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12-13-2016, 10:40 AM #37Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: It's Official -- Ravens Will Play Road Game in London!!!
There are 2 stations near Wembley- Wembley Park is the Underground station that starts at the bottom of Wembley Way (the famous walk to the stadium) leading directly to the stadium and that's the one we use. Wembley Central is both the Overground surface level train and less direct Bakerloo Line (Brown route) Underground line. I can''t say I use this one so can't give too many details on it and depending obviously on where you're staying, I would recommend the Metropolitan Line (Maroon route) as it's the quicker of the 2 from Central London (downtown) that stop at Wembley Park.
The time the game ends is a bit up in the air at the moment. if it's a 1pm UK time game then it would be around 4pm, but if it's moved back to 6pm UK time, it would be 9pm or so which would be a little trickier but unless you plan to stick around the stadium (they have shown Redzone in the 'Fan Park' post game before), then it shouldn't be much of a problem. Getting back into Central London post game isn't actually that bad as they put on extra Underground trains at Wembley Park (and I assume would do the same at Wembley Central) for events.
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12-13-2016, 10:43 AM #38On The Practice Squad
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Re: It's Official -- Ravens Will Play Road Game in London!!!
Another vote for Premier Inn Westminster here. I swear by it and recommend it to anyone trying to do London on a budget. It's right across the Thames from Houses of Parliament next to the London Eye. Jubilee Tube line goes from Westminster station direct to Wembley Park, so no changes necessary. Reasonable rates and the rooms are decent.
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12-13-2016, 10:43 AM #39Legendary RSR Poster
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12-13-2016, 10:46 AM #40Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: It's Official -- Ravens Will Play Road Game in London!!!
I've never stayed here, but it is a truly, truly beautiful building and location wise is excellent. It's right next to both Kings Cross and St Pancras Station so if you're planning on extending your stay to other areas of the UK and travelling by train it's perfect (There are direct lines all the way to Edinburgh). Most Underground lines also run through Kings Cross/St. Pancras station so it's easy to get around London itself from here and it's not even that far to walk into downtown should you feel so inclined.
I would consider the Leicester Square/Picadilly Circus area to be the most 'central' reference for London if anyone's interested in getting their overall bearings.
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12-13-2016, 10:49 AM #41Legendary RSR Poster
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12-13-2016, 10:51 AM #42
Re: It's Official -- Ravens Will Play Road Game in London!!!
The London Marriott County Hall is probably a good bet. Next to the London Eye and across from Big Ben. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_...n_England.html
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12-13-2016, 10:56 AM #43Legendary RSR Poster
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12-13-2016, 11:11 AM #45Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: It's Official -- Ravens Will Play Road Game in London!!!
It's a fair point and there are certainly better games to have spent our 'neutral field advantage' on. The Jags are also becoming one of the most popular teams in the UK by virtue of the regular games. They've only won 2 of them though, vs Bills in 2015 and the Colts this year.
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Re: It's Official -- Ravens Will Play Road Game in London!!!
As long as it's a road game then it's all good
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12-13-2016, 11:17 AM #47Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: It's Official -- Ravens Will Play Road Game in London!!!
For those of you wondering about public transport around London from different areas, this is useful in giving a rough guide to routes and travel times. As I said in a previous post, Wembley Underground stations are Wembley Park and Wembley Central.
https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/
The good thing about UK sports events is that the stadiums are far easier to get to on public transport (I still have nightmares of my trip back from University of Phoenix Stadium back to downtown Phoenix in 2015!) and I wouldn't even dream of driving to Wembley- it's not like the US where there are car parks (sorry, parking lots) near stadiums and tailgating isn't really a 'thing' over here, at least not in the traditional sense, as pregame is more of a pub scene.
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12-13-2016, 11:43 AM #48
Re: It's Official -- Ravens Will Play Road Game in London!!!
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