maps, transport & venue info

Streetmap - London (& further afield) maps 

Mapquest - maps & directions tool  

Journey planner - find out how to get to where you want to go by public transport (as well as comprehensive transport info, including travel updates, this site contains lots of useful London info & links to help you make the most of London)

020 7222 1234 - the Transport for London 24-hour travel information line - tube, trains, buses, trams, Docklands light railways, ferries - keep this number in your mobile!

Car parking - find an NCP carpark in London (there are many other carpark providers ...)

Get there by bicycle ... London Cycling Campaign

Theatre Monkey - "The independent guide to London theatre & concert venues - theatre listings, discounts, where the best value seats are, unique seating plans, maps & insider advice for your London theatre visit,"  great seating plans help you get best value tickets!

venue addresses ...

Adwych Theatre - Aldwych, Covent Garden WC2B 4DF (020 7379 3367) (Holborn, Temple & Covent Garden tubes)

Amadeus Centre - 50 Shirland Road, Little Venice W9 2JA (020 2861 1686) (Maida Vale & Warwick Av. tubes)

Arcola Theatre - 27 Arcola Street, Hackney E8 2DJ (020 7503 1646) (nearest tubes Highbury & Islington then bus 30 or Liverpool Street then bus 149 or Dalston Kingsland station north London line)

Arts Educational School - Bath Road, Chiswick W4 1LY (020 8987 6666) (Turnham Green tube) 

Barbican Centre - Silk Street, Barbican EC2Y 8DS (020 7638 8891) (Barbican & Moorgate tube stations)

Bloomsbury Theatre - 15 Gordon Street, Bloomsbury WC1H 0AH (020 7388 8822) (Euston, Euston Sq, Goodge St, Warren St & Russell Sq tube stations)

Borderline - Orange Yard, off Manette Street, W1D 4JB (020 8963 0940) (Tottenham Court Road tube)

Brunai Gallery Lecture Theatre - SOAS (School of Oriental & African Studies), University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square WC1H 0XG (020 7897 4500) (Goodge Street & Russell Square tubes)

Cambridge Theatre - Earlham Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden WC2H 9HU (0870 830 0200) (Covent Garden & Leicester Square tubes)

Cargo - 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch EC2 3AY (020 7793 3449) (Old Street & Liverpool Street tubes)

Carling Academy Islington - N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street (opposite Angel tube), Islington N1 (0870 771 2000)

Comedy Theatre - Panton Street, West End SW1 4DN (0870 060 6637) (Leicester Square & Piccadilly Circus tubes)

Conway Hall - 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn WC1R 4RL (020 7242 8032) (Holborn tube)

Darbucka World Music Bar - 182 St John Street, Clerkenwell EC1V 4JZ (020 7490 8295) (Barbican, Farringdon & Angel tubes)

The Dome - Boston Arms, corner of Junction Road & Dartmough Park Hill, Tufnell Park N19 5QQ (Tufnell Park tube)

Escape Bar & Art - 214-216 Railton Road, Herne Hill SE24 0JT (020 7737 0333) (Herne Hill rail station, from Victoria or Blackfriars)

Favela Chic  - 93 Great Eastern Street, Hoxton EC2 (020 7613 5228)

French Institute - 17 Queensbury Place, South Kensington SW7 2DT (020 7073 1350) (South Kensington tube)

gDA Greenwich Dance Academy - The Borough Hall, Royal Hill, Greenwich SE10 8RE (020 8293 9741)

Guanabara - Parker Street (corner of Drury Lane), Holborn WC2B 5PW (020 7242 8600)

Harrow & Wembley Progressive Synagogue - Preston Road, Harrow HA3 0QN (nearest tube Preston Road)

Hobgoblin Bar - 95 Effra Road, Brixton SW2 1DF (020 7501 9671) (Brixton tube)

Horse Bar & Restaurant - 124 Westminster Bridge Road, Waterloo SE1 7XG (020 7928 6277) (Waterloo & Lambeth North tubes)

Lilian Baylis Theatre - see Sadlers Wells

Linbury Studio - see Royal Opera House

London Coliseum - Saint Martins Lane, Trafalgar Square, West End WC2N 4ES (020 7632 8300)

Lyric Theatre - Shaftesbury Avenue, Picadilly Circus W1V 7DH  (0870 895 5505) 

Nolias Gallery - 201 Liverpool Road, Islington N1 (020 7700 1848)

Notting Hill Arts Club - 12 Notting Hill Gate, Notting Hill W11 3JQ (020 7460 4459) (Notting Hill Gate tube)

Oak Bar - 79 Green Lanes, Stoke Newington N16 9BU (020 7354 2791)

Peacock Theatre  - Portugal Street, Holborn WC2A 2HT (020 7863 8198)

Pizza on the Park - 11-13 Knightsbridge SW1X 7LY (020 7734 3220) (Hyde Park Corner tube)

The Place - Duke's Road, Euston WC1H 9PY (020 7121 1000)      

Play Bar & Cafe - 58 Old Street, Clerkenwell EC1V 9AJ (020 7733 9556)

Purcell Room - see Southbank Centre

Le Quecumbar - 42- 44 Battersea High Street, Wandsworth SW11 3HX (020 7787 2277) (Fulham Broadway & Parsons Green tubes)

Queen Elizabeth Hall - see Southbank Centre

Robin Howard Dance Theatre - see The Place

Rio Cinema - 107 Kingsland High Street, Hackney E8 2PB (020 7241 9410)

Ritzy Cafe Bar  - Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW2 1JG (0870 755 0062)

Royal Albert Hall - Kensington Gore, Kensington SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212)

Royal Festival Hall - see Southbank Centre

Royal Horticultural Halls - 80 Vincent Square, Victoria SW1P 2PE (St James's, Victoria & Pimlico tubes)

Royal Opera House - Bow Street, Covent Garden WC2 9DD (020 7304 4000) (Covent Garden tube)  

Roxy Bar & Screen - 128-132 Borough High Street SE1 1LB (020 7407 4057) (Borough tube)

Sadlers Wells - Rosebery Avenue, Islington EC1R 4TN (0870 737 7737) (Angel tube)

Shaw Theatre - 100 Euston Road, Euston NW1 2AJ (020 7388 2555) 

South Bank Centre - Belvedere Road, Waterloo SE1 8XX (0870 380 4300) (Waterloo tube)

The Spitz - 109 Commercial Street, Old Spitalfields Market, Spitalfields E1 6BG (020 7392 9032) (Liverpool Street tube)

Storm Nightclub - 28a Leicester Square, WC2  7LE (020 7839 2633) (Leicster Square tube)