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There are parts of Notting Hill that can be intimidating, doesn't necessarily make Notting Hill an area you could call 'rough'. if Vauxhall was such a rough place you wouldn't have politicians like Kenneth Clarke, John Major or Ed Balls living in the area. Vauxhall covers a wide, expansive area so pointing out its rough round the edges spots is a bit misleading, especially if you are within close proximity to Vauxhall Bridge Road and central London, where it's about as rough as any other part of central London, i.e, not particularly rough at all.
Perhaps, but you're still wrong. The square mile's financial district itself has actually evolved East into boroughs like Tower Hamlets and Hackney. Canary Wharf, for instance, is situated in Tower Hamlets.The borderline of the City of London meanwhile, extends alot further West, bordering Holborn Circus and Chancery Lane too. You've been away too long country boy.
Yes, and as a so called 'entity' those boundaries with Hoborn Circus, Chancery Lane and Temple Bar remain, so I don't really see your point.
Unless you're somehow disputing the fact that Canry Wharf is an extension of the financial district that stands within the City Of London? Yes, I know Canary Wharf is not within the City of London but nowhere did I state that it was. If you'd have read my post a little more carefully, you'll have noticed my description of, and I'll bold type key points this time just to clarify an already abundantly clear point to hopefully make it easier for you to comprehend.'THE SQUARE MILE'SFINANCIAL DISTRICT' I.E THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT WITHIN THE SQUARE MILE, NOT THE CITY OF LONDON ITSELF, HAS EXPANDED EAST INTO TOWER HAMLETS AND HACKNEY.'
This is not even in dispute, not even a negotiable fact. Why the fussin? Get a guidebook, take a tourbus, get out of the country for a day and do what you've gotts do, but you've got to get a better grip on your geographical bearings as regards the City of London. Good luck with that. Half-priced fares Monday afternoon outside Victoria coach station by the way.
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Well it might help to have some geographical sense of how interconnected and accessible certain routes between areas of central London and the City of London are. The might want to visit St.Paul's cathedral and feel they are miles away in a central London area like Tottenham Court or Holborn when they are not far at all.
Failing that, perhaps the realisation that Vauxhall isn't the second dawning of armegeddon, full of Shaun Of The Dead rejects with glazed eyes and foaming mouths might ease concerns a little. The OP's going to the London Dungeon, he'll be terrified enough without alarmist talk attempting to hype up what is a pretty gentrified, unthreatening area like Vauxhall into the stage of some sawn off horror B movie. Let's get a grip. Vauxhall isn't rough at all, especially around the areas in close proximity to Victoria and central London.
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We went there on our trip and I have to say it was somewhat disappointing. Maybe the ongoing remodeling had something to do with it. The remains of the old Roman wall were cool, however.
I'd skip the Museum of London and spend extra time at the Tower or the museums around Trafalgar Square. Or even better, the Museum of Natural History.
I got back from London late on Sunday and I absolutley loved it! The city is so buzzing and you can get anything you want there. I really want a summer job there next year so I can be there for 6 weeks because I really wish I wasn't back home
I got back from London late on Sunday and I absolutley loved it! The city is so buzzing and you can get anything you want there. I really want a summer job there next year so I can be there for 6 weeks because I really wish I wasn't back home
I'm glad you had a great time and were not put off by the children arguing in this thread
I'm glad you had a great time and were not put off by the children arguing in this thread
Kids ay, can't live with em, can't sellotape their pieholes with industrial strength adhesive until they're 18 years old. Blimmin human rights, liberals, leftism, blah blah blaah, hell in a handcart thingy. Maily Express says we should bring back the dungeon, public flogging and have extermination instead of on the spot fines for littering. That'd teach em. And they've never been wrong about anything. It would eradicate all evil overnight studies show yet lily livered 'freedom' softies are opposed. Grrrr.Why no-one has voted Richard Littlejohn for mayor yet is beyond me.
Hope you enjoyed the London Dungeon, and let's hope we bring it back for petty, squabbling posters as well as human rights activists and starving migrants.
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Blimmin human rights, liberals, leftism, blah blah blaah, hell in a handcart thingy.
Maily Express says we should bring back the dungeon, public flogging and have extermination instead of on the spot fines for littering. That'd teach em. And they've never been wrong about anything.
It would eradicate all evil overnight studies show yet lily livered 'freedom' softies are opposed. Grrrr.
