Local Information: Aldgate Student Money and Accommodation Advice
Banks
Barclays The Co-operative Bank Lloyds 100 Fenchurch Street EC3M 80 Cornhill EC3V 3NJ 3-5 Whitechapel Rd E1 1DU 5JD Tel: +44(0)3457 212 212 Tel: 0345 602 1997 Tel: 0345 734 5345 www.co-operativebank.co.uk www.lloydsbank.com www.barclays.co.uk
Nationwide NatWest Santander 1 Aldgate, London EC3N 1RE 45 Whitechapel Road E1 1DU 224 Bishopsgate EC2M 4AN Tel: 0800 554 1284 Tel: 03457 888 444 Tel: 0800 9 123 123 www.nationwide.co.uk www.natwest.com www.santander.co.uk
Doctors, dentists and other healthcare services
. NHS 24-hour helpline - Tel 111, medical info & advice if you are feeling ill . Find a local Doctor or Dentist - www.nhs.uk then click on services near you . Royal London Hospital A&E - Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, Tel: 020 7377 7000 . Brook Sexual Health helpline for under 25s - www.brook.org.uk . National Drugs Helpline (FRANK) - Free 24 hour helpline 0300 123 66 00 www.talktofrank.com . Samaritans 24 hour helpline - 116 123 for emotional support www.samaritans.org
Local shops and markets
Marks & Spencer Tesco Liverpool Street Rail Station 22 - 23 Aldgate E Tube, London, E1 6BF, Tel: 0345 610 Walkway Level, EC2M 7PY, Tel: 020 7247 2938 2190 142 Houndsditch, Aldgate, EC3A 7DH, Tel: 0345 15 Bishopgate, EC2N 3NW, Tel: 020 3281 610 2739 6212
Sainsbury’s Local street markets 31 Bell Lane E1 7LA, Tel: 020 7247 7518 Wentworth Street E1 (off Middlesex St) 33 Mansell Street E1 8AA, Tel: 02074813614 Whitechapel Rd E1 (by Whitechapel Station) Spitalfields Market, Commercial St, E1
London travel & tourist information www.tfl.gov.uk/ - Tel: 0343 222 1234, textphone 0800 112 3456 National Rail Enquiries: 03457 48 49 50 www.nationalrail.co.uk Passport photographs, fax and copying services
Passport Photographs Snappy Snaps 86 Aldgate High Street EC3N 1LH Tel. 020 7702 4477
Printing, Copying, Scanning and Binding University libraries
Police stations
City of London Shoreditch 4-6 Shepherdess 182 Bishopsgate EC2M 4NP Walk N1 7LF Tel: 101 Textphone: Tel: 101 Textphone: 18001101 18001101
Police Registration* - for international students only where stamped in passport or on ID card . If you live in the Metropolitan Police area go to: Overseas Visitors Records Office 323, Borough High Street London, SE1 1JL Tel. 020 7230 1208. . If you live outside the Greater London area go to your local police station.
*More info: www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/ov/registering-overseas-visitor/
Post offices
11 White Kennett Street E1 7BS 45 London Wall EC2M 5TE 160a Brick Lane E1 6RU 12 Eastcheap EC3M 1AJ www.postoffice.co.uk
For information on mailing costs, deliveries and postcodes go to www.royalmail.com
Public services Government website with information on a wide range of public services: www.gov.uk/.
Tax & Inland Revenue enquiries www.taxguideforstudents.org.uk www.gov.uk/student-jobs-paying-tax How to contact us Telephone your Student Hub and ask to book an appointment with a Student Money and Accommodation Adviser: Aldgate Hub – 020 7133 7002; Holloway Hub – 020 7133 7001 Email: [email protected] Website: www.londonmet.ac.uk/advice
The content of this information sheet has been compiled using information from external sources, as well as University data. The content has been carefully checked and is given in good faith. However, the University cannot accept responsibility for the consequences of any inaccuracy.
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