Originally Posted by
LondonElite
Churches are free!
If you're attending service. Otherwise a donation is recommended
We stayed in a serviced apartment across the street from Borough Market last month. Very convenient for food
. Easy access to London Tower Station for trains and buses. We actually used the RV1 bus quite a lot for going to Covent Garden shows.
Ticket machines will accept credit cards, and you can purchase you Oyster cards there when you arrive in Heathrow. If you have time, you can pre-purchase a visitor Oyster Card
https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-informatio...or-oyster-card
I second getting the CityMapper app, it's amazing! Here's a link to the iPhone app Citymapper - Transit Navigation by Citymapper Limited
https://appsto.re/us/ce3-B.i
The nice thing about our location was that we were so close to the Shard, it was unnoticeable.
