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The scenic route from Richmond to Twickenham: Richmond town centre is quite pretty as you probably know, and a route I would suggest is for people to walk is through the town centre and across Richmond Bridge and down St Margarets Road. This gets you to the Chertsey Road, and Twickers is just a couple of roundabouts further down that road. If you yourself know the area then you will know that there is absolutely nothing around the Stadium itself, it really is in a most bizarre location - in a residential area and right off one of the major roads in and out of south-west London.
For streetmaps see also streetmap.co.uk. The POSTCODE that you type in to get you to the approximate area is TW10.
Also, there is another option. There is a tube station very close to Heathrow called HATTON CROSS, there is also a big bus station there. From the central bus terminal at Heathrow there is a FREE bus connection to the Hatton Cross station, because Hatton Cross is technically still within the perimiter of Heathrow. From there you can get a bus direct to Richmond.
The difference between (a) taking either the 285 or 726 to Kingston and then jumping on the train a couple of stops to Richmond and (b) taking the shuttle bus to Hatton Cross and from there a bus to Richmond will be negligible - a few minutes at most.
London Transport - bus and underground
267 runs from Hammersmith to Twickenham
Theres very little accomodation, in Twickenham itself, apart from B and B's , so i'd definetly try out Richmond or nearby Kingston (15 mins further up the river.) Try these sites for local tourist info:
Central might be anything from Paddington and Queensway and all the way over to Tottenham Court road. You can follow this in an axis that follows Bayswater Road, which extends to Oxford Street at Marble Arch. And the Central line on the tube is following the same path underground. Queensway, Lancaster Road, Marble Arch, then 2-3 more stops before you get to Tottenham Court Road. It's one hour walking, and it is all central London if you see what I mean.
If you like shopping then may be staying in the Marble Arch to Tottenham Court area and Soho or Picadilly Circus area is ok. But hotels are more expensive these places. Paddington is cheaper, many hotels, a lot of them TOO cheap and dirty, but it is closer to Wembley. There are direct tubes (underground) from Paddington to Wembley, and they take 15-25 minutes, more than one choice.
Twickenham is closer to Heathrow, also close to Richmond. Not many hotels there.
For more Stones news see IORR 47 of April 2003!
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