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London Wembley travel help!

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SmallPaperBoat · 28/09/2024 14:25

I'm going to a concert at Wembley next year and been getting tied up in knots trying to plan travel routes with TFL or citymapper. Every route I try has a hazard sign on it for closures etc. Please can any London locals help me?

The concert ends at 11pm on a Saturday night. We might leave 15 mins early for what it's worth.

We are happy to walk for up to 30 minutes to get to bus stops or tube stops away from Wembley Stadium as I know how busy it will be there. Then, happy to travel another 30 minutes-ish on a bus or tube to get to a hotel. This is the bit I'm stuck on. I was looking at Ealing Broadway as a possible area for hotels but don't mind.

The next day we will be travelling to St Pan for the train home.

Please may I have some local wisdom?

Thank you!

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SmallPaperBoat · 28/09/2024 14:32

Ah I see... but I do need to book the hotel soon I think. Any thoughts on areas for the hotel that are generally accessible within an hour of Wembley? (Eg a 30 min max walk then a bus/tube?) thank you :)

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HealthyMindChange · 28/09/2024 14:31

I can help! I live in North London but went to see Taylor Swift in the summer.

If I were you, I would stay at the Holiday Inn Express in swiss cottage though I have not stayed myself. Then you can walk to Finchley Road tube station which is only one stop to Wembley. If you leave the concert 15 to 20 minutes before the end you will be fine. They will still be quite a lot of people leaving early but you will make your way along Olympic Way towards the tube station and you will get on a train. Then you can just get one tube stop back to Finchley Road tube and walk to the hotel.

If you stay till the end of the concert, then I can’t help! My daughter did that and it took her an hour to walk the short distance from the stadium to the tube station because of the crowds.

Good luck and enjoy!

chestnutroast · 28/09/2024 14:29

way way way too early to be doing this op

london transport system has closures all the time

go on tfl,go to route planner, get an idea of the route and a few days before the concert, check out for planned engineering works