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and to, with many preference options,
and tells you the best route and how
long it will take – it will even give you live
updates telling you whether there are any
delays.
Here’s a bit of information to get you
up to speed with transport in Chelsea.
London Underground Tube
stations
Sloane Square
Circle and District lines.
Knightsbridge
Piccadilly line.
South Kensington
Circle, District and Piccadilly lines.
Fulham Broadway
District line.
Cycling
Barclays Cycle Hire
Affectionately known to Londoners as
‘Boris bikes’ due to the Mayor of
London’s high-profile endorsement of the
scheme, these blue bicycles can be seen
cruising around central London.
You can hire either on a membership
(UK residents only) or casual basis. You
have to pay an access fee (£1 for 24
hours) and then a rate depending on
how long you use the bike (up to 30
minutes is free, up to one hour is £1, up
to one and a half hours is £4 and so on).
Chelsea straddles the south-western
edge of the 17 sq m coverage zone, so
while it has more than ten docking stations,
they are all based to the north-east
of the area. It is worth noting that helmets
and other such protective gear are
not provided.
For more information on the scheme,
see the website: www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/14808.aspx.
Taxis
Black cabs can be hailed when their
orange light is lit (your best bet is to
head to the nearest main road), picked
up from a taxi rank (there is one at
Sloane Square, on the central island), or
booked in advance.
A cheaper option is a minicab, but for
your own safety, make sure they are
from a licensed company. Minicabs must
be booked or ordered in advance (only
black cabs are allowed to pick up passengers
on the street) and if you’re looking
for a good deal it is often worth calling
more than one company for a quote.
Make sure the minicab driver can confirm
your name and destination before
you get into the car to ensure it is the
one you have booked, and check the
driver’s photo ID.
Black cabs
One-Number Taxi: 0871 871 8710
Call-A-Cab: 020 8901 4444
www.callacab.com
Computer Cab: 020 7908 0207
www.comcablondon.com
Minicabs
Addison Lee (London-wide minicab
service)
T: 0844 800 6677
Sloane Cars
65 Wiltshire Close, Draycott Avenue,
SW3 2NT
T: 020 7854 1189
Hurlingham Cars Ltd
18 Lillie Road, London, SW6 1TS
T: 020 7381 1111
For more licensed minicab numbers, use
the ‘Findaride’ service on the Transport
for London website which can be found
here:
www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/findaride/default.aspx.
Buses
Lots of buses travel through Chelsea. To get the best picture of bus
routes, go to the interactive bus map on the Transport for London website:
www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses. For now, here is a list
of buses that go through Chelsea and the streets they stop on:
Bus No.
11
N11*
14**
19
N19*
22
N22*
49
170
211
319
345**
360
414
Stops on…
Lower Sloane St/Sloane
Square/King’s Rd.
Lower Sloane St/Sloane
Square/King’s Rd.
Fulham Rd
Sloane St/Sloane
Square/King’s Rd/
Beaufort St.
Sloane St/Sloane
Square/King’s Rd/
Beaufort St.
Sloane St/Sloane
Square/King’s Rd.
Sloane St/Sloane
Square/King’s Rd.
Sydney St/King’s
Rd/Beaufort St.
Royal Hospital
Rd/Chelsea Embankment
Chelsea Bridge
Rd/Sloane Square/King’s
Rd/Sydney St./Fulham
Rd.
Sloane Square/King’s
Rd/Beaufort St.
Fulham Rd/Beaufort St.
Sloane Ave/Sloane
Square/Lower Sloane St.
Fulham Rd.
* Night bus.
** Runs day and night.
Interesting stops
West: Fulham Town Hall. East: Victoria, Westminster,
Trafalgar Square, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Liverpool Street
Station.
West: Ealing Broadway, Chiswick, Hammersmith, Fulham
Broadway. East: Victoria, Westminster, Trafalgar Square,
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Liverpool Street Station.
North: Warren Street, Tottenham Court Rd., Piccadilly
Circus. South: Chelsea Football Club, Fulham Broadway,
Putney Heath.
North: Highbury, Islington, Piccadilly Circus. South:
Battersea.
North: Highbury, Islington, Piccadilly Circus. South:
Battersea, Clapham Junction.
West: Putney. East: Hyde Park, Piccadilly Circus.
West: Twickenham, Richmond, Barnes, Putney. East:
Hyde Park, Piccadilly Circus.
North: Shepherds Bush. South: Battersea, Clapham
Junction.
North: Victoria. South: Battersea, Clapham Junction,
Wandsworth Town, Putney Heath.
West: Hammersmith, Fulham Broadway, Chelsea Football
Club. East: Victoria, Westminster, Waterloo.
South: Battersea, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth
Common, Streatham.
North: Natural History Museum. South: Battersea,
Clapham Common, Brixton, Peckham.
North: Natural History Museum. South: Pimlico, Vauxhall,
Imperial War Museum, Elephant & Castle.
North: Warwick Avenue, St. John’s Wood. South: Chelsea
Football Club, Fulham Broadway, Putney.