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May 16, 2004
12 routes from Foyles to Tate Modern
walking (choice of bridge)
Golden Jubilee Bridges (left)
+ probably quickest, goes past South Bank Centre
- touristy/busy, should still be called Hungerford Bridge
CXR / past Leicester Sq. tube / William VI St / Adelaide St / cross briskly into Villiers St / detour into the Arches / up escalator / u-turn into unnamed floating walkway / Golden Jubilee bridge (left) / take left-hand staircase / the Queens Walk / Jubilee Walkway
Waterloo Bridge
+ best two-way view of all bridges, past Magma bookshop and Fopp
* goes through Covent Garden
- slightly further, best route is wiggly
CXR / Cambridge Circus / Earlham St / Seven Dials / Earlham St / Shelton St / Endel St / Bow St / Wellington St / Lancaster Place / Waterloo Bridge / down appropriate stairs (you can detour onto the National Theatre if a sunny day) / the Queens Walk / Jubilee Walkway
variation
CXR / Cambridge Circus / West St / St Martin's Lane / Long Lane / (St James St / Covent Garden Market) / Bow St / Wellington St / Lancaster Place / Waterloo Bridge / down appropriate stairs / the Queens Walk / Jubilee Walkway
Blackfriars Bridge
+ view of South Bank, south facing (sunny)
- longer, Embankment pretty boring
CXR / past Leicester Sq. tube / William VI St / Adelaide St / cross briskly into Villiers St / (Victoria Embankment Gardens) / Embankment / Blackfriars Bridge / Jubilee Walkway
bus
Northern route
CXR north/ New Oxford St / bus (8 25 242) / alight Cheapside / New Change / left at Heeltap & Bumper / Old Change Ct / Millennium Bridge
Southern route (generally quicker)
CXR / Cambridge Circus / West St / St Martin's Lane / Long Lane / (St James St / Covent Garden Market) / Bow St / Catherine St / Aldwych / bus (11 15 23 76 172) / alight by St Pauls (Ludgate Hill) / Millennium Bridge
tourist route
CXR / Cambridge Circus / West St / St Martin's Lane / Long Lane / (St James St / Covent Garden Market) / Bow St / Catherine St / bus (RV1) / alight Tate Modern (currently alight Southwark St stop 2 / Sumner St)
tube
central line (best)
CXR north / Tott Ct Rd station / Central Line east / St Pauls station / New Change / left at Heeltap & Bumper / Old Change Ct / Millennium Bridge
northern line
CXR north / Tott Ct Rd station / Northern Line south / Waterloo station (South Bank exit) / Sutton Walk / Concert Hall Approach / Queen's Walk / Jubilee Walkway
variation (quicker, backstreets (less interesting?))
CXR north / Tott Ct Rd station / Northern Line south / Waterloo station (Jubilee Line exit) / Sandell St / Cornwall Rd / Roupell St / Meymott St / Columbo St / Burrell St / Hopton St
pointless variation (normal tourist route)
CXR south / Leicester Sq station / Northern Line south / Waterloo station / Jubilee Line east / Southwark station / Union St / Great Suffolk St / Sumner St / Holland St
taxi
"Tate Modern, please"
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