London day out help!

Ivrytwr3

OK, we are looking at a last minute trip to London - tomorrow! Any help with sorting this would be very much appreciated.

2 x adults and 2 x children (6 and 5).

Travel Grantham to Kings Cross

Looking to depart Grantham between 8am and 9am

Would like a return from Kings Cross open (if not, between 8 and 9pm?)

And we have a Friends and Family Railcard.

Activities:

We would like to see:

Thames
Houses of Parliment
Buckingham Palace
Big Ben
National History Museum

We have no idea where these places are - do wee need the tube/taxi to get to them?

Lastly, if at all possible we would like to see the matinee of Lion King show. Tickets are crazy prices on web - can anyone recommend the best place to get them? (looking for stall seats)

Any questions, please ask!

Livingthedream

To make your train journey cheaper to London try this;

Grantham to Peterborough Off Peak Day Return £14.80
Peterborough to London Kings Cross Super Off Peak Day Travelcard £40.80 *First Capital Connect Only

Total £55.60 2x adults 2xchildren with F&F Railcard, saves about a £10 on the fare direct from Grantham to London Travelcard. But you must change trains at Peterborough on to a First Capital Connect train to London and catch a First Capital Connect train from London to Peterborough on return, Travelcard ticket will give you unlimited underground or bus travel whilst at London.

Livingthedream

By Underground - http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf

Thames - Embankment/Westminster or Tower Hill (Circle or District line)
Houses of Parliment - Westminster (Circle or District or Jubilee Line )
Buckingham Palace - Green Park (Jubilee or Victoria or Piccadilly Line)
Big Ben - Westminster (Circle or District or Jubilee Line )
National History Museum - South Kensington (Circle or District Line)

Ivrytwr3

thanks for that!

Another question - if we wanted to see Trafalgar Square and the Millenium Eye - where abouts are these?

Livingthedream

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

Another question - if we wanted to see Trafalgar Square and the Millenium Eye - where abouts are these?

Trafalgar Square - Charing Cross (Bakerloo and Northern lines)
Millenium Eye - Westminster (Circle or District or Jubilee Line ) and a walk over the bridge.

wealdroam

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

Another question - if we wanted to see Trafalgar Square and the Millenium Eye - where abouts are these?

They're both in London.

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Ivrytwr3

wealdroam wrote: »

They're both in London.

http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9LnRyYWZhbGdhciUyYnNxdWFyZSU3ZXNzdC4wJTdlcGcuMSZiYj01NC42MTg4NDI4OTkzNDEzJTdlNS45MTczMDQ2ODc1MDAwMiU3ZTQ2Ljc1MDAyMzExMDI0MDIlN2UtOC4wNTczMDQ2ODc1

http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9LmxvbmRvbiUyYmV5ZSU3ZXNzdC4wJTdlcGcuMSZiYj01MS41MDg0MjgzMDQ1Mzc1JTdlLTAuMTA2ODQ4NDYwNDE3NDc5JTdlNTEuNDkzMjgwOTQwMDAzNCU3ZS0wLjEzNDE0MjYxOTM1MzAyNg==

Oooh!! Both in London you say? That's really handy then!!!

Ivrytwr3

OK Natural History Musuem off the table as the dinosaur exhibition is closed!

Any recommendations for places to visit? bearing in mind it is the touristy things we want to do as the kids have never been to London!

Livingthedream

If you have some spare cash then;

Madame Tussauds - Baker Street(Bakerloo, Circle, Jubilee, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines)

Tower of London - Tower Hill(District or Circle lines) you can use your rail tickets to get some cheap entry.

coxy07

Go to Waterloo Station on the Tube.You can then walk from the Eye over Westminster Bridge past Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament glimpsing Westminster Abbey, walk down Whitehall passing Downing Street, the Cenotaph, Horseguards Parade you will come into Trafalgar Square. From there it is a short walk either through st. James's Park to Buckingham Palace or through to Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square.

Ivrytwr3

thanks all! Great day (next time sort the weather for me too!!)