Travel to the NT
National Theatre
South Bank, London SE1 9PX
The National is on the South Bank, just minutes from Covent Garden and the West End and Waterloo.
Plan your journey to the NT using Transport for London's Journey Planner. Enter 'Royal National Theatre' and select 'Place of interest' as the destination.
Bicycle Racks
Outside the Espresso Bar on the corner of Theatre Square, and opposite the Cottesloe entrance.
Buses
All the following buses stop on Waterloo Bridge and you can take the steps down to the theatre on either side of the bridge or use the pavements that slope down away from the river and then double back to take you to Upper Ground, which runs behind the theatre:
1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, X68, Riverside Bus (RV1 - which also stops on Upper Ground which runs by the back of the National Theatre).
77 (Upper Ground near the Festival Hall), 211 & 507 (Waterloo Road near the main station), 381 (Stamford Street).
Travel updates Jan 2010:
45, 63 & 100 all stop at the southern end of Blackfriars Bridge, and there is a 10 minute walk along the riverside to the National.
Please note that repair work is taking place on Waterloo Bridge throughout 2010.
TFL advise that until the end of March both northbound and southbound bus stops closest to the National will be suspended. A temporary southbound stop will be sited close to the IMAX roundabout.
The repair work will reduce the number of traffic lanes on Waterloo and will additionally affect night buses as well the routes listed above.
Car Park
Opening times are 6am to 1am.
Spaces in the basement car park are £7.50 after 5.00pm or if you attend a daytime ticketed event and leave before 7pm. Combined matinee and evening show rate £12. Validation must be obtained from the Information Desk. Sundays/public holidays: up to 1 hour free, or £7.50 all day.
Free parking is available in the NT car park for blue badge holders.
Blue badge holders can park anywhere in the car park and there are spaces near the lifts reserved for use by disabled people. There is a ramped entrance with semi-automatic doors to the basement foyer and lifts.
For free parking, blue badge holders should take their badge, theatre ticket and car park ticket to the Information Desk in the main foyer.
There are also limited numbers of spaces for blue badge holders at ground level, on the east side of the buiding.
Saver Carnet for evening parking
Buy 6 tickets in advance for the reduced price of £35 (normally £45).
To buy a Saver Carnet, contact Olu Akinyemi:
Tel: 020 7620 0397
Email Olusola Akinrinde at Olusola.Akinrinde@apcoa.com
[Valid for one year, each ticket allows entry to and exit from the Car Park from 5pm Monday - Saturday, or at any time on Sundays and Bank Holidays.]
Congestion Charge
The National Theatre is inside the congestion charge zone. The daily charge of £8 applies between 7am-6pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
For more information and to find out about ways to pay, visit Transport for London.
Coaches
Setting-down point in Upper Ground at the back of the National.
Rail
Waterloo, Waterloo East or walk over the Hungerford Bridge from Charing Cross.
Underground
The closest tube stations are Waterloo (on the Northern, Bakerloo & Jubilee lines), Southwark (on the Jubilee line) or walk over the the Hungerford Bridge from Embankment (on the Northern, Bakerloo, District and Circle lines). See below for details of how to find your way to the National from Waterloo or Embankment.
Walking to the NT from Embankment or Waterloo
Visit http://stage.completedirections.com/directions/national_theatre/ and select the 'On foot' option from the drop-down menu at the top of the page, then click on the links in the 'Walking directions' boxes to see how to get to the NT.
South Bank information
For help planning your visit, and to find out what's happening on London's South Bank please visit South Bank London
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=National+Theatre+London&ie=UTF8&ll=51.494009,-0.117103&spn=0.034316,0.021919&source=embed
Download:
Step free journey from Waterloo to the National
Filename: Waterloo_to_National_route_in_pictures.pdf
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