http://www.babyccinokids.com/london/2009/12/04/getting-around/ Kids and the City Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:58:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.babyccinokids.com/london/2009/12/04/getting-around/#comment-7293 Annabel Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:47:34 +0000 http://www.babyccinokids.com/london/?p=697#comment-7293 Having just spent a few weeks in London with a 4 year old and 6 year old I would say avoid the Tube at all costs and take the London Bus everytime. I printed out a few of the "spider maps" for several locations. These will show all the routes emanating from one point. Buses come every 5-10 minutes on most routes, they are buggy/wheelchair accessible, they constantly announce where you are going and the name of the next stop. As central London has fewer private cars on the road these days the buses seemed to move fairly quickly - in any case as a tourist you are not usually in a rush. You get to see lots of things you might otherwise miss (especially from the upper deck), and you avoid the heat and long-distance undergroung trudging of the Tube. Having just spent a few weeks in London with a 4 year old and 6 year old I would say avoid the Tube at all costs and take the London Bus everytime. I printed out a few of the “spider maps” for several locations. These will show all the routes emanating from one point. Buses come every 5-10 minutes on most routes, they are buggy/wheelchair accessible, they constantly announce where you are going and the name of the next stop. As central London has fewer private cars on the road these days the buses seemed to move fairly quickly – in any case as a tourist you are not usually in a rush. You get to see lots of things you might otherwise miss (especially from the upper deck), and you avoid the heat and long-distance undergroung trudging of the Tube.

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