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[Clowny]

Hi guys long time no speak, for those of you who know me 

Im looking for a bit of advice really,

trying to get a decent priced hotel but somewhere with a bit of nightlife around, so we can get out of the area pretty quick, was toying with somewhere around covent garden, figured its about £30 each way in a taxi which aint bad between four of us !

do any of you have any better ideas ?

thanks in advance guys 


hope ive put this in the right place, dont wanna wind you mods up 

[jaimie77]

It will be an absolute nightmare getting out of the area and back into central London !!

It took me and two guys on here a few hours to get back after the Mitchell Katsidis fight. There is one station and its not that near to the stadium. When we got to it having left with the masses there was a huge que into the station. We decided to walk to another one a few miles away having asked a local where the next station is. We got there eventually but it was a right pain.

This fight will have a lot more fans going too so i would take it that if you get back to a club ( in Covent Garden for example ) as a bonus and not a dead cert you wont be disappointed if it doesnt go to plan.

[Clowny]

Cheers bud, but I'll be get cabs, I'm not daft enough to use the tube, I'll be in an out as quick as possible (hopefully) 😳

[son of bonters]

We're booked into a hotel not far from the stadium, not interested in getting back into the city til the next day.

[Clowny]

What hotel did you go for for, and how much is it mate ?

[Bolton Dave]

Hey up Clowny, hows it going? I got an hotel in Bloomsbury when Bolton were at Fulham, thats a decent area - a good few ale houses and easy reach of Euston/Kings Cross if thats where you need to head to on sunday for going home. Its also walking distance from Covent Garden and Leicester Square.

If you want something a little bit different - Camden is pretty decent too with a good freak show of a market on sundays

[Hotdog]

A few tips..........

1) Personally, I wouldnt bother too much about getting a cab.  The traffic will be a nightmare around the stadium at that time and you could be waiting a good 30-45 mins in traffic.  You could take a 1km walk to East Ham, which is the previous stop to Upton Park.  That should mean that you beat a lot of the queues.  Alternatively, Stratford is about 3-4km away (not far) and with the Olympics coming up theres plenty of transport links from there. 

2) I would personally look at staying around Shoreditch, Liverpool Street, Moorgate area.  The City (financial part) isn't busy during the weekends, so you can get some cheapish hotels at times around Liverpool Steet and Moorgate.  Shoreditch is a 5 min walk away and is quite a trendy part of London to go out in now, lots of bars/pubs etc.  Plus it's over the east side of town, so will be quicker for you to get back to and give you some valuable extra drinking time!!

[Clowny]

Thanks guys, good advice, I'm good Dave cheers, just busy with work and stuff, though I can't complain as I usually for some reason always seem to lose my job whenever I plan on going boxing fights, touch wood ! How's you, are you goin the fight ?

[Bolton Dave]

Thanks guys, good advice, I'm good Dave cheers, just busy with work and stuff, though I can't complain as I usually for some reason always seem to lose my job whenever I plan on going boxing fights, touch wood ! How's you, are you goin the fight ?

I'm good thanks Mike, no i'm not going down to this - I won't be long back from Vegas just for a normal vacation then got a couple of weekends booked up just afterwards. Pennies will be a bit too tight to take this one in

[son of bonters]

What hotel did you go for for, and how much is it mate ?

We're at the Radisson Blu Edwardian- New Providence Wharf. It's on the riverbank in Canary Wharf area, not sure if it's walkable from the stadium, but it's pretty close. Maybe someone who knows that area can clue me in. £150 for a deluxe room, but there were cheaper options. Though obviously, like I say, no use to you if you are set on going into the city afterwards :-) We're at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park on the Sunday, so I couldn't cope with partying into the early hours :-)

[Havoc]

Hi guys long time no speak, for those of you who know me  

Im looking for a bit of advice really,

trying to get a decent priced hotel but somewhere with a bit of nightlife around, so we can get out of the area pretty quick, was toying with somewhere around covent garden, figured its about £30 each way in a taxi which aint bad between four of us !

do any of you have any better ideas ?

thanks in advance guys  

Night lift around Upton Park? haha good luck.

You're best bet would be to get a train to West Ham station. Change there to get the Jubilee line to North Greenwich. That is where the O2 arena is. About 25 mins from upton park.

Alternatively. Go to west ham station and get the jubliee line going the opposite direction to Stratford and check out the new Westfields there. Loads of places to eat and a casino there.

As for Upton park itself, unless u fancy a bar room brawl in one of the pubs not much around there.


hope ive put this in the right place, dont wanna wind you mods up 

[Havoc]

It will be an absolute nightmare getting out of the area and back into central London !!

It took me and two guys on here a few hours to get back after the Mitchell Katsidis fight. There is one station and its not that near to the stadium. When we got to it having left with the masses there was a huge que into the station. We decided to walk to another one a few miles away having asked a local where the next station is. We got there eventually but it was a right pain.

This fight will have a lot more fans going too so i would take it that if you get back to a club ( in Covent Garden for example ) as a bonus and not a dead cert you wont be disappointed if it doesnt go to plan.

Dude that station is a 2 minute walk from the stadium.

[Clowny]

Night lift around Upton Park? haha good luck.

Read the post mate, it don't say anything about nightlife around Upton park, in fact the opposite !

[Clowny]

Thinking I'm gonna go for 'the tune' hotel in Liverpool st, anyone got any experience of this hotel or the chain ?

[Dane Under]

Thinking I'm gonna go for 'the tune' hotel in Liverpool st, anyone got any experience of this hotel or the chain ?

Does it matter unless they swipe your credit card you'll do a runner anyway