London Calling 2027 is being held at Greenwich Borough Hall. The address is Royal Hill, London SE10 8RE.
There are plenty of transport options available to get to London, and around the city while doing some geocaching. The venue is a 4 minute walk from Greenwich Station, with connections via Thameslink, DLR, and Southeastern Rail. There is a multitude of buses which run nearby to all parts of the city.
Travelling to London
Trains/Buses
If you are travelling to London from elsewhere in the UK, then you have a couple of different options.
- Greenwich Station: A 4-minute walk
- Greenwich Station Stop L: A 2-minute walk from Greenwich High Road, with connecting bus routes 129, 199, 386 and N199
- Kings Cross Station: Around 40 minutes via public transport
- Euston Station: Around 40 minutes via public transport
- Paddington Station: Around 45 minutes via public transport
- Waterloo Station: Around 30 minutes via public transport
Details of train routes can be found on the National Rail Enquiries website here: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Also particularly handy is Trainline, especially for on the go e-tickets and railcards, and to compare the prices directly with coaches.
Regarding coaches, there may be local options from where you live, or alternatively, there are the National Express bus services. These can often be a cheaper way to travel to London than the train services. Details are available here: https://www.nationalexpress.com/. Lewisham Station in London is the closest to the 2027 venue.
Cars/Motorcycles
We don’t recommend driving if you can avoid it. Parking can be quite expensive and limited in London. You may not have to pay the Congestion Charge if you drive straight to the venue but check out the map here: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/congestion-charge/congestion-charge-zone.
However, you may still need to pay the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) fee as that area is much larger: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/ulez-where-and-when, however, you won’t need to pay if your vehicle meets these standards: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/ways-to-meet-the-standard
Of course, that brings us back to parking, which isn’t cheap. There is no car park for visitors at Greenwich Borough Hall. A good resource for finding parking nearby is https://www.parkopedia.com/.
International Travel
London is one of the busiest cities in the world for passenger traffic through its airports. It is served by six different airports; Heathrow, Gatwick, City, Stansted, Luton and Southend. While only City is actually in London itself, it’s more than likely that you’ll fly into one of the other airports. Each has direct train services to London, with the exception of Luton which has a short bus ride from the airport to the local train station (although you can buy a combined train ticket with the bus).
Our top tip is to watch for “Express” trains from airports to London. They’re often much more expensive and sometimes not much faster. There are also coach/bus services from all airports to London itself, with at least National Express running these services.
Of course the other direct link to the capital is the Eurostar services. These run from France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Details are avaliable here: https://www.eurostar.com/
Getting Around London
London is well known for its public transport services which cover every single part of the city. These are very accessible, and easier to use than ever – there is no longer any need to use an Oyster card, as any chip and pin card will work in exactly the same way. You’ll be charged just once per day, and will have an automatic cap on payments. Do not buy a Travelcard – the pay as you go caps are always cheaper unless you’re going out to Zone 8 or 9. Details on the caps are here: https://content.tfl.gov.uk/adult-fares.pdf
But of course, you’re going to want to know how to get around. For this, we recommend a website/app called Citymapper. It combines every form of travel into a single app, tells you how to get from place to place and even gives you live details of when buses are due. The website is here: https://citymapper.com/london, the app is available from all app stores.