Local guide to International Centre of Business & Technology (ICBT), Sunbury

This document has been produced by BP graduates to provide you with local area and transport information. How to get there The ICBT is well positioned, just a Located close to in the outskirts By Car of London, BP’s International Centre for Business The site is located close to Sunbury Cross (the end few miles from Heathrow Airport, and Technology is one of the main centres of BP. of the M3 motorway). From Sunbury Cross, take ICBT is located at Sunbury. Staines Road (towards Staines), and turn right at close to some main motorways the Tesco Express. Just follow Chertsey Road and (M25, M4, M3) and only around half Address you’ll soon arrive at the office park. an hour from London Waterloo train BP ICBT, Chertsey Road, Sunbury, TW16 7LN Parking station. From Heathrow Airport/ Hatton Cross If you arrive for the first time, use one of the visitor tube station () car parks, located next to most of the buildings. Take bus 555, 556 or 557 from the central bus After you have received your security pass, you’ll station or from Terminal 4. It takes a bit over half have access to the employee parking spaces. Most an hour and stops directly on the BP site during people park in the multi-storey car park, located peak hours. between Building A and B. More parking spaces are From Central London available behind buildings C, D, E,F & H. Make sure you have your parking sticker displayed in your The quickest way is to take the train from front windscreen when using the employee parking Waterloo Station to . A free BP shuttle bus spaces. The sticker will be issued to you along with runs from Feltham station to the BP site. The BP your security swipe card on request. shuttle bus runs every working day, between ICBT Secure parking for bicycles and motorbikes is also and Feltham Rail Station (from 06.00-20.00). located on the ground floor of the multi-storey car During peak times (morning, lunch time and park for staff with a valid site pass and in each car evening) there is a 15 minute timetabled service park. in each direction. The journey time takes around 15 minutes. At Feltham rail station, simply follow International Intranet site the platform signs to the BP bus shelter located http://icbt.bpweb.bp.com outside the ticket office of platform 2.

Local guide to International Centre of Business & Technology (ICBT), Sunbury Transport services

Bus services Sunbury site to Heathrow Terminal 4 17mins, Terminal 1- Other Services 36 minutes, Walton on – Thames: 30 minutes. Bus timetables can be obtained from Heathrow Central Car sharing Nearest bus stop: Chertsey Road/ Feltham Hill Road. Bus Station & Staines Bus Station, or by downloading a With almost 6,000 people working at ICBT it shouldn’t be copy on the Transport for London website. ICBT and the 285 Bus service too hard to find someone driving to work from the area surrounding area is well served by a number of public bus Serves: Kingston, Teddington, Feltham, Hatton Cross and where you live. If you still plan to drive, you can offer services: Heathrow Airport. others a lift by using the car sharing email address: Runs: every approximately every 10 minutes at peak 290 Bus service [email protected] times and every 20 minutes at other times. Serves: Richmond, Twickenham, , Hampton, Cycling Sunbury Cross, Ashford Common, Ashford and Staines. Train Services The ICBT is cyclist friendly. There are showers in all the Runs: every 20 minutes at peak times and every 30 buildings, and you can also find several bike sheds in the minutes on a Sunday. Local services are run by South West Trains. Up-to-date parking areas. Also join the BUG (Bicycle User Group) to Nearest bus stop: five minutes walk from BP on Staines timetables should be available from any manned station, receive emails and cycle news and advice. Road. which are usually updated every four months. 235 Bus service Feltham Train Station Serves: Sunbury Village, Sunbury Cross, Feltham, The most convenient station to use to get to work as the & . BP shuttle bus runs between Feltham station and the Runs: Monday – Friday every 10 minutes. Sunbury site. Feltham rail station provides frequent, Nearest bus stop: ten minutes walk from BP on Vicarage efficient train services to the East for London Road. (Twickenham, Richmond, Putney, Clapham Junction, 216 / 416 Bus service Vauxhall and Waterloo) and to the West for Reading Serves: Kingston, Sunbury, Ashford and Staines. (Ashford, Staines, Windsor, Reading). Runs: Monday – Friday every 20 minutes at peak times Sunbury Train Station and every hour at other times. Sunbury site to Staines: 16 20 minute walk from the ICBT. minutes; Sunbury site to Kingston: 35 minutes. Nearest bus stop: Chertsey Road/ Feltham Hill Road. Sunbury – London Waterloo Via Shepperton, Teddington, Kingston and Wimbledon. 555 / 556 / 557 Bus services Serves: Heathrow Airport Central bus station, Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminal 4, Ashford, BP Sunbury, A bit far away from Sunbury, but essential to get around Sunbury and Walton-on-Thames (555/556 only) or quickly in central London. Chertsey and Alderstone (557 only). District Line: nearest stop Richmond Runs: Monday – Friday every 15 minutes at peak times. Piccadilly Line: nearest stops Hatton Cross and Hounslow.

Local guide to International Centre of Business & Technology (ICBT), Sunbury Local area overview and accommodation

Finding somewhere to live can be quite tricky Ashford if you don't know the local areas. So this You can live in Ashford (or the Ashford postal Kingston-Upon-Thames section gives you a brief idea of the main area) and be a 5 minutes’ walk from BP. Or you Easily accessible to Feltham by car (20 minutes).Kingston is can live in Ashford, past the station, and be up to locations where graduates and BP staff tend great for shopping, with a shopping centre with loads of 45 minutes away. If you live close to BP it has the parking and lots of high street shops. Eating out, pubbing to live when working on the ICBT site, and same benefits as living in Sunbury. Ashford town and clubbing are also good. There is also a multiplex cinema, centre has a few shops, a gym, a medical centre, a other nearby offices bowling alley and several gyms. It's right on the river and dental practice and branches of the leading many challengers find themselves stretched out on the banks. The bus service runs from the High Street riverbank in summer sipping pints of beer! and takes you to BP in about 5 minutes. Buses Putney/Clapham Junction also run to Kingston and Staines. The train station Popular location for graduate socials. Rent varies is on the same line as Feltham and Staines Feltham (Putney can be pricey), but the council tax is one of offering quick access to London Waterloo. It’s situated fairly close to BP, depending on where in the cheapest in England- approximately £100 for a Feltham you live, you should expect at least a 15-20 minute four bed house. Great transport links to London walk and/or catch the BP Shuttle bus, which runs from (zone 2 District line, Putney Bridge and East Richmond Feltham station. There is a good leisure park in Feltham Putney) and plenty of buses- the night buses also Popular location for graduate socials. It is (Airparks), which is home to a swimming pool and cinema. run through here. It is on the Waterloo mainline, so expensive to live in Richmond though. Good Trains run very regularly into London and it only takes 25 getting to work is easy, or it takes about 30 shopping, restaurants and a lively night-life. minutes. minutes in a car. There are loads of bars (open Richmond has loads of open space, with 21 miles until 01:00- 02:00 am) and really nice restaurants, of river, two Royal Parks and the Royal Botanical Shepperton but no clubs. Shops are good and it is really easy to Gardens at Kew. Also tends to be a popular meet A few miles away and is famous for its studios. There are a get to Fulham/ Wimbledon/Chelsea. It is right on up place with the graduates. Best way to get to few nice pubs. Shepperton is also located on the Thames, the river, with lots of rowing clubs and has a really work is by train (on the Feltham line) or you can with lots of public and beautiful places to walk. young atmosphere. drive (25 minutes). Clapham has a huge night life and lots of parks/bars/restaurants. Most graduates live on the South West Trains line-Clapham Junction, Richmond, Putney and Twickenham.

Local guide to International Centre of Business & Technology (ICBT), Sunbury Local area overview and accommodation cont.

Teddington Quite a small place in comparison to Kingston/Richmond/Twickenham. Good if you like life a 20 minutes’ drive to BP, or accessible by train. This is a Staines bit slower paced. Has a pretty good selection of trendy area to live in and the rents charged reflect that. Staines is situated 3-4 miles away from BP. The train and restaurants and pubs. Not much to keep you entertained Teddington has plenty of good restaurants and bars; is bus stations are handy for getting about, the train here, you have to travel to Esher/Kingston for the also situated right on top of Old Deer/Bushy Park and station is on the same line as Feltham station (i.e. handy nearest cinema/good night-life. The cricket green is a Hampton Court Place. for the shuttle bus). There is a shopping centre good hang-out on sunny weekends! (Eimsleigh Centre) plus a fair range of high street shops. Twickenham There is a multiplex cinema, a sports centre and several Easily accessible to Feltham. A town steeped in history, pubs in the town and down by the river. There's also the with many attractions to visit such as York House usual glut of fast-food outlets, chain restaurants and Gardens, Marble Hill House and Orleans House Gallery. the Two Rivers retail and entertainment development. Good choice of restaurants/cafes/bars to suit all Sunbury/Lower Sunbury tastes/budgets. Easy to get to work by train (Feltham line) or car (20 minutes’ drive to Sunbury). Roads and Is located right next to BP. If you live here you have the transport links do become very busy when the Rugby is advantage of being within walking distance of work, but on! slightly further out from London. There are a few local pubs, a few shops in Sunbury Cross, a couple of take- Halls of residence are available at St Mary's University, aways, a sports centre and swimming pool. Sunbury Twickenham and rooms have been held for you to take station is useful for going out as trains run to London up should you wish to live with other interns. You will Waterloo and stop at Kingston on the way. Lower receive a separate communication about this but for Sunbury is nice in the summer as you’re by the river and those interested the link to booking can be found on the some of the pubs are supposed to be excellent, but it is next page. a bit further away. Sunbury is ideal if you have a car to Walton-on-Thames get around but your primary concern is living close to the office. It’s good to have a car if you live in Sunbury Lovely area, but getting to work can be a nightmare if because the train to London Waterloo from Sunbury you do not have a car. It is about 4-5 miles from BP. station is slower than from Feltham station, There is a small cinema, a swimming pool, a small shopping centre, a few restaurants and a couple of pubs down by the river. Again, good if you like the quiet life.

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Local guide to International Centre of Business & Technology (ICBT), Sunbury Accommodation information

The best places to start searching for accommodation Richmond include: Chancellors 0208 940 2255 • Estate/letting agents local to your preferred area Foxtons 0208 973 2700 • Local newspapers/ accommodation circulars and/or loot Shepperton Cost Haart 01932 969021 Staines/Egham It is important to remember that you are living on the outskirts of Regents 01784 464 444 London and so the cost of living will be higher than that which you Gregory Brown 01784 451 458 are used to. Typically you can expect to pay anything between £350- 600 a month rent for a room if you’re living in a shared house or Sunbury/Lower Sunbury maybe a little cheaper if you are living with a landlord. Chancellors 01932 785 164 Regents 01932 787 070 Estate/letting agencies Teddington Ashford Dexters 0208 288 8288 Haart 01784 666060 Snellers 0208 408 8040 Gregory Brown 01784 255633 Twickenham Brentford Chase Buchanan 0208 744 0101 Paragon Student Lets 0203 815 0561 Townends 0208 891 6371 University Halls, St Mary's use link below Feltham Frost 0203 324 3251 https://estore.stmarys.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences- Bairstow Eves 0208 890 2607 events/accommodation/bp-intern-accommodation-summer-2019 Kingston-Upon-Thames Walton-on-Thames Dexters 0208 546 3555 Rochills 01932 222 120 Gascoigne Pees 0203 324 6191 Weybridge University Halls, Kingston 0208 417 9000 Gascoigne Pees 01932 690 983 Leaders 01932 858 333

Local guide to International Centre of Business & Technology (ICBT), Sunbury