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can anyone suggest some good areas to live in london? I will be there for one year, and i am looking for an active area with good entertainment (bars, shops etc..) I've been doing lots of research on the internet but i cannot make up my mind! any suggestions will be really appreciated. cheers, james.
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can anyone suggest some good areas to live in london? I will be there for one year, and i am looking for an active area with good entertainment (bars, shops etc..) I've been doing lots of research on the internet but i cannot make up my mind! any suggestions will be really appreciated. cheers, james.
I lived one year in Wimbledon. Trendy and nice. Short commute to West End with train or tube. You can more or less decide the rent by the adress. If you hire near the Village it is very costly, if you hire nearer South Wimbledon it's cheaper. South Wimbledon itself is NOT nice :~ Regards, Haakon S. A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan
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can anyone suggest some good areas to live in london? I will be there for one year, and i am looking for an active area with good entertainment (bars, shops etc..) I've been doing lots of research on the internet but i cannot make up my mind! any suggestions will be really appreciated. cheers, james.
I spent a happy couple of years in a backpacking flat in Bayswater. Was pretty chaotic - up to 20-something of us all crammed into the two bedroom flat at times, but at other times there were only 4 of us - all depended on who was travelling, and who was back in London. The great thing about that area is it doesn't matter if there's no public transport (eg. Christmas, Good Friday) as everything is right there. Also nice and close to the Nottinghill Carnival in August, although you'll go off whistles for life... As has been mentioned, Wimbledon is nice and full of travellers, but we seem to be taking over more and more areas (it's getting rarer to hear British accents on the tubes :~ ). Currently I live out in Orpington, on the Kent border with London (zone 6). Great for those of us settling down to more placid lifestyles as the transport is still good, the rent is cheap, and it's a mere 10 minute cycle into the country. However, for what you're describing I'd say look at places between zone 1 and 4 (1 being the centre and most expensive, 4 being cheaper, further out, but higher travel card costs). Also, have a look at www.tntmagazine.co.uk[^] and www.thegumtree.com[^] for people advertising for flatmates. Thinking about it, possibly a better approach is to book into a youth hostel anywhere around zone 1, and look for a job. Once you have a job, it'll be easier to choose where you want to live so that your commute isn't too far :). Have a blast while you're here! :cool: (funny time of year to arrive though, try not to judge the place till at least May next year)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
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can anyone suggest some good areas to live in london? I will be there for one year, and i am looking for an active area with good entertainment (bars, shops etc..) I've been doing lots of research on the internet but i cannot make up my mind! any suggestions will be really appreciated. cheers, james.
Putney (on the District line) is very nice I find. Wimbledon is a bit far down though IMO. Fulham has turned out well. Near Putney is Parsons Green where I have stayed often, lovely little area. Those are the areas I know, others I haven't a clue. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?
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I spent a happy couple of years in a backpacking flat in Bayswater. Was pretty chaotic - up to 20-something of us all crammed into the two bedroom flat at times, but at other times there were only 4 of us - all depended on who was travelling, and who was back in London. The great thing about that area is it doesn't matter if there's no public transport (eg. Christmas, Good Friday) as everything is right there. Also nice and close to the Nottinghill Carnival in August, although you'll go off whistles for life... As has been mentioned, Wimbledon is nice and full of travellers, but we seem to be taking over more and more areas (it's getting rarer to hear British accents on the tubes :~ ). Currently I live out in Orpington, on the Kent border with London (zone 6). Great for those of us settling down to more placid lifestyles as the transport is still good, the rent is cheap, and it's a mere 10 minute cycle into the country. However, for what you're describing I'd say look at places between zone 1 and 4 (1 being the centre and most expensive, 4 being cheaper, further out, but higher travel card costs). Also, have a look at www.tntmagazine.co.uk[^] and www.thegumtree.com[^] for people advertising for flatmates. Thinking about it, possibly a better approach is to book into a youth hostel anywhere around zone 1, and look for a job. Once you have a job, it'll be easier to choose where you want to live so that your commute isn't too far :). Have a blast while you're here! :cool: (funny time of year to arrive though, try not to judge the place till at least May next year)
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Meg's World - Blog PhotographyBefore coming to the States for good (over 17 years ago), we were planning on moving to London. Spent quite a few summers there and we lived in a flat in Qweensway and a friend of ours lived in Bayswater. It was close to Hyde Park, and the metro took you anywhere you wanted. JPG[^] or PDF[^] "For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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can anyone suggest some good areas to live in london? I will be there for one year, and i am looking for an active area with good entertainment (bars, shops etc..) I've been doing lots of research on the internet but i cannot make up my mind! any suggestions will be really appreciated. cheers, james.
I'd go with Megan (what she said that is ;)). "For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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I lived one year in Wimbledon. Trendy and nice. Short commute to West End with train or tube. You can more or less decide the rent by the adress. If you hire near the Village it is very costly, if you hire nearer South Wimbledon it's cheaper. South Wimbledon itself is NOT nice :~ Regards, Haakon S. A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan
Haakon S. wrote: I lived one year in Wimbledon. Trendy and nice. Short commute to West End with train or tube. You can more or less decide the rent by the adress. If you hire near the Village it is very costly, if you hire nearer South Wimbledon it's cheaper. South Wimbledon itself is NOT nice coor i've lived in both South Wimbledon and the Village\ The Village is definitely nicer but South W isnt that bad Haakon S. wrote: Trendy and nice. Short commute to West End with train or tube Noooooo short -25 mins to Waterloo by train then onto the northern line to get into town Don't do the tube via Earl's Court to get into town, takes too long (especially if you're in a hurray) And dont do what i did *cough* fall asleep on the night bus...you'll wake up in Kingston ;) Bryce --- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
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Putney (on the District line) is very nice I find. Wimbledon is a bit far down though IMO. Fulham has turned out well. Near Putney is Parsons Green where I have stayed often, lovely little area. Those are the areas I know, others I haven't a clue. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?
London's full of bloody japies Escapees i reckon ;) bryce --- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitorOur kids book :The Snot Goblin
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Before coming to the States for good (over 17 years ago), we were planning on moving to London. Spent quite a few summers there and we lived in a flat in Qweensway and a friend of ours lived in Bayswater. It was close to Hyde Park, and the metro took you anywhere you wanted. JPG[^] or PDF[^] "For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
That map looks really really confusing. :omg:
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
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I'd go with Megan (what she said that is ;)). "For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: I'd go with Megan (what she said that is) Just lucky you added that. For all Brendan is an easy going chap, I would think he'd have taken exception to your initial, unqualified, statement.
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That map looks really really confusing. :omg:
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Actually, the London metro is one of the simplest and quietest metros that I've ever ridden. Here in Virginia, you hear and feel all the bumps and grinds on the DC (a.k.a. Virginia) metro. "For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: I'd go with Megan (what she said that is) Just lucky you added that. For all Brendan is an easy going chap, I would think he'd have taken exception to your initial, unqualified, statement.
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Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
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Haakon S. wrote: I lived one year in Wimbledon. Trendy and nice. Short commute to West End with train or tube. You can more or less decide the rent by the adress. If you hire near the Village it is very costly, if you hire nearer South Wimbledon it's cheaper. South Wimbledon itself is NOT nice coor i've lived in both South Wimbledon and the Village\ The Village is definitely nicer but South W isnt that bad Haakon S. wrote: Trendy and nice. Short commute to West End with train or tube Noooooo short -25 mins to Waterloo by train then onto the northern line to get into town Don't do the tube via Earl's Court to get into town, takes too long (especially if you're in a hurray) And dont do what i did *cough* fall asleep on the night bus...you'll wake up in Kingston ;) Bryce --- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitorOur kids book :The Snot Goblin
bryce wrote: Noooooo I lived in Southfields near Wimbledon Park. Only two stops (I think?) before you were over the Thames. The most important thing, of course, is to find something not too far from were you work. I worked in Croydon, which was aceptable both with respect to driving and train. Regards, Haakon S. A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan
