USEFUL BUS ROUTES from the Marylebone area
At a coffee morning, we had an interesting discussion about getting around town with little ones. Bus is often the favoured option (if you don't want to pay for a taxi!), but the London bus network can be a bit daunting for newcomers. Some of the more seasoned bus users were sharing their favourite routes, so I thought it might be a handy reference for the website. Thanks to all the mums who inputed their tips already. Feel free to email me any other tips on buses at marylebonemums@gmail.com
274 route runs from Lancaster Gate (for the Diana Memorial Playground), up Glouceter Place and then near Lords, St Johns Wood High Street, London Zoo, Primrose Hill and then into Camden (where the high street has lots of less expensive shops eg Lidl).
The bus is often very full at weekends when it runs South back to Marylebone/Lancaster Gate, especially if you are picking up from the London Zoo stop to head back home. My tip is to wait for a 2nd bus - at weekends they often double up buses. Use CityMapper or Moovit to track the arrivals!
13, 113, 82 are all great for getting up Park Road and Finchly Road (to the O2 center, Swiss cottage leisure centre, St John's wood). They can even take you all the way to Golders Hill which is s lovely annex of Hampstead Heath with a small (free) outside zoo and great playground. The best Stop for the park is Fortune Green Road.
13 takes you to Aldwych, next to Covent Garden where you can find the London Transport Museum and all the other things in the Covent Garden area eg Opera House.
2 goes close to the Tate Britain which is a lovely gallery and often less busy than other galleries.
139 goes down to the Southbank Centre and Waterloo (so down to the River Thames)
27 north from Marylebone it goes up to Chalk Farm where there is a massive Morrissons Supermarket, and also Camden High Street. Then west from Marylebone it goes to Paddington and Queensway (childrens library and Porchester centre there as well as the best chinese food - forget chinatown), Notting Hill Gate, Kensington Church St (antiques), Kensington High St (Whole Foods massive store and nice shopping, often less busy), Kensington Olympia for exhibitions, Hammersmith, then Turnham Green and Chiswick where there is also a high street that has a nice feel (Marylebone-lite is how a friend of mine describes it!)
189 goes up to Kilburn High Road (where there is an Aldi and cheap ethnic shopping!) and then on to Brent Cross shopping mall.
453 goes down Portland Place and Regent St and then Horseguards (for Buckingham Palace etc), then across the river into South London.
At a coffee morning, we had an interesting discussion about getting around town with little ones. Bus is often the favoured option (if you don't want to pay for a taxi!), but the London bus network can be a bit daunting for newcomers. Some of the more seasoned bus users were sharing their favourite routes, so I thought it might be a handy reference for the website. Thanks to all the mums who inputed their tips already. Feel free to email me any other tips on buses at marylebonemums@gmail.com
274 route runs from Lancaster Gate (for the Diana Memorial Playground), up Glouceter Place and then near Lords, St Johns Wood High Street, London Zoo, Primrose Hill and then into Camden (where the high street has lots of less expensive shops eg Lidl).
The bus is often very full at weekends when it runs South back to Marylebone/Lancaster Gate, especially if you are picking up from the London Zoo stop to head back home. My tip is to wait for a 2nd bus - at weekends they often double up buses. Use CityMapper or Moovit to track the arrivals!
13, 113, 82 are all great for getting up Park Road and Finchly Road (to the O2 center, Swiss cottage leisure centre, St John's wood). They can even take you all the way to Golders Hill which is s lovely annex of Hampstead Heath with a small (free) outside zoo and great playground. The best Stop for the park is Fortune Green Road.
13 takes you to Aldwych, next to Covent Garden where you can find the London Transport Museum and all the other things in the Covent Garden area eg Opera House.
2 goes close to the Tate Britain which is a lovely gallery and often less busy than other galleries.
139 goes down to the Southbank Centre and Waterloo (so down to the River Thames)
27 north from Marylebone it goes up to Chalk Farm where there is a massive Morrissons Supermarket, and also Camden High Street. Then west from Marylebone it goes to Paddington and Queensway (childrens library and Porchester centre there as well as the best chinese food - forget chinatown), Notting Hill Gate, Kensington Church St (antiques), Kensington High St (Whole Foods massive store and nice shopping, often less busy), Kensington Olympia for exhibitions, Hammersmith, then Turnham Green and Chiswick where there is also a high street that has a nice feel (Marylebone-lite is how a friend of mine describes it!)
189 goes up to Kilburn High Road (where there is an Aldi and cheap ethnic shopping!) and then on to Brent Cross shopping mall.
453 goes down Portland Place and Regent St and then Horseguards (for Buckingham Palace etc), then across the river into South London.
