Getting to and from the Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel
Nearest underground (TheTube)
Warren Street on the Victoria and Northern Lines. Plan your journey with London Underground's tube planner.
Train Fast track trains can be used for a quicker journey to or from the following airports into London: Heathrow Express from Paddington Station. Journey time takes approximately 15 minutes. Gatwick Airport Express from Victoria Station. Journey time takes approximately 30 minutes.<
Distance from airports
Airports
Miles
Minutes
Gatwick
38
60
Heathrow
18
45
London City
10
45
Luton
34
60
Stansted
36
60
Nearest car park The nearest car park to the Grafton hotel is situated by Euston Station, which is approximately a 5 minute walk from the 4 star hotel.
London Congestion Zone If you are driving to this hotel between the hours of 7.30am-18.30pm Monday-Friday, you must pay the appropriate charge by midnight that day or risk being charged a penalty fee.
Local Landmarks and Tourist Attractions Regent's Park, Georgian London, Fitzrovia and Charlotte Street, Madame Tussauds and the Planetarium, Camden Town market and nightlife, British Museum, new British Library.
Insider London Sunday Morning: Get up to Camden Town for Europe's biggest street market - but do it early, before the crowds swell. As you go, grab the ingredients for a picnic.
Noon: Stroll along the Eastern side of Regent's Park, take in the zoo if you please, or watch one of the countless football, cricket or baseball games. Pick a picnic spot out of harm's way.
Night: Charlotte Street has great restaurants, but if you like sushi, one of London's best and simplest Japanese restaurants is Ikkyu - an underground den next to Goodge Street Station.
About London
Each period of England's past, punctuated by monarchs, wars, fires and other disasters, has made an indelible imprint on the capital city. Yet even while embracing its history, London is a forward-looking, modern city. Witness the Millenium's London Eye, which joins Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament as world-recognized icons of the city. Another obvious example is the culinary scene - New British cooking, as envisioned by renowned chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Antony Worrall Thompson, Marcus Wareing, Fergus Henderson and Tom Aikens, uses the best of regional ingredients in innovative, globally influenced ways; London also has outposts of celebrated restaurants like Nobu and Joël Robuchon. A profusion of cutting edge clubs and stylish bars like Tantra, Absolut IceBar, Bacchus and Lost Society Nightlife assure a high "hip" factor. Shopaholics thrill to know that London has stayed on top of the fashion game since the swinging '60s. Stop at venerable Harrod's of course, but then hotfoot it over to Sloan Street for trendy boutiques, or visit an eponymous shop - Stella McCartney, Amanda Wakely, Bruce Oldfield and many other designers maintain retail space here. Dozens of art galleries exhibit the most recent works by emerging artists, and if contemporary art is your thing, the Tate Modern is the best in Europe. Not surprisingly, London, balancing old and new with ease, is regarded as one of the world's most intriguing cities.
Did you know?
Throughout its tumultuous 2,000-year history, England has had to weather devastating tragedies. The Plague of 1348 (Black Death) virtually cut London's population in half. The Great Plague of 1664 killed nearly 100,000 people. The year 1666 brought the end of the Great Plague but ushered in the Great Fire, which all but destroyed the city. More recently, during World War II, the Germans inflicted great damage to the city with repeated bombings.