The 419 – Tube Strike Travel

With planned strike action taking place this week which may affect your travel plans, we wanted to share alternative routes to Somerset House (Somerset House, Strand Entrance – London WC2R 1LA).

Options include:

By Taxi:

Strand Aldwych is a pedestrianised zone, so we would recommend being dropped off or collected outside the ME London Hotel, which is approx. 1-2 mins walk over to Somerset House.

By Train Somerset House is:

  • A 10-minute walk across the river from Waterloo Station, which will be serviced as usual by National Rail and South West Railway (SWR) routes
  • A 20-minute walk from Tottenham Court Road Station on the Elizabeth Line, which is confirmed to have no strike action
  • A 15-minute walk from City Thameslink Station, which will be serviced as usual by Thameslink
  • A 10-minute walk from Charing Cross Station, which will be serviced as usual by Southeastern Main Line routes
  • A 15-minute walk from Blackfriars Station, which will be serviced as usual by National Rail and Thameslink

By Bus you can reach Somerset House:

Aldwych / Drury Lane (Stop R) is short walk across and Lancaster Place (Stop T) and Lancaster Place/Somerset House (Stop B), both next to the venue off Waterloo Bridge and are serviced by the following bus routes (from north to south):

  • 243 from Waterloo towards Wood Green
  • 68 from Norwood towards Euston
  • 59 from Brixton towards Holborn
  • 172 from Brockley towards Aldwych / Drury Lane
  • 188 from North Greenwich towards Tottenham Court Road
  • 1 from Canada Water towards Chalk Farm
  • 139 from Waterloo towards Golders Green
  • 176 from Penge towards Tottenham Court Road
  • 341 from Waterloo towards Manor House