Going to London?

Question

Ok, i'm going to London with my friend in September and we're both 17 so we don't have much money. Does anybody know where i could find cheap tickets for either coach or train that goes to London and returns the next day?

I'm not very good with this stuff and anything may help!!!

Thank you :)

Answer 1

Here are a few links with things to do in London in September, which are either FREE or very cheap. . . .

September 2008: listings/things to do/traditions/festivals/whats ...In September the days are shortening rapidly and the temperatures are starting to ... Sun 14 Sep 2008, Thames Festival, London - Two days of free music and ...

http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Ideas/Event...



FREE Events in London

http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/whats-on.ph...

At this next link you can find FREE events here in London.  Enter your category in the slots provided on the left hand side of the page. . . .

http://www.londonisfree.com/2008/06/nick...

FREE London Summer fests etc

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/free...

Do It For Charity

http://www.doitforcharity.com/london-to-...

Remember too that all of London's major galleries and museums are FREE.  So let's have a look - hmmm!  How about the Natural History Museum?

Nat.Hist Museum London

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYe5Oopf...

. . . .click right for more. . . .

or, how about this one. . . .the Imperial War Museum?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15mQMIemj...

I heard that you can even experience what an air raid was like during the London Blitz - from my childhood, the word scary, does not even begin to describe it.  

Anyway, here's Ed Morrow reporting the London Blitz to an American audience back home in the States in 1940. . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpOKriiNI...

If you like paintings, how about the National Gallery and then the National Portrait Gallery?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hLtG4cKK...

. . . .click right for more. . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8xjmtOmr...

. . . .more mayhem in London. . . .

or - how about an hour or two at London's famous Covent Garden?  Loads to see and do - FREE stuff too - street entertainers etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYfrMkl5x...

Don't forget the Royal Parks - big, open and FREEEE.

The Royal ParksThe Royal Parks - London's Personal Space. choose a park, St James's Park, The Green Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Richmond Park, Greenwich Park ...

http://www.royalparks.org.uk/  

The London UndergrounD - the Tube [Choob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlKflLrxD...

Walking Directions

http://www.walkit.com/london/

Tower Bridge - click right for Tower of London

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVVBZYy39...

DO NOT TRY TO SEE TOO MUCH IN ONE DAY - CHOOSE WHAT YOU REALLY WANT AND GO THERE.

Interactive street map of London

http://www.mylondonmap.com/

Trafalgar Square webcam - refereshes every 5 secs.

http://www.camvista.com/england/london/t...

. . . .it gives you a pretty good idea what the weather's like. . .

London 360-pans

http://www.urban75.org/photos/london/pan...

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c9D1EXtO...

Trooping the Color - every year, June, Horseguards Parade

Massed Bands, by the centre, slow march. . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zofhv9KWo...

Answer 2

It depends on where you are travelling from but try these links for fares:

NATIONAL EXPRESS COACHES

http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/ind...

TRAINLINE

http://www.thetrainline.com

NEW BHARAT COACHES

http://www.newbharat.co.uk/

The latter coach company Bharat are based in southall west london, but also run from Heathrow and go to a few places in the Midlands, its Indian run and cheap

Answer 3

It would be helpful if you said where you are travelling from because obviously coach tickets are going to be cheaper from Birmingham then from Spain!

Megabus and National Express all have good deals if you are able to travel early in the morning or outside the hours most people like to travel.  If you can be flexible you can get a very good deal.

Answer 4

Depends were you are travelling from.

Virgin trains run the train service up the west coast and to Glasgow, National Express run the trains up the East coast, I tihnk  Midland trains go to Birmingham. The good thing is that you can buy train tickets for any train service at a maned station, or online at a site like "thetrainline" - type into google uk train times and pick one of the first few entries. There you can get timetables, prices and book tickets. It is also worth checking the traincomapnies actual website - the national express one was £20 cheaper than the other ones for a trip Londo to York.

For coaches - about half the cost of a train but they take lots longer, try national express, or Megabus.