NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL TRANSIT GUIDE
Overview: Many revelers will find the Tube quite crowded. Road closures affect some bus routes. There will be extra trains and last services will be at weekday times. Buy your return ticket round-trip to help speed up your journey home. You might wish to consider riding a bicycle.

Take the Tube-- the Underground Subway:

Stations in the Carnival area

  • Station closed - Ladbroke Grove on both Sunday and Monday (possibly Saturday)
  • Less congested - Royal Oak and Latimer Road. Both are only 5 to 7 minutes walk from the Carnival.
  • Temporary Closures: There are other open stations close to the Carnival. Tube stations can close if they become too congested for safety reasons.

Underground: Notting Hill Web Guide:
Central, District and Circle lines run Holland Park to Notting Hill Gate to Queensway to Bayswater stations. Here is a map of them and Portobello Mews

Hammersmith line run to Royal Oak, Westbourne Park and Latimer Road stations.

Street map showing tube stations of Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Park (W10)

London Tube Map by hotel-net

Tube Journey Planner Tube tips List of Stations

Another map of London Underground

Other Notting Hill Transit Guides

Portobello Saturday Antiques Market Transit Instructions

Getting back from there late at night
also by Notting Hill TV -"Transport"

BUS: Notting Hill Carnival weekend services Buses 7, 12, 18, 23, 27, 28, 31, 36, 52, 94 and 302 all run close to the festivities. Authorities will be running many extra buses, especially on the Monday evening, to get you home. There will also be a special express route 12X on Sunday and Monday, between Notting Hill Gate and Victoria via Knightsbridge.

From 0900 on Sunday, and all day Monday, some bus routes will be diverted while roads are closed off for the Carnival. Their should be a brochure available with a map showing you where buses will run during the Carnival and where they will stop.

24 Hour Travel Information by Telephone
London Travel Information 0171 222 1234
24 hour journey planning advice, times and fares for all bus and rail travel in London.

Minicom 0171 9918 3015

London Travelcheck 0171 222 1200

Police Helplines:
IN AN EMERGENCY ALWAYS RING 999

•Joint Carnival Police Helpline 0181 964 0544 •Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea 0171 373 6099 •Westminster City Council 0171 828 8070 •Paddington Police Station 0171 289 5030 •Notting Hill Police Station 0171 2211212

CARNIVAL CAR PARKING (Not a good idea) Much of the area is completely sealed off and traffic jams are unpredictable

Last year Westway Sports Centre (just off Bramley Road, W10), Crowthorne Road, London W10 6RP. suggested itself as a good spot for 150 cars. RING 0181 969 0992 for details.

Finally
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