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Local Kamen House Mini Guide LOCAL KAMEN HOUSE MINI GUIDE Kamen House Situated on Farringdon Road in the Bloomsbury area, the apartments are close to St Paul’s Cathedral and the financial district. The apartments have superb links to the legal and academic areas of London and are a 15-minute walk to the British Museum. Nearby Underground stations are Farringdon and Chancery Lane, which are both a five-minute walk away. CONTENTS Useful Places .. ........................................................3 More Useful Places .............................................. Medical Services .................................................... 5 Shopping ............................................................... 6 Health & Fitness .................................................... 7 Entertainment ...................................................... 8 Transport Links ..................................................... 9 Useful Places 3 Banks Police Station Halifax Holborn Unit 3 Mid City Place 58-71 High Holborn 10 Lamb’s Conduit St, London WC1N 3NR Place, WC1V 6EA http://content.met.police.uk/PoliceStation/ http://www.halifax.co.uk/ holborn HSBC Bank plc Which number do I dial? 31 Holborn, London EC1N 2HR 999—Police, Ambulance, Fire Brigade https://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/ 101—for non-emergency calls Santander 10 a Leather Lane, London EC1N 7YH http://www.santander.co.uk/uk/index Post Offices Kilburn Post Office 39 - 41 Farringdon Rd, London EC1M 3JB http://www.postoffice.co.uk/ More Useful Places 4 Libraries Places of Worship We can issue you with a library letter which Kings Cross Mosque and Islamic cultural will allow you access into public libraries. centre Closest library to Monticello House (our Sandfield, 8 Cromer St, London WC1H 8DU Study Centre) is Holborn Library 32-38 Theobalds, Road London WC1X 8PA Sandys Row Synagogue 4a Sandy’s Row, London E1 7HW We have a full list of libraries should you require another location. St Peter’s Italian Church Please visit: 136 Clerkenwell Rd, London EC1R 5DL http://services.angloeducational.com/ libraries-in-camden or http://services.angloeducational.com/ libraries-in-westminster We can also get you a student pass for Birkbeck, University of London • The library is open every day from 8.30 to 23.45 during term time • 3 week loans and 1 week loans are borrowable, 1 day loan, periodicals and reference books are not borrowable. • There will be a maximum of five items on loan at any one time. • There will be access to photocopiers. • There will be no access to PCs in the Library or WiFi. Medical Services 5 If you need to see a Doctor/Dentist during Gray’s Inn Medical Practice your stay then you should first contact 77 Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8TT your Insurance Company, they will be able http://www.graysinnmedical.co.uk to book you an appointment at a Doctor/ Dentist Dentist, they will have a list of practices that you will be able to visit. If you make your Conduit Dental Practice own appointment it is likely you will not 41 Lambs Conduit Street, Holborn , London, be reimbursed any fees. WC1N 3NG Alternatively you could visit a NHS walk in Barbican Orthodontic Clinic center, please note that this service will be 84-85 Long Lane, EC1A 9ET chargable http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/Walk- in%20centre/LocationSearch/663 Hospital Emergencies UCLH You would go to your nearest A & E 235 Euston Rd, Fitzrovia, London NW1 2BU (ER) Depending on the level of the emergencycharges may apply. UCLH also has an accident and emergency unit (A&E). Medical clinics Pharmacy Clerkenwell Medical Practice Boots Pharmacy Pine Street, Finsbury Health Centre, EC1R 25-27 Farringdon Rd, London EC1M 3HA 0LP http://www.boots.com/ http://www.clerkenwellmedicalpractice. org.uk/ Shopping & Retail 6 Supermarkets Oxford Street Marks & Spencer Many buses from Farringdon will take you to Heron House, 323-324 High Holborn, WC1V the famous Oxford Street with all the high 7PD street stores and restaurants you could need. http://www.marksandspencer.com/ The architecture is also something to pay Tesco Express attention to. 43-45 Farringdon Rd, London EC1M 3JB http://www.tesco.com/ Waitrose 174 St John St, London EC1V 4DE http://www.waitrose.com/ Dry Cleaners Gray’s Inn Dry Cleaners 50 Gray’s Inn Rd, London WC1X 8LS Lal Dry Cleaners 46 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8EX Beauty & Fitness 7 Beauty Gyms Kelvie & Brown Hairdressing Gymbox 69 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1AF 20, Farringdon Road, Cowcross St, London http://www.kelvie-brown-hairdressers.co.uk/ EC1M 3AP http://gymbox.com/gyms/farringdon Salon House 42 Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8LR Soho Gyms http://www.salonhouse.co.uk/ 122 Clerkenwell Rd, London EC1R 5DL http://www.sohogyms.com/index. php?page=farringdon Entertainment 8 Arcade Cinemas Namco Funscape Barbican Cinema 1 Riverside Buildings, Westminster Bridge Rd, 2, Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS London SE1 7PB http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/new- http://www.namcofunscape-londonevents. cinemas co.uk/venue/location// Odeon Marble Arch Bowling 10 Edgware Road, London, W2 2EN http://www.odeon.co.uk/ All Star Lanes Victoria House, Bloomsbury Pl, WC1B 4DA Museums http://www.allstarlanes.co.uk/venues/ Charles Dickens Museum holborn/ 48 Doughty St, London WC1N 2LX http://dickensmuseum.com/ Transport Links 9 The closest station to your apartments Underground is Farringdon. If you exit your apartment Farringdon building, turn left and walk down to Circle / Hammersmith & City / Metropolitan Chancery Lane, you will have more options for buses Main Railway Stations Bus from Farringdon Station Farringdon 63 to Forest Hill Euston Blackfriars / Southwark / Elephant & Castle / St Pancras International Old Kent Road / Peckham Buses from Chancery Lane 8 to Tottenham Court Road Holborn / Chancery Lane / New Oxford Street 25 to Hainault Chancery Lane / Holborn/ Bank / Mile End / Bow Church / Stratford Travel Tip! 242 to Homerton Hospital Cash is no longer accepted on London St Pauls / Liverpool Street / Shoreditch / buses so make sure you have a valid Hackney / Homerton Hospital travel card or Oyster Save the link below to your smart phone to see live bus arrivals http://m.countdown.tfl.gov.uk/.
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