oxford on the Oxford Tube coach from outside the Kensington Hilton. It runs 24 hours, as frequently as a bus and is only £10 return.
