WINTER07_Map_190907.qxd:Summer_Map090307 20/9/07 12:53 Page 1 WINNER SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE YEAR 2000 CITY CRUISES* WINNER SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE YEAR 2001/03 WINNER SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE YEAR 2004 THE BIG All route times are subject to change. THE CLASSIC EVERY 15 TO 30 MINUTES EVERY 15 TO 30 MINUTES BLUE TOUR COMMENTARY IN A CHOICE OF 8 LANGUAGES PLEASE CHECK LAST BUS TIMES WITH YOUR DRIVER RED TOUR LIVE ENGLISH COMMENTARY PLEASE CHECK LAST BUS TIMES WITH YOUR GUIDE OR DRIVER COMMENTARY First Bus First Bus First Bus First Bus First Bus First Bus First Bus 1 62 GREEN PARK - by the Ritz Hotel 08.25 13 41 LONDON EYE - next to South Bank Lion, Westminster Bridge 09.08 26 54 WESTMINSTER ABBEY - bus stop T, Victoria Street 10.17 31 4 MARBLE ARCH – Speakers’ Corner 08.25 42 14 WATERLOO - Big Bus stop, York Road 09.17 53 25 PARLIAMENT SQUARE – bus stop D, Abingdon Street 10.19 66 SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUMS - bus stop F, Cromwell Gardens 08.45 St James’s Palace, Bond Street River Cruise, Dalí Universe, London Aquarium New Scotland Yard, Westminster Cathedral Oxford Street, Hyde Park London Eye, South Bank Arts Centre, Waterloo International Station Houses of Parliament, Tate Britain Victoria & Albert Museum, Natural History Museum, Science Museum 2 63 HARD ROCK CORNER - Big Bus stop, opposite Hard Rock Café 08.27 14 42 WATERLOO - Big Bus stop, York Road 09.13 27 55 BUCKINGHAM PALACE - outside No.1 Buckingham Gate 10.22 32 MADAME TUSSAUD’S - Big Bus stop, Marylebone Road 08.35 43 15 COVENT GARDEN - Big Bus stop outside No.1 Aldwych 09.22 54 26 WESTMINSTER ABBEY - bus stop T, Victoria Street 10.22 67 GLOUCESTER ROAD - bus stop outside the Stanhope Arms Pub 08.49 Constitution Hill, Green Park, Hyde Park Corner, Wellington Arch London Eye, South Bank Arts Centre, Waterloo International Station Planetarium, Sherlock Holmes Museum, London Zoo Royal Opera House, London’s Transport Museum, Somerset House New Scotland Yard, Westminster Cathedral 28 56 ROYAL MEWS - outside No. 31 Buckingham Palace Road 10.23 68 BADEN POWELL - bus stop outside 70 Queen’s Gate 08.51 3 59 QUEEN MOTHER GATES - 15 43 COVENT GARDEN - Big Bus stop outside No.1 Aldwych 09.17 Big Bus Information Centre OXFORD CIRCUS - bus stop RF, Regent Street 08.44 44 16 79 ALDWYCH - bus stop K, Aldwych 09.23 55 27 BUCKINGHAM PALACE - outside No.1 Buckingham Gate 10.27 Baden Powell House, Natural History Museum Big Bus stop, opposite London Hilton, Park Lane 08.31 Royal Opera House, London’s Transport Museum, Somerset House 33 The Law Courts, St Clement Danes, Fleet Street 29 57 VICTORIA – outside Westminster Thistle Hotel 08.25 Oxford Street, Fitzrovia 56 28 ROYAL MEWS - outside No. 31 Buckingham Palace Road 10.28 Hyde Park, Mayfair, Shepherd Market ALDWYCH - bus stop K, Aldwych 09.19 Big Bus Information Centre ST PAUL’S 09.31 69 ROYAL ALBERT HALL - bus stop outside Royal Albert Hall 08.55 16 44 79 REGENT STREET - bus stop RK, Regent Street, 08.50 45 17 Big Bus Information Centre Albert Memorial, Princess Diana Memorial Fountain 4 60 MARBLE ARCH - Speakers’ Corner 08.34 The Law Courts, St Clement Danes, Fleet Street 30 58 34 6 The City, Barbican, Museum of London, Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern Oxford Street, Hyde Park VICTORIA STATION – outside Thistle Victoria Hotel 08.27 Hamleys, Carnaby Street 57 29 VICTORIA – outside Westminster Thistle Hotel 10.29 17 45 ST PAUL’S 09.27 LONDON BRIDGE - outside No.29 Tooley Street 09.43 Big Bus Information Centre 70 KENSINGTON PALACE - bus stop N, Kensington Road 09.01 35 7 PICCADILLY CIRCUS - bus stop G, Regent Street 08.54 46 18 Kensington High Street 5 61 MAYFAIR - Park Lane 08.37 The City, Barbican, Museum of London, Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern Soho, Chinatown London Dungeon, Tate Modern, H.M.S. Belfast, Southwark Cathedral, 58 30 VICTORIA STATION – outside Thistle Victoria Hotel 10.31 Oxford Street, Little America LONDON BRIDGE - outside No.29 Tooley Street 09.42 Globe Theatre 71 NOTTING HILL - bus stop M, Notting Hill Gate 08.50 18 46 6 34 REGENT STREET - bus stop RK, Regent Street 08.46 London Dungeon, Tate Modern, H.M.S. Belfast, Southwark Cathedral, Globe Theatre THE GREEN 36 8 HAYMARKET - Big Bus stop, outside No.11 Haymarket 08.57 TOWER OF LONDON - Big Bus stop, Tower Hill 09.51 59 3 QUEEN MOTHER GATES – Big Bus stop, opposite London Hilton, Park Lane 10.37 Portobello Road Market, Holland Park Leicester Square, Planet Hollywood, Trocadero 47 19 Hyde Park, Mayfair, Shepherd Market Hamleys, Carnaby Street TOWER OF LONDON - Big Bus stop, Tower Hill 09.50 River Cruise, Tower Bridge Experience, Docklands Light Railway 72 KENSINGTON GARDENS - 19 47 THE GREEN LINK TRAFALGAR SQUARE - bus stop Z, by the National Gallery 08.59 60 MARBLE ARCH - Speakers’ Corner 08.25 7 35 PICCADILLY CIRCUS - bus stop G, Regent Street 08.50 River Cruise, Tower Bridge Experience, Docklands Light Railway 37 9 48 20 EMBANKMENT PIER - Victoria Embankment 10.00 by Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Bayswater Road 08.52 Soho, Chinatown National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Nelson’s Column Oxford Street, Hyde Park Queensway, Whiteley’s Shopping Centre 20 48 EMBANKMENT PIER - Victoria Embankment 09.54 EVERY 30 MINUTES Embankment Gardens, Cleopatra’s Needle HAYMARKET - Big Bus stop, outside No.11 Haymarket 08.53 LINK CRAIG’S COURT – junction of Craig’s Court and Whitehall 09.04 61 MAYFAIR - Park Lane 08.29 8 36 Embankment Gardens, Cleopatra’s Needle PLEASE CHECK LAST BUS TIMES WITH YOUR DRIVER 38 10 49 21 WESTMINSTER PIER - bus stop M, Victoria Embankment 10.02 Oxford Street, Little America 73 PRINCESS DIANA MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND– Leicester Square, Planet Hollywood, Trocadero Admiralty Arch, The Mall, St James’s Park River Cruise by Thistle Kensington Gardens Hotel, Bayswater Road 08.54 21 49 WESTMINSTER PIER - bus stop M, Victoria Embankment 09.56 NO COMMENTARY ON THE GREEN LINK 62 1 GREEN PARK UNDERGROUND – Big Bus stop PE 08.33 The Elfin Tree, Round Pond 9 37 TRAFALGAR SQUARE - bus stop, by the National Gallery 08.58 River Cruise First Bus 39 11 BANQUETING HOUSE - Big Bus stop opposite Horse Guards 09.06 50 22 BIG BEN - opposite Westminster Underground Station, Bridge Street 10.06 St James’s Palace, Bond Street National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Nelson’s Column Horse Guards, St James’s Park Houses of Parliament, Big Ben (Stop Temporarily out of use) 74 PETER PAN - by the Thistle Lancaster Gate Hotel, Bayswater Road 08.56 22 50 BIG BEN - opposite Westminster Underground Station, Bridge Street 09.59 77 RUSSELL SQUARE - Big Bus stop, Woburn Place WC1 08.55 63 2 HARD ROCK CORNER – Big Bus stop, opposite Hard Rock Cafe 08.36 10 38 CRAIG’S COURT – junction of Craig’s Court and Whitehall 09.03 Houses of Parliament, Big Ben (Stop Temporarily out of use) Dickens Museum, University of London 40 12 WHITEHALL – Big Bus stop, Parliament Street 09.08 51 23 LONDON EYE – next to South Bank Lion, Westminster Bridge 10.10 Constitution Hill, Green Park, Hyde Park Corner, Wellington Arch 75 BAYSWATER - bus stop by London Elizabeth Hotel, Lancaster Terrace 08.58 Admiralty Arch, The Mall, St James’s Park Downing Street, Cenotaph, Cabinet War Rooms, Big Ben River Cruise, Dali Universe, London Aquarium 23 51 LONDON EYE – next to South Bank Lion, Westminster Bridge 10.04 The Italian Gardens, Serpentine, The Long Water BANQUETING HOUSE - Big Bus stop opposite Horse Guards 09.04 River Cruise, Dali Universe, London Aquarium 78 ROYAL NATIONAL HOTEL – Woburn Place (bus stop BP2166) 08.56 LAMBETH PALACE – bus stop outside Lambeth Palace 10.14 64 HYDE PARK CORNER - bus stop L, outside Lanesborough Hotel 08.38 11 39 Kings Cross/St. Pancras stations, Euston Station 41 13 LONDON EYE - next to South Bank Lion, Westminster Bridge 09.13 52 24 Wellington Museum, Belgravia, Hyde Park, Wellington Arch 76 PADDINGTON STATION – Horse Guards, St James’s Park River Cruise, Dalí Universe, London Aquarium Imperial War Museum, Museum of Garden History 24 52 LAMBETH PALACE – bus stop outside Lambeth Palace 10.07 65 HARRODS - bus stop outside Harrods, Brompton Road 08.42 temporary bus stop, London Street (next to Praed St) 09.02 12 40 WHITEHALL – Big Bus stop, Parliament Street 09.06 Imperial War Museum, Museum of Garden History 79 16 44 ALDWYCH - bus stop K, Aldwych 09.05 Downing Street, Cenotaph, Cabinet War Rooms, Big Ben The Law Courts, St Clement Danes, Fleet Street Knightsbridge, Harvey Nichols, Sloane Street 25 53 PARLIAMENT SQUARE – bus stop D, Abingdon Street 10.13 Houses of Parliament, Tate Britain *see LAST BUS DEPARTURE TIMES: BLUE TOUR inset From Marble Arch 31 OCT AND MARCH 17:00 NOV TO FEB 16:30 RED TOUR From Green Park 1 OCT AND MARCH 17:00 NOV TO FEB 16:30 GREEN LINK From Russell Square 77 OCT AND MARCH 17:00 NOV TO FEB 16:30 LOOK AFTER YOUR TICKET - IF YOU LOSE IT, YOU LOSE YOUR RIDE! CHANGING DIRECTION ON THE BLUE TOUR Marble Arch London Eye From Marble Arch (stop 4 31 60 ) buses depart both Westbound (towards Harrods) and Eastbound (towards Piccadilly Circus). *At 16:30 last buses depart for either the West or East section of the tour. Please consult staff if unsure about which bus to take. From The London Eye (stop 23 13 41 51 ) you may change direction to travel Eastwards (towards the Tower) or Westbound (towards Victoria). Please consult staff if unsure. Phoenix Theatre Lyric Theatre BIG BUS INFORMATION CENTRE “The company's guides 48 BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT CHRISTMAS DAY and commentary are N Big Bus Tour tickets excellent blending N Friendly advice and information humour, information N Fast-entry tickets to many of London’s major attractions and interaction.