A GUIDE TO CITY ROAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
GETTING AROUND Illustration by CLARE HALIFAX
Clare was commissioned to illustrate a map of City Road and its surrounding area to reflect Getting Around. Clare lives in London where she is influenced by her everyday environment. Within each image, design, pattern and colour play important parts, adding depth and decoration to build an aesthetically pleasing overall effect.
GETTING AROUND
250 CITY ROAD SITS AT A CROSSROADS OF TECH, FINANCIAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY, ALL ON YOUR DOORSTEP, MAKING IT AN INCREDIBLE PLACE TO CALL HOME.
Within a stone’s throw of London’s pulsing Closer to home, there’s an extensive cycle financial centre, the digital wizardry of network and beautiful canals minutes from Tech City, buzzing Shoreditch, Angel and City Road. Clerkenwell, the beating heart of London is right outside your door.
Old Street and Angel tube stops are both a short walk, bringing the whole of London within your reach, while four major airports are just over an hour away. With Crossrail services due to commence in 2019, journey time to Heathrow will be less than 40 minutes.
The information in this document is indicative only and is intended to act as a guide only. All travel times are approximate and are sourced from www.crossrail.co.uk and www.google.co.uk. Maps are not to scale and show approximate locations only. 250 City Road is a marketing name and will not necessarily form part of the approved postal address. Lifestyle photography is indicative only. DIRECTORY This map shows TFL cycle hire stations within 1 kilometre of the City Road area. BICYCLE SHOPS WALKING RUNNING UNDERGROUND CROSSRAIL 1 KM (FROM 250 CITY ROAD (FROM 250 CITY ROAD) (FROM OLD STREET STATION) (FROM FARRINGDON STATION) 1. Bespoke Cycling TO UNDERGROUND STATIONS) 30 Gresham Street, EC2V 7PG King’s Cross Moorgate Liverpool Street T: 020 7796 1263 Old Street 2 km 1 min 2 mins www.bespokecycling.com 9 mins GRAHAM STREET The City King’s Cross / St Pancras Bond Street TORRENS STREET PITFIELD STREET 19 SPACES 26 SPACES 2. Brick Lane Bikes Angel 2.8 km 5 mins 4 mins CENTRAL EAGLE WHARF ROAD 22 SPACES 118 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6DG 10 mins 43 SPACES T: 020 7033 9053 West End London Bridge Canary Wharf MURRAY GROVE Shoreditch 5 km 5 mins 8 mins CITY ROAD www.bricklanebikes.co.uk 27 SPACES 15 mins 47 SPACES Hyde Park Euston Paddington 3. Condor Cycles FALKIRK STREET Farringdon 5.1 km 6 mins 8 mins NEW NORTH ROAD 49-53 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8PP 32 SPACES 26 SPACES T: 020 7269 6820 16 mins Olympic Park Canary Wharf London Heathrow EAST ROAD HOXTON STREET www.condorcycles.com 26 SPACES Hoxton Square 6.6 km 18 mins T2 & T3 CITY ROAD 27 SPACES 19 mins 31 mins 4. East Central Cycles Greenwich Bond Street FANSHAW STREET 34 SPACES 18 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QE Moorgate 10 km 20 mins T4 ST. JOHN STREET 250 CITY ROAD T: 020 7837 0651 23 mins 39 mins 17 SPACES GOSWELL ROAD 24 SPACES NEW INN YARD www.eastcentralcycles.co.uk/home Paddington 17 SPACES MACCLESFIELD 19 SPACES Liverpool Street 26 mins ROAD AIRPORTS FINSBURY LIBRARY 28 SPACES 5. Cycle Republic 28 SPACES 25 mins (FROM OLD STREET STATION) 23 Lime St, London EC3M 7HB OLD STREET T: 020 7929 1294 PERCIVAL STREET CYCLING TRAIN 21 SPACES STATION www.cyclerepublic.com (FROM 250 CITY ROAD - 24 DOCKING STATIONS) London City BATH STREET 36 SPACES (FROM OLD STREET STATION) FINSBURY LEISURE 30 mins 18 SPACES LEONARD CIRCUS 6. Tokyobike CENTRE 43 SPACES 87-89 Tabernacle Street, Shoreditch, Angel London Luton 19 SPACES ROSCOE STREET Moorgate 18 SPACES EC2A 4BA 5 mins 51 mins CLIFTON STREET T: 020 7251 6842 4 mins CLERKENWELL GREEN BUNHILL ROW 24 SPACES Liverpool Street London Gatwick 21 SPACES 30 SPACES www.tokyobike.co.uk Highbury & Islington BERRY STREET CHRISTOPHER STREET 10 mins 58 mins 31 SPACES 5 mins 41 SPACES King’s Cross / St Pancras London Heathrow (T2 & T3) Finsbury Park APPOLD STREET 11 mins 59 mins 26 SPACES 14 mins MOORFIELDS Bond Street London Heathrow (T4) 54 SPACES FINSBURY SQUARE Alexandra Palace 23 mins 1 hr 5 mins 31 SPACES 19 mins Canary Wharf London Stansted 33 mins 1hr 8 mins Paddington 38 mins Source: tfl.gov.uk
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Charing SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE Green Park Cross ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL London Bridge Situated in the heart of Zone 1, 250 City Road is within walking distance of ‘Tech City’ and the ‘Square Mile’.
Designed by renowned architects Foster + Partners, 250 City Road offers studios, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, with residences on the upper floors offering a spectacular, uninterrupted panorama of the Capital.
Outside, a little under two acres of beautifully landscaped green spaces including the Wi-Fi enabled Central Plaza which creates a sense of calm, connected and contemporary living.
250 City Road will host a range of cafés, restaurants, retail outlets and is set to become the new quarter in which to live, work and play.
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