13 London Wheelchair Accessible Travel Tips

13 London Wheelchair Accessible
Travel Tips

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London Wheelchair Accessible Travel
• London has enormous amount of things for disabled visitors to see and
do.
• With a few tips and tricks, London becomes a very manageable city to
visit with a disability.

These 13 London Wheelchair
Accessible Travel Tips will get you
started in making the most of your
time visiting London.

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1 Disabled tourists will challenged by sidewalks packed
full of other tourists. To get even a decent look at the
See a different Changing of the Guard, you’ll have to fight some very
Changing of the large crowds. Wheelchair users in particular may have
Guard obstructed views of the Changing of the Guard.
Another option for disabled tourists to see all the
pageantry is to watch the Inspection of the Guard
beforehand at the nearby Wellington Barracks where
you will have no problem getting right up next to the
fence. (shown in the image on the right).


2 The buses are far more accessible than the Tube and
provide an easy and cheap way to get around the
Use the city. Almost all buses have wheelchair ramps and
wheelchair spaces reserves for wheelchairs (pictures of both are
accessible shown below). Occasionally a bus may have a broken
London buses wheelchair ramp and you’ll need to wait for the next
one. The #15 bus runs east-west and is useful to get
between Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, and St.
Paul’s Cathedral.


2 The #15 bus runs east-west and is useful to get
between Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, and St.
Use the Paul’s Cathedral. The #11 bus connects the three
wheelchair locations mentioned above plus Westminster Abbey.
accessible The British Museum and British Library can be reached
London buses from Covent Garden by using the #168 bus which runs
north-south.


2 Buses are also useful when arriving at the airports.
London accessible trains from Heathrow go to
Use the Paddington Station where you can take the #15 bus
wheelchair into the city centre. Accessible train transportation
accessible goes from Gatwick to Victoria Station where the #11
London buses bus will take you to Trafalgar Square.


3 Although it's not very far away, the London accessible
hotels on the south side of the River Thames can be
Consider noticeably cheaper than the hotels in Westminster and
staying on the Mayfair. Some of the neighborhood are not very nice
south side of or do not have good accessible public transportation
the Thames to options, so choose your hotel carefully.
save money


4 The best photo opportunities for your wheelchair
accessible boat travel in London are likely to occur at
Take the boat sunset (Thames river at sunset shown on the right).
tour at sunset While the most popular route is between Westminster
and go all the Bridge and the Tower Bridge, the ride is a relaxing way
way to to see the city - consider taking the route that goes all
Greenwich the way to Greenwich and back.


5 The TKTS booth in Leicester Square offers discount
tickets on the day of the show. You’ll need to confirm
Visit TKTS for with the individual theatre that the tickets are
cheap tickets handicapped accessible. The easiest way to get
accessible seats is to buy them from the theatre
directly.


6 The Millennium Bridge is a walking bridge that
connects St. Paul’s Cathedral on the north side of the
Use the Thames River with the Tate Modern Museum on the
Millennium south side of the river. It has elevators at both ends of
Bridge the bridge and is an easy way for
London wheelchair travelers to cross the river (photos
of the Millennium Bridge shown below).


7 The Oyster Card is a credit card size electronic card
that is definitely the easiest way to pay for public
Purchase an transportation in London. You can buy one in a train or
Oyster Card metro station from the Oyster Card dispensing
machine (shown on the right).


8 The main entrance to St. Paul’s Cathedral has
numerous steps to ascend (shown in the image below
Accessible side on the left). A side entrance on the south side of the
entrance to building (shown below on the right) has a wheelchair
St. Paul’s lift to get up to the main floor.
Cathedral


9 The British Museum has a wheelchair lift at the main
entrance on the south side of the building on Great
Accessible rear Russell Street (wheelchair lift shown in the pics
entrance at below). The north side of the building has flat access to
British Museum the building. Disabled travelers to London can use
either entrance to get into the museum, but should opt
for the back entrance if the wheelchair lift is broken.


10 If you are visiting London when Parliament is open to
the public and you have purchased your Parliament
Pick up your tickets in advance, you'll need to pick them up before
Parliament your visit. The ticket window (shown below on the left)
tickets across is actually located across the street from Parliament,
the street on the west side of St. Margaret Street. On the back
side of the building is a ramp (shown below on the
right) to get around the stairs in the front of the
building.


11 Art museums are nearly always better with an expert
to explain the significance of the paintings you are
Pick up an viewing. The audioguide is cheap and essential to make
audioguide at the most of your National Gallery visit.
the National
Gallery


12 London has more top-notch museums than any other
city in Europe. Visiting them can be incredibly
Spread the enjoyable but also sometimes exhausting. In order to
museums out get as much out of your museum visits as possible,
through your spread them out throughout your trip. You’ll likely
trip have more energy in the morning than after a full-day
of sightseeing.


13 A wheelchair accessible bus tour is a great way to see
all of the tourist areas of London in a short period of
Take the time. It will also help you during the rest of your trip
London Eye because you will have a better sense of the layout of
and a bus tour the city. The wheelchair accessible London Eye also
to get an gives you a good opportunity to view the layout of the
orientation of city from above (ramp shown in the photo on the
right).
the city


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