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BIMM LONDON ACCOMMODATION GUIDE WHERE TO LIVE EUROPE’S PUBLIC TRANSPORT MOST CONNECTED TYPES OF LETTING MUSIC COLLEGE MANAGING FINANCES 2017/18 BIMM.CO.UK CONTENTS WHERE SHOULD I BE LOOKING? 3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVING FULHAM BROADWAY 4 BUSES FROM FULHAM BROADWAY 5 HOW MUCH CAN I EXPECT TO SPEND? 6 HOUSE HUNTING 7 ACCOMMODATION AGENCIES 8 “ ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A DAUNTING TASK, FINDING HOUSE VIEWINGS 9 SOMEWHERE TO LIVE IN LONDON MAY NOT BE AS HARD LIVING COST GUIDELINES 10 AS YOU FIRST THOUGHT. THE STUDENT SUPPORT STAFF AT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 11 BIMM LONDON CAN HELP YOU FIND A HOUSE AND HOUSE MATES TO SUIT YOU” JAKE READ BA MUSIC PRODUCTION GRADUATE Where to live: WHERE SHOULD I BE LOOKING? The school’s address is: Remember that you will need to take into BIMM London consideration the cost of travelling, and the Barclay House time it will take to get into school. Effie Road Fulham We recommend the following areas; some of SW6 1EN. which are within walking distance or a short commute: The school’s nearest tube station is Fulham Broadway on the District Line. It is also • Clapham / Wandsworth walkable from West Brompton Overground • Hammersmith / Shepherds Bush station. • Acton / Ealing • Putney / Southfields The following bus stops are very close to the • West Kensington school: 11, 14, 28, 211, 295, 391, 414 and 424. • Fulham Please note there are no parking facilities available at Fulham. We also strongly recommend that you apply for a Student Oyster card at the start of the Many of our students live within a short new academic year to save 30% against the walking distance or bus/tube commute from price of adult rate Travelcards and Bus & Tram the School but some travel from further afield; passes. especially if they are already settled in London or the outskirts. For further information please refer to Transport for London’s website. PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVING FULHAM BROADWAY All of these areas are very well connected to Fulham Broadway by both bus and tube lines. Some are even walkable or easily accessible by bicycle. CLAPHAM PUTNEY ACTON / EALING / WANDSWORTH / SOUTHFIELDS Acton (from Acton Central Bus route: Putney Overground) 295 (towards Ladbroke Bus route: Bus route: Grove) 414 (towards Maida Hill) 207 / 607 to Shepherds 28 (towards Kensal Rise) 14 (towards Warren Street) Bush – change for – Tube: 424 (towards Craven 295 (towards Clapham Overground northbound to Cottage) Junction) West Brompton Southfields Acton Central Overground As above then connecting Tube: HAMMERSMITH bus route: 39 (from Overground to Willesden Bus route: Clapham Junction) Junction change for – 391 (towards Sands End) Putney & Southfields Overground southbound 295 (towards Clapham Tube: to West Brompton Junction) District Line to Fulham Ealing Common 211 (towards Waterloo) Broadway Tube: Tube: District Line or Piccadilly District Line or Piccadilly SHEPHERDS BUSH Line to Earls Court, change Line to Earls Court, change Bus route: to District Line to Fulham to District Line to Fulham 295 (towards Clapham Broadway Broadway Junction) Tube: PUTNEY Overground southbound to / PARSONS GREEN West Brompton Bus route: 414 (towards Maida Hill) WEST KENSINGTON 14 (towards Warren Street) Bus route: 424 (towards Craven 28 (towards Wandsworth) Cottage) 391 (towards Sands End) Tube: Tube: District Line to Fulham District Line to Fulham Broadway Broadway, change at Earls Court BUSES FROM FULHAM BROADWAY Buses from Fulham Broadway Key Ø— Connections with London Underground u Connections with London Overground Kensal Rise N11 11 Liverpool Street 28 Kilburn Kilburn South Swiss Chalk Camden R Connections with National Rail High Road Hampstead Farm Town Harrow Road Park Cottage Bank CITY Kilburn Lane N28 Îv Connections with Docklands Light Railway Maida Hill Mansion House Ladbroke Grove SainsburyÕs 414 295 The Chippenham Warren Street  Connections with river boats Great Western Road 14 St PaulÕs Cathedral ✚ Harrow Road Goodge Street Mondays to Saturdays except evenings Ladbroke Grove LADBROKE Ludgate Circus Cambridge Gardens Westbourne Park Tottenham Court Road for City Thameslink Aldwych GROVE Notting Hill Gate Piccadilly Circus Latimer Road Warwick Strand Avenue Edgware Marble Park Green Park Kensington Church Street Arch Lane for Covent Garden St. ThomasÕ A Road and London Transport Museum Ealing Broadway Hospital Red discs show the bus stop you need for your chosen bus service. N11 St AnnÕs Road County Hall High Street Kensington Hyde Park Corner Trafalgar Square for London Eye 211 The disc !A appears on the top of the bus stop in the street (see map EALING for Charing Cross 1 2 3 West Ealing Waterloo 4 5 6 of town centre in centre of diagram). ShepherdÕs Bush Kensington High Street Knightsbridge Westminster Uxbridge Road for Westfield Phillimore Gardens for IMAX Cinema and KENSINGTON for Abbey and Houses of Parliament Southbank Centre Kensington High Street EarlÕs Court Road Brompton Road ShepherdÕs Bush Road Harrods Victoria Northfields Brook Green Kensington High Street Warwick Gardens Brompton Road Victoria Coach Station SHEPHERDÕS Brompton Square Hammersmith Popes Lane Sloane Square Library BUSH Kensington High Street Holland Road Victoria & Albert Museum Hammersmith KingÕs Road Route finder Acton Town Kings Mall Shopping Centre Hammersmith Hammersmith Road Kensington Olympia South Kensington Duke of York Square Bus Station Latymer Court for Natural History and Science Museums KingÕs Road Markham Street Day buses including 24-hour services Hammersmith Road Hammersmith Road Acton 211 North End Road Hammersmith Road South Kensington Old Town Hall Hammersmith Hammersmith Broadway Brook Green Old Brompton Road Chelsea Old Town Hall Bus route Towards Bus stops Town Hall for Olympia Onslow Square North End Road Lytton Estate Liverpool Street !R Ravenscourt Park HAMMERSMITH 11 Chiswick High Road King Street Fulham Palace Road Royal Brompton Hospital Royal Brompton KingÕs Road Chiswick Lane Hammersmith Broadway West Kensington and Royal Marsden Hospital Hospital Carlyle Square !F !M!W Stamford Brook Sydney Street 14 Putney Heath Bus Garage Fulham Road Charing Cross Hospital North End Road West Kensington Estate Warren Street !E !L!U!V Fulham Road Old Church Street KingÕs Road Turnham North End Road Lillie Road Old Church Street Green CHISWICK Fulham Road !A !F!H Fulham Palace Road H Kensal Rise A E N Beaufort Street 28 Greyhound Road R A T A N L M I O !E !S S R M CHELSEA Wandsworth Fulham I M V R R T A R D H N A Fulham Cross Dawes Road O A E A ST F Fulham A B R O ON Chelsea and KingÕs Road E R Broadway Chelsea FC !C !D!F!M!W Sherbrooke Road D E DS E Hammersmith Palace Road L L N P Westminster Beaufort Street O L. Shopping (Stamford 211 R D Turnham Green Lillie Road OR Bridge) Hospital H R JER Centre and S O B DA !B !E!J!L!U!V Church R N Waterloo A P Station Fulham Road O LAC J D E V A KingÕs Road Dawes Road D H U Edith Grove D AW AD D E FUL AM Clapham Junction !B !E!J!S Munster Road ES RO B L OAD Fulham Road Hobury Street/WorldÕs End 295 RO AM R . A LH B Lysia Street RD DW FU M Hortensia Road C A R E W A W IT D Y I !C !D!F!H A T Ladbroke Grove A A X KingÕs Road Hail & Ride D W F M A A H O B T W . O T N Edith Grove/WorldÕs End section R N R A H Fulham E D R N E R R R A Munster Road R F L !A !F!H S B U Town A Richmond Gunnersbury P C D W O L 391 O M L A R Hall K H A A O H O R R 424 S Y R O D A R Fulham Stevenage Road/ I H D P KingÕs Road !E !S B L E R O Sands End U R I S E O A Fulham Football Club F FF R R WorldÕs End Health Centre O E O O R A D A O A M D D Maida Hill !E !L!U!V D T D . 414 KingÕs Road Rumbold Road Putney Bridge !F !M!W Hail & Ride section Fulham Road ✚ !F !H Kew Bridge Parsons Green Lane/Fulham Library BagleyÕs Pearscroft Fulham Stevenage Road Harwood Road Imperial Road 424 Lane Road Harwood Terrace ✚ Fulham Road Tyrawley Road Putney Heath !E !S Radipole Road FULHAM Wandsworth Bridge Road Imperial Wharf for Chelsea Harbour Fulham Road New Kings Road Broughton Road KEW Munster Road Kew Green Fulham Road Wandsworth Bridge Road Hail & Ride Townmead Road Fulham Palace Road Bovingdon Road section Bagleys Road Byam Street Night buses Sands End Townmead Road Fulham High Street Hazlebury Road Bus route Towards Bus stops New Kings Road Glenrosa Street Kew Gardens Wandsworth Bridge Road Sands End !C !D!F!H New Kings Road Peterborough Hail & Ride Oakbury Road SainsburyÕs 391 N11 Ealing Broadway Fulham High Street Road section Liverpool Street !B !E!J!R New Kings Road Hurlingham Carnwath Wandsworth Bridge Road Putney Bridge Putney Bridge Munster Road Sullivan Court Road Townmead Road North Sheen North End 414 Gonville Street Camden Town !A !F!H Manor Circus The yellow tinted area includes every N28 River Thames bus stop up to one-and-a-half miles !E !S from Fulham Broadway. Main stops are Wandsworth Putney St MaryÕs Church Wandsworth Bridge Bridgend Road shown in the white area outside. Richmond PUTNEY Putney High Street Swandon Way York Road Petergate Putney Exchange Putney York Road Chatfield Road Chartfield Wandsworth Town Avenue Richmond Bus Station 391 WANDSWORTH York Road Hope Street Hail & Ride Plough Road Wallis Close RICHMOND Carslake Road section Wandsworth Town Hall Wandsworth Clapham Junction St JohnÕs Hill Putney Heath Southside Shopping Centre Clapham Junction Falcon Road Telegraph Road Putney Heath Green Man 28 Wandsworth 14 424 Mapleton Crescent N28 295 Information correct from 26 September 2014 © Transport for London TFL28853.09.14 (F) HOW MUCH CAN I EXPECT TO SPEND? Below is a table of average weekly rent rates.