"clio22" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'll be visiting London for the first time and, as such, can't gauge
what's walkable. This will determine whether I need to pick up 7-day
Travel Cards or just work with day offpeaks. I'm a decent walker, but
not ready for primetime marathon walking.

I'll be staying in Victoria Station. So far it doesn't look like I'll
be sightseeing out of Zone 1 except for several sidetrips that
wouldn't be covered by a Travel Card, anyway.

I'm trying to find out what's walkable. For example, (1) can I walk
from Victoria Station to Trafalgar Square, stop/rest/eat, and then
walk through Picadilly/St James, Hyde Park Corner to return to VicSta?
(2) Can I walk from VicSta to and through Hyde Park and Kensington
Gardens down to Albert Hall, then back to VicSta as a day's walk, with
rest stops? (3) How about from the Strand through the Inns of Court to
the British Library?

I'm from New York City and am very familiar with Paris, so if it's
easier to juxtapose the walks I asked about to similar distances in
these two cities, that would also be very helpful.

All of the above sound quite walkable. I suggest you check out this website:

www.multimap.com

I have zoomed in on Victoria station, if you can fit this URL in your
browser:

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...up.x=11&up.y=1

As a guide, the distance between Victoria Staion and Green Park underground
station is a 20 minute leisurely walk.

Tube stations are typically placed 1/2 to 1 mile apart, the spacing varies
much more than in other countries. But suffice to say, doing about 5 stops
takes around an hour, if that helps?


Many thanks for any help.

Bonnie