Hello all, I'll be making a trip to the Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday.
We'll be taking the Tube from St.P to Whitechapel (got one day
Travelcards).
Afterwards, we'll be having a walk around, a few things on the list -
Smithfield, Borough market, Globe Theatre, Lincoln and Grays Inn.

From the map, all of these look pretty walk-able from Whitechapel. Is
that so in real life?

Also, anything else in the eastern half of London that we should visit?

Thanks
Alan.


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Hello all, I'll be making a trip to the Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday.
We'll be taking the Tube from St.P to Whitechapel (got one day
Travelcards).
Afterwards, we'll be having a walk around, a few things on the list -
Smithfield, Borough market, Globe Theatre, Lincoln and Grays Inn.

From the map, all of these look pretty walk-able from Whitechapel. Is
that so in real life?

Depends on the age and fitness of the group. There's a fair amount of
walking involved to cover the places listed. If it was me, after
visiting the Whitechapel Gallery I'd get the tube back to Farringdon and
then explore Smithfield and the rest from there.

Also, anything else in the eastern half of London that we should visit?

Masses, but it depends on your interests. The Museum of London is near
Smithfield, and it's well worth taking the Millenium Bridge from just
south of St Paul's to get across the river for Borough Market and The
Globe. On the south side it leads straight to Tate Modern, which is well
worth a visit, and is close to The Globe.

You could also consider wandering up Brick Lane after the Whitechapel
Gallery - it has a unique atmosphere, but is very busy on Saturdays.
Don't leave Borough Market too late in the day - it tends to start
running down by mid-afternoon.

Don't forget that with a travelcard you can always hop on a bus if the
walking gets too tiring.
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Paul Terry

In message of Mon, 15 Feb
2010 08:51:46 in uk.transport.london, A.Lee writes
Hello all, I'll be making a trip to the Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday.
We'll be taking the Tube from St.P to Whitechapel (got one day
Travelcards).

I would use Oyster PAYG for this - assuming you take no more than 2
public transport journeys. YMMV. I infer "Whitechapel Gallery" is what
Journey Planner at http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQU
EST2?language=en calls "Whitechapel Art Gallery". Ignore the quirk that
it wants you to disambiguate 2 entries which are the same. It seems
impossible to get beyond LU CSC (Customer Service Centre) to get this
fixed. You want the first carriage of the H&C train from KXX to Aldgate
East (ALE).

Afterwards, we'll be having a walk around, a few things on the list -
Smithfield, Borough market, Globe Theatre, Lincoln and Grays Inn.

From the map, all of these look pretty walk-able from Whitechapel. Is
that so in real life?

That depends on your criteria. I would estimate 30 minutes for many of
these walks. The gallery is a few steps via Osborn Street to Brick Lane
where you can get a curry in this Bengali/Sylheti area.


Also, anything else in the eastern half of London that we should visit?


Go a bit further to Gants Hill; the routeway is rather splendid.
If you walk on the south bank Thames Path between Tower and Millenium
bridges, you will pass City Hall, a Golden Hind replica which starred in
the "Shogun" TV series, Clink Prison, a whisky shop, an avoidable pub
before arriving at Tate Modern and the Millenium Bridge. There, view St.
Pauls across the river. I would take a District line penultimate
carriage from ALE to Tower Hill, walk down to the river, along the
cobbles by the Tower and over the bridge.
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Walter Briscoe