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Get around London with children
Get around London with children
Oyster Card in use
The Tube: The tube is poorly equipped in elevators, if you're travelling with a stroller you may be in for staircase fun. The tube is generally free for all children under the age of 11 though the child must be accompanied by an adult with a valid ticket or an oyster card. Children traveling free enter through a manned gate (usually at one end of a bank of turnstiles) because they do not have tickets. Children 11-15 have the option of buying a child rate ticket (usually half the adult rate) or buying a Child Photo Oyster Card that gives unlimited travel for a day for £1. Unfortunately, it takes up to two weeks to get this photo card so, if your trip is for a short duration, you'll have to make do with the child rate.
Bus: Since June 2008, an Oyster Photocard is re-quired for children over 11. For visitors, the practical implication is that you'll have probably have to buy child rate tickets for children over 11. Strollers may have to be folded or may be denied access to crowded buses. Majority of bus designs represented are not stroller-friendly.
Taxi: A ride in a London black cab is exciting by itself for kids of all ages but, for the stroller parents, it is a delight! Almost any stroller can be wheeled into its capacious interior with the sleeping child safely strapped inside. Cabs can be expensive however, with even the shortest ride coming in at over £5.
Boat: The Thames has been a major 'Avenue' in London for centuries and there are many interesting boat trips that can also get you from place to place. The easiest ride is the 'Tate to Tate' which takes 20 minutes to get from Tate Britain to Tate Modern. A perfect way to break up a one day tour of both museums. With older kids, a trip to Greenwich is sure to be on the agenda, so why not take the ferry from Embankment for a 40 minute ride to Greenwich. The most famous trip of them all is the three or four hour ride between Hampton Court and Westminster with a stop at Kew Gardens as the perfect place for a picnic!
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