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How to get there
HMS Belfast - big guns pointed at the city © Ben Stafford, 2006
Arriving by Plane.
Five airports are described as London: City Airport is in Docklands, close to the business district, Heathrow Airport is around 20km to the west, Gatwick Airport is 40km to the south, Luton Airport is 40 northwest, and Stansted Airport 50km to the northeast.If you are arriving from another continent you will almost certainly arrive at Heathrow or the north terminal at Gatwick. Budget flights from across Britain and Europe fly into Stansted, Luton and Gatwick's south terminal. City airport seems to support a strange mix of domestic budget flights and premium flights for businessmen who don't want a long ride from the airport.
Whichever airport you land at you will find easy if not cheap rail links to central London - click on the link for your airport above to for details.
Arriving By Train.
Trains from Paris, Lille and Brussels arrive at London Waterloo International (details are on the UK page). Waterloo is on the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Waterloo and City, and Circle and District tube lines, which provide easy access to all of central London.Britain's Intercity network is centred on London, with 80% of long distance trains starting or ending here. Again more details are on the UK page. The major stations are Kings Cross, St Pancras, Euston, Paddington, Victoria, Waterloo, and Liverpool Street. See individual pages for details.
Arriving By Coach.
Victoria Coach Station is located five minutes walk from Victoria train station and the tube. National Express and Eurolines coaches arrive here from all over the UK and Europe respectively. Many coaches also stop at a tube ststion on the way into London if you have no luggage.Megabus run services from the larger cities around the UK. These all arrive at Green Line Coach Station, also at Victoria.