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Finsbury Park in London
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I’m sure there are worse places to stay in London, but (no offense to any residents) the area is a little dubious. If price is your issue, you might look into the many inexpensive hotels near Earl’s Court. This is much more central, but there is a large selection of cheap hotels in the area, which is frequented by Australian and New Zealand visitors.
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: I’m sure there are worse places to stay in London, but (no offense to any : residents) the area is a little dubious. If price is your issue, you might : look into the many inexpensive hotels near Earl’s Court. This is much more : central, but there is a large selection of cheap hotels in the area, which : is frequented by Australian and New Zealand visitors. It also has a fairly high level of petty crime, and as in any big city a tourist will be an obvious target. I’m not being snooty – I live in Hackney which probably dodgier. I’ve got nothing against Finsbury Park, but it’s the sort of place that’s OK for someone who knows London, but dubious for someone who’s a stranger in town, unless they’re a very "streetwise" traveller.
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Anyone know anything about the Finsbury Park area of London. I’ve found a number of deals on hotels in this area but I’m a little skeptical to book. andrew.
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>Anyone know anything about the Finsbury Park area of London. >I’ve found a number of deals on hotels in this area but I’m a little >skeptical to book.
It’s well out into transport zone 2, so it’s not very central. But it does have a combined tube and railway station. >andrew.
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>Anyone know anything about the Finsbury Park area of London. >I’ve found a number of deals on hotels in this area but I’m a little >skeptical to book.
It’s a slightly seedy residential area – definitely *not* bandit country though. Most of the streets have late-Victorian or Edwardian terraced houses, many converted into flats. Lots of shops along Stroud Green Road including a Tesco supermarket. At the risk of offending anybody who lives there, it doesn’t obviously have much to offer a visitor. Hampstead, which I notice you’re also looking into, is a much more instantly attractive area, but also one in which property prices are much higher and that would be reflected in accommodation prices. Finsbury Park is a very useful transport hub, with tubes, main line rail services, and buses and is at the *outer* end of zone 2: look at http://www.city.ac.uk/martin/trcard.html and http://www.londontransport.co.uk/ if you aren’t yet familiar with these fare zones. I’m afraid the station looks extremely scruffy – there are plans around for a major rebuilding – but it’s heavily used and you shouldn’t feel in any personal danger there. Martin — City University Business School, London, UK Fax (020) 7477 8628 http://www.city.ac.uk/martin
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Anyone know anything about the Finsbury Park area of London. I’ve found a number of deals on hotels in this area but I’m a little skeptical to book. andrew.
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>Anyone know anything about the Finsbury Park area of London. >I’ve found a number of deals on hotels in this area but I’m a little >skeptical to book.
It’s well out into transport zone 2, so it’s not very central. But it does have a combined tube and railway station. >andrew.
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>Anyone know anything about the Finsbury Park area of London. >I’ve found a number of deals on hotels in this area but I’m a little >skeptical to book.
It’s a slightly seedy residential area – definitely *not* bandit country though. Most of the streets have late-Victorian or Edwardian terraced houses, many converted into flats. Lots of shops along Stroud Green Road including a Tesco supermarket. At the risk of offending anybody who lives there, it doesn’t obviously have much to offer a visitor. Hampstead, which I notice you’re also looking into, is a much more instantly attractive area, but also one in which property prices are much higher and that would be reflected in accommodation prices. Finsbury Park is a very useful transport hub, with tubes, main line rail services, and buses and is at the *outer* end of zone 2: look at http://www.city.ac.uk/martin/trcard.html and http://www.londontransport.co.uk/ if you aren’t yet familiar with these fare zones. I’m afraid the station looks extremely scruffy – there are plans around for a major rebuilding – but it’s heavily used and you shouldn’t feel in any personal danger there. Martin — City University Business School, London, UK Fax (020) 7477 8628 http://www.city.ac.uk/martin
Response:
I’m sure there are worse places to stay in London, but (no offense to any residents) the area is a little dubious. If price is your issue, you might look into the many inexpensive hotels near Earl’s Court. This is much more central, but there is a large selection of cheap hotels in the area, which is frequented by Australian and New Zealand visitors.
Response:
: I’m sure there are worse places to stay in London, but (no offense to any : residents) the area is a little dubious. If price is your issue, you might : look into the many inexpensive hotels near Earl’s Court. This is much more : central, but there is a large selection of cheap hotels in the area, which : is frequented by Australian and New Zealand visitors. It also has a fairly high level of petty crime, and as in any big city a tourist will be an obvious target. I’m not being snooty – I live in Hackney which probably dodgier. I’ve got nothing against Finsbury Park, but it’s the sort of place that’s OK for someone who knows London, but dubious for someone who’s a stranger in town, unless they’re a very "streetwise" traveller.