crystal palace campsite or any campsite near london

[mrshess]

Hi has anyone stayed at the crystal palace campsite and travelled into london?. Is public transport fairly easy to get to london from there?
Or if anyone can reccommend a campsite near to centre of london they could reccommend it would be appreciated thanks

I've never stayed there, but used to live quite close by.

The number 3 bus goes from there right into Central London. The bus goes past the Houses of Parliament, up Whitehall to Trafalgar Square and on to Picadilly Circus and then Oxford Circus.

There are also mainline stations (one at Crystal Palace itself) which can get you to London Bridge, Victoria, Blackfriars (via bus to West Norwood).

Crystal Palace itself is quite interesting, really good park (with dinosaurs if kids are interested). Some decent one-off sort of shops and cafes in Crystal Palace (the triangle as it's known locally) also a Sainsburys. Not too far away is Brockwell Lido and Tooting Bec lido which is meant to be better (never been).

In fact you could spend your entire time never venturing north of the river and have a fab time.

never thought of camping in London but now you mention it what a great idea!

yes we are going to go camping in London in 2012.........!

Thanks for replying, i wonder if you could help me out with the best day pass to but to go on any bus/train/underground at any time.
Is there such a thing. I have tried looking but there are so many options and im confused which would be bset to buy.

Your best bet is to get an Oyster card when you arrive, or order by post. Then you can put money on as you need it. You can use it on the bus, tube, train (I'll just check you can use it on the mainlines from around CP and get back to you)

If you have DCs up to the age of 10 (and look under 10) then they can travel with you for free on buses and trams. If they are 11-15 you need to get them a photocard to get the same free travel benefits. You have to pay an application fee, but it's credited to the card and you get it back if you don't use it. Make sure you get the non-resident one as it's cheaper. You have to get this well in advance though.

oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do

trams? where?

Thank you so much for help i really appreciate it
Just a couple of quick q's
where do i get oyster cards from if i leave buying them till last minute?
also can i use the oyster card to but day savers which are flexible?

OK, I think you should be able to pick up an Oyster at Crystal Palace station. Or from a shop that does Oyster (been a long while since I had to get one)

Alternatively if you don't fancy the Oyster you can buy a One-day travelcard which I think works out at £6.30. If you have the Oyster and you travel quite a bit in a day then you pay no more than a travelcard. However, if you buy a travelcard and only take a couple of bus journeys then you pay more than you would have with an Oyster card.

If you get an Oyster don't forget to ask for any remaining balance to be returned to you at the station on your last day.

More details (and more reliable info) on this link

Trams? They're in South London/Croydon. They run from the Croydon area and further out to Wimbledon.

Thank you so much for your help we are going for our wedding anniversary and i just want everything organised before we go xx

never knew that belly! ta
mrshess will you let us know how it all went? shall be watching with interest as it sounds such a good idea