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Location map 2010 Luton Road Access. Indicating access routes and traffic control International Parking Open 24 hours Stamp Exhibition Underground parking, 2m height restriction & Victoria Line 15 minutes’ walk to BDC Main Entrance Stanstead Deliveries are not to be made to this entrance

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Hotels Hilton Islington Bus Stops for services 4, 19, 30, 38, 43, 56, 73, 34, N19, N38, N43, N73

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Jury’s Angel Islington Tube Station Inn Northern Line (City Branch) 5 minutes’ walk to BDC Heathrow

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Business Design Centre From 8 to 15 May 52 Islington The Business Design Centre London N1 0QH 52 Upper Street, Islington Tel: +44 (0)20 7359 3535 London N1 0QH Fax: +44 (0)20 7288 6444 Gatwick www.businessdesigncentre.co.uk www.london2010.org.uk London 2010 leaflet 14.05.09 final:GBPS leaflet 30/01/05AC/DSfinal 14/5/09 15:42 Page 1

There are many good reasons to visit Reaching the Business Design Centre There’s a whole world of philately to 52 Upper Street, Islington explore during May 2010 – and only a London 2010 London N1 0QH short distance from the Business Design International Stamp Exhibition Centre. Don’t miss any of these special 8 to15 May 2010 The Business Design Centre is well served by public events during your visit. at the Business Design Centre in transport, with buses passing the door, the London Underground a short walk away, providing links with London’s Islington Empire Mail: George V and the GPO London’s main railway stations and airports. Guildhall Art Gallery There are on-site car parking facilities and the venue is 6 May – 25 July 2010 i Easy to reach, with links to the many attractions that fully accessible. With unique material from The British Postal Museum & make London one of the most popular destinations in Archive (BPMA) and The Royal Philatelic Collection, this the world. By bus fascinating exhibition examines the reign of King i Good connections to the main railway stations and Many bus routes pass along Upper Street in Islington George V (1910–1936), the ‘philatelist king’. London’s airports. (including services that operate throughout the night), linking with many other parts of London. The British Library – Display and Talks i Open every day from 10 am to 6 pm (5 pm on Throughout 2010 By Underground 15 May). The British Library Philatelic Collections is completely Angel station on the Northern Line is a short walk away, refreshing and redisplaying its 1,000 frame philatelic i Royal Mail’s significant presence. and provides direct links with Kings Cross/St Pancras exhibition with significant and rare new material. There International, Euston and London Bridge stations. i will also be a programme of educational talks. Around 150 stands of dealers and postal Highbury and Islington station on the Victoria and London administrations from around the world. Overground (North London) lines is also close. Treasures from the Archive i Competitive displays in all the main classes. By train The British Postal Museum & Archive Search Room There are easy connections with London’s main railway From 6 May 2010 until 2011 i Unique presentation. The displays will be changed stations using the London Underground system. For those This exhibition will showcase the very best of the halfway through the exhibition. coming by Eurostar, the London terminus is at St Pancras BPMA’s collection of UK stamps and postal history. i Catering on site, plus many fine restaurants and bars International. in the area. The British Museum By air Temporary exhibition in Gallery 69a i Other philatelic events taking place in London at the Good connections are available with Heathrow (by 6 May 2010 – November 2010 same time. These are all part of the Festival of Piccadilly Line to Kings Cross), Gatwick and Luton (by An exhibition of coins, medals, banknotes and stamps Stamps. First Capital Connect to St Pancras International), Stansted from Africa, showing their role in the creation of (by Stansted Express to Liverpool Street) and London City national identity. i Special area for young collectors. airports (using the Docklands Light Railway – DLR – to Bank, and thence Northern Line to Angel). The Royal Philatelic Society London For more details, visit the website: 6 May 2010 By car Open day by ticket only. www.london2010.org.uk The Business Design Centre has its own on-site car park with nearly 300 spaces. Additional car parking is available in a nearby multi-storey car park. And there is more. HW Wood Limited Appointed philatelic insurance brokers to London 2010 For more information on the exhibitions and events Telephone: +44 (0)20 7398 9000 See the Business Design Centre location taking place, in London and further afield, throughout map overleaf. 2010, visit www.london2010.org.uk.