On 29 Feb, 16:59, Reg M wrote:

On Feb 29, 3:56 pm, Mizter T wrote:

On 29 Feb, 14:25, Reg M wrote:

Is there a route involving just one bus from Embankment Gardens, along
the Chelsea Embankment to the Royal Albert Hall? From what I can
gather from Internet maps etc., the nearest bus for that seems to be
the 360. Can you advise?
Reg M

The number 9 bus from directly outside Charing Cross station (stop S)
goes direct to the Royal Albert Hall. If you are starting from
Victoria Embankment Gardens [...]

(snip mistaken advice for a journey from the Embankment!)


Thanks for the response but unless I have misread the map the
Embankment Gardens I referred to is just west of Chelsea Bridge, the
north side of the river on Chelsea Embankment. It appears on the map
just below the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Reg M


Right, yes, as Laurence Payne points out upthread the critical clue
that both I and Paul Corfield missed was that you want to get there
from Chelsea Embankment!

Take a look at this bus spider map for Chelsea Bridge (PDF):
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaro...ital-13620.pdf

You're quite right to say that the 360 would do the job, and as as
Laurence says, the 452 is another.

Both will stop on all ths bus stops along Chelsea Bridge Street or
Lower Sloane Street, both a short walk from Embankment Gardens.

The map also shows the 360 stopping at stop CH on a little loop of
road just off Chelsea Embankment - this is the location of some gates
that lead into the Royal Hospital. Very confusingly, the map indicates
that the 360 only stops here when going northbound - I have to say
that I do strongly suspect this is a mistake and that the bus calls
here in both directions, but I cannot find anything to confirm my
suspicion.

The 360 will take you to the southern side of the Royal Albert Hall on
Prince Consort Road, whilst the 452 goes along the north side of the
Royal Albert Hall (on Kensington Gore). Whilst the Royal Albert Hall
is the last stop on the 360, so it would be literally impossible to
miss it, it would be pretty difficult to miss it on the 452 as well -
look out to your left for the Hall itself, and to the right for the
large and very grand Albert memorial, or ask the driver to give you a
shout.

The 452 is slightly more frequent during the day, though in the
evening the frequency of the 360 drops substantially (every 20 minutes
after 8pm). The 360 might look more attractive if any of the
travellers are less mobile, though I cannot guarantee it calls at stop
CH on the southbound run.

Otherwise I'd suggest that you make the short walk up to Chelsea
Bridge Road, possibly via Royal Hospital Road if you don't mind going
a tiny bit further to avoid the busy road that is Chelsea Embankment
(though you do miss the river views this way), and take the first bus
that comes - either the 360 or 452. On the way back I would head to
Kensington Gore to catch the 452 back to Chelsea Bridge Road - but
again I don't know what considerations you need to make, so the 360
might be preferable *if* it stops at stop CH going southbound.