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Essential Information - Tourist Information Centres

Tourist Information Centres (TICs)

London 's main TIC is the Britain and London Visitor Centre (BLVC) .
Address: 1 Lower Regent St , SW1
Tube: Piccadilly Circus .
Opening hours: 9.30am - 6.30pm Mon, 9am - 6.30pm Tue - Fri and 10am - 4pm Sat & Sun. Jun - Sep, Sat & Sun 10am-5pm .

A few London boroughs and neighbourhoods have their own TICs. These include:

Bexley Hall Place TIC

Address: Bourne Road , Bexley , Kent , DA5 1PQ
Tel: +44 (0)1322 558676 Fax: +44 (0)1322 522921
Website: www.bexley.gov.uk / www.hallplace.com
Email: hallplaceshop@tiscali.co.uk
Open: Mon-Sat 10am-4pm , Sun 11am-4.30pm .
Winter opening times operate from 1 October: Tue-Sat 10am-4.15pm . Closed Sun-Mon.

City Information Centre

Address: St. Paul's Churchyard (opposite St Paul's Cathedral), EC4M 8BX
Tel: +44 (0)20 7332 1456
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
Opening hours: Easter-Sep, Daily 9.30pm-5pm.
Oct-Mar, Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 9.30am-12.30pm, Sun closed.

Croydon TIC

Address: Katharine Street , Croydon , CR9 1ET
Tel: +44 (0)20 8253 1009 Fax: +44 (0)20 8253 1008
Website: www.croydononline.org
Email: tic@croydon.gov.uk
Open: Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 9am-6pm , Thu 9.30am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm , Sun 2pm-5pm .

Greenwich

Address: Pepys House, 2 Cutty Sark Gardens , Greenwich , SE10 9LW
Tel: +44 (0)870 608 2000 Fax: +44 (0)20 8853 4607
Website: www.greenwich.gov.uk
Email: tic@greenwich.gov.uk
Open: Daily 10am-5pm .

Harrow TIC

Address: Civic Centre, Station Road , Harrow , HA1 2XF
Tel: +44 (0)20 8424 1103 Fax: +44 (0)20 8424 1134
Website: www.harrow.gov.uk
Email: info@harrow.gov.uk
Open: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. Sat & Sun closed.

Hillingdon TIC

Address: Central Library, 14-15 High Street , Uxbridge UB8 1HD
Tel: +44 (0)1895 250706 Fax: +44 (0)1895 239794
Website: www.hillingdon.gov.uk
Email: clibrary@hillingdon.gov.uk
Open: Mon, Tue & Thu 9.30am-8pm , Wed 9.30am-5.30pm , Fri 10am-5.30pm , Sat 9.30am-4pm .

Hounslow TIC

Address: The Treaty Centre, High Street , Hounslow TW3 1ES
Tel: +44 (0)845 456 2929 Fax: +44 (0)845 456 2904
Website: www.cip.org.uk
Open: Mon, Tue & Thu 9.30am-8pm , Wed, Fri & Sat 9.30am-5.30pm . Sun 11.30am-4pm .

Kingston TIC

Address: Market House, Market Place , Kingston upon Thames , KT1 1JS
Tel: +44 (0)20 8547 5592 Fax: +44 (0)20 8547 5594
Website: www.kingston.gov.uk
Email: tourist.information@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Open: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm , Sat 9am-4pm , Sun closed.

Lewisham TIC

Address: Lewisham Library, 199 -201 Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LG
Tel: +44 (0)20 8297 8317 Fax: +44 (0)20 8297 9241
Website: www.lewisham.gov.uk
Open: Mon 10am-5pm , Tue-Fri 9am-5pm , Sat 10am-4pm , Sun closed.

Richmond

Address: Old Town Hall , Whittaker Avenue , Richmond , TW9 1TP
General enquiries: +44 (0)20 8940 9125 Accommodation: +44 (0)20 8940 0057 Fax: +44 (0)20 8940 6899
Website: www.visitrichmond.co.uk
Email: information.services@richmond.gov.uk
Open: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm , May-Sep Sun 10.30am-1.30pm .

Swanley TIC

Address: London Road BR8 7AE
Tel: +44 (0)1322 614660 Fax: +44 (0)1322 666154
Email: touristinformation@swanley.org.uk
Open: Mon-Thur 9.30am-5.30pm , Fri 9.30am-6pm , Sat 9am-4pm , Sun closed.

Southwark TIC

Address: Vinopolis, 1 Bank End , SE1 9BU
Tel: +44 (0)20 7357 9168 Fax +44 (0)20 7357 9042
Website: www.southwark.gov.uk
Email: tourism@southwark.gov.uk
Open: Tue-Sun 10am-6pm , Mon closed.

Twickenham TIC

Address: The Atrium, Civic Centre, York Street , Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 3BZ
Tel: +44 (0)20 8891 7272 Fax: +44 (0)20 8891 7738
Website: www.richmond.gov.uk
Open: Mon-Thu 9am-5.15pm , Fri 9am-5pm , Sat & Sun closed.

Travel Agents

Thomas Cook Travel - Business Travel Centres
Address: 25 City Road , Epworth House, EC1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7638 7244,

Address: 45 Berkeley Street , W1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7499 4000
Phone: +44 (0)20 8667 1111 (24hr service line)

American Express Travel Service
Address: 78 Brompton Road , SW3
Phone: +44 (0)20 7584 6182

Address: 6 Haymarket, SW1
Phone: +44 (0)20 7930 4411

Both agents can arrange airline and train tickets, hotel reservations and car hire. They can both arrange to have tickets sent to you by courier.

Visa Services

Thames Consular Services Ltd.
Address: 363 Chiswick High Street , W4
Phone: +44 (0)20 8995 2492
Fax: +44 (0)20 8742 1285

Thames can help with Visa applications to any country, UK permissions to stay and work permits. In addition they can help with the legalization of documents via a Notary Public